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Wiz Imp

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6. Paxton will definitely be easier to defeat

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Wed May 27, 2026, 04:09 PM

22 hrs ago

The margin actually showed that trumps endorsement was meaningless. Paxton was going to win easily regardless. Turnout for the runoff was pitiful. It shows far more weakness for Paxton than strength

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Were you surprised at how badly Cornyn was defeated in Texas? [View all] kentuck 22 hrs ago OP

I sure was. mahina 22 hrs ago #1

No. Again, B.See 22 hrs ago #2

This run off only told us who was motivated to vote Buckeyeblue 22 hrs ago #3

Rightwing radio calls him a "RHINO",even though he votes with trump 90% of the time. Omnipresent 22 hrs ago #4

Not at all. hamsterjill 22 hrs ago #5

Paxton will definitely be easier to defeat Wiz Imp 22 hrs ago #6

We once thought that about Trump. Fuck Texas. dem4decades 21 hrs ago #10

Um, no. Wiz Imp 21 hrs ago #11

Paxton is not going to be easily defeated. hamsterjill 19 hrs ago #16

Not one bit. BlueTsunami2018 22 hrs ago #7

I wasn't. PSPS 22 hrs ago #8

TSF's endorsement was no risk. Sneederbunk 21 hrs ago #9

A bit Cosmocat 21 hrs ago #12

It's Texas Arthur_Frain 21 hrs ago #13

No. It's Texas. But Cornyn became downright puke-worthy when he promised to support Paxton. Vinca 21 hrs ago #14

No LetMyPeopleVote 19 hrs ago #15

The only people voting in the repub runoff were maga pinkstarburst 18 hrs ago #17