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senseandsensibility

(25,797 posts) Sat May 30, 2026, 02:18 PM May 30

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The real reason trump endorsed Paxton [View all]

Thought this was interesting this morning on Velshi's show. Karen Tumulty of the Washington Post said that it wasn't so much that he was angry at Cornyn. Rather, he is angry at John Thune. He wants revenge on Thune because Thune did not fire the Senate Parliamentarian or change the filibuster so that he could rule as a king as he desires.
With Paxton running and Cornyn's formidable fundraising stymied, he is getting revenge on Thune by making his job of keeping the Senate more difficult.

Way to go there, Donnie! That'll show him! Talk about cutting off ones nose to spite oneself.

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The real reason trump endorsed Paxton [View all] senseandsensibility May 30 OP

Petty.... Lovie777 May 30 #1

Trumpty Dumpy is building it all up to take a magnificent fall. Intractable May 30 #2

He's making enemies at an alarming rate senseandsensibility May 30 #5

here is hoping his landing spot has bars rurallib May 30 #6

Or a Katcat May 30 #13

Lordy. That sounds like an episode of Dynasty. Buckeyeblue May 30 #3

What a dumbass!!! Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 30 #4

Unless he thinks the TecBros have the election in the bag... alittlelark May 30 #7

Another theory is that polls showed Paxton would beat Cornyn decisively. So then Trump endorsed Paxton knowing he would Fil1957 May 30 #8

Do polls show that? ananda May 30 #9

I don't know senseandsensibility May 30 #10

KVUE (Austin) says new poll shows Talarico leading. ananda May 30 #16

According to the hosts of Pod Save America, polls showed Paxton was ahead of Cornyn by 20 points BEFORE the endorsement. Fil1957 May 30 #23

Several different news outlets have shown Talarico leading. ananda May 30 #24

My bad. I meant Paxton was leading CORNYN, and I was referring to the primary election. I should have made that clear. Fil1957 May 30 #26

OK. Whew. ananda May 30 #29

Polls showed Paxton leading for the Republican primary-- NONE show that for the General Election! Jack Valentino May 30 #30

All the polls for the general show Talarico leading. ananda May 30 #31

Two peas in a pod. madamesilverspurs May 30 #11

Paxton is corrupt, and that's exactly the kind of people he wants! 70sEraVet May 30 #22

And . . . . if Thune loses the Senate, so does Trump. no_hypocrisy May 30 #12

he might not care Skittles May 30 #21

Shhh..... senseandsensibility May 30 #25

I figured it was one con KT2000 May 30 #14

That's what demented old idiots do... paleotn May 30 #15

If you want to build a criminal outfit, you need corrupt thugs. It can work for a while struggle4progress May 30 #17

He is the king of tantrumps. City Lights May 30 #18

He really is exceedingly unitelligent. AZ8theist May 30 #19

Don't you mean 'stable genius'? Norrrm May 30 #27

yes, of course...only... AZ8theist May 30 #32

Didn't Paxton once steal (or re-route) 250,000 votes and brag about it? fierywoman May 30 #20

In addition to the pettiness, note that he didn't endorse until it was pretty clear Paxton was going to win. pat_k May 30 #28

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