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BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,942 posts) Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:39 PM Mar 4

Trump expected to tell Paxton to drop out of Texas senate race

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/03/trump-cornyn-endorsement-texas/686232/

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Trump expected to tell Paxton to drop out of Texas senate race (Original Post) BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 4 OP

Trump waited to see which way the wind was blowing before choosing his favored candidate? Norrrm Mar 4 #1

I'll tell you why. ananda Mar 4 #4

paxton is the weaker general election candidate. themaguffin Mar 4 #9

LOL, Ken ran the Texas AG office as a daily love letter to Trump tanyev Mar 4 #2

Lol..i love it. ❤️ BlueWaveNeverEnd Mar 4 #3

EXACTLY. The long indicted Trump ass-kisser who B.See Mar 4 #6

LOL leftstreet Mar 4 #7

Paxton: As you wish . . . . no_hypocrisy Mar 4 #5

Pam's replacement? Drum Mar 4 #8

Probably... Blondie makes me want to slap her. Paxton makes me want to bear spray him... hlthe2b Mar 4 #10

Republicans in disarray! BannonsLiver Mar 4 #11

Disbelief as Trump tries to torpedo high-stakes GOP primary: 'Sure, why have people vote?' LetMyPeopleVote Mar 4 #12

Norrrm

(4,789 posts)

1. Trump waited to see which way the wind was blowing before choosing his favored candidate?

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 04:51 PM

Mar 4

ananda

(34,954 posts)

4. I'll tell you why.

Reply to Norrrm (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:16 PM

Mar 4

Paxton is the one who could out-dirty Trump
and get away with it.

themaguffin

(5,131 posts)

9. paxton is the weaker general election candidate.

Reply to ananda (Reply #4)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:30 PM

Mar 4

tanyev

(49,125 posts)

2. LOL, Ken ran the Texas AG office as a daily love letter to Trump

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:10 PM

Mar 4

and gave it up to run for the Senate only for Donny to push him aside?

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,942 posts)

3. Lol..i love it. ❤️

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:14 PM

Mar 4

B.See

(8,267 posts)

6. EXACTLY. The long indicted Trump ass-kisser who

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:28 PM

Mar 4

sued four OTHER states following the 2020 election, in an effort to overturn it on behalf of Trump.

It's how Trump thanks his lackeys for their service. Plenty room under that BUS.

leftstreet

(40,225 posts)

7. LOL

Reply to tanyev (Reply #2)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:29 PM

Mar 4

no_hypocrisy

(54,779 posts)

5. Paxton: As you wish . . . .

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:22 PM

Mar 4

Drum

(10,635 posts)

8. Pam's replacement?

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:30 PM

Mar 4

hlthe2b

(113,685 posts)

10. Probably... Blondie makes me want to slap her. Paxton makes me want to bear spray him...

Reply to Drum (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:39 PM

Mar 4

Damn...

BannonsLiver

(20,481 posts)

11. Republicans in disarray!

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 05:57 PM

Mar 4

LetMyPeopleVote

(178,710 posts)

12. Disbelief as Trump tries to torpedo high-stakes GOP primary: 'Sure, why have people vote?'

Reply to BlueWaveNeverEnd (Original post)

Wed Mar 4, 2026, 06:38 PM

Mar 4

trump is going to endorse either Cornyn or Paxton and then demand that the other candidate drop out of the runoff. trump does not like elections. If trump endorses Paxton, I do not see Cornyn dropping out. If trump endorses Cornyn, Paxton may drop out but I would not count on it.

Disbelief as Trump tries to torpedo high-stakes GOP primary: 'Sure, why have people vote?'

Why "disbelief" when the authoritarian acts in accordance with his very well-known fundamental nature??! ðŸ¤¦ðŸ½ðŸ¤¦ðŸ½ðŸ¤¦ðŸ½

www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-...
— br00t4c (@br00t4c.bsky.social) 2026-03-04T20:49:20.821Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-2675554382/

President Donald Trump made it known on Wednesday that he wants to take a major election decision away from Republican voters in Texas — and the internet had serious reactions to his comments.

Trump has threatened to interfere in elections before, or flat out cancel them, but after a tight primary race in the Lone Star state between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the president promised an endorsement — but only on the condition that the loser of his choice drop out. A GOP runoff election was slated for May 26, as neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote.

"The Republican Primary Race for the United States Senate in the Great State of Texas, a State I LOVE and won 3 times in Record Numbers (the HIGHEST vote ever recorded, by far!!!), cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer," Trump posted Wednesday. "IT MUST STOP NOW!"....

"Good thing there's nothing dictatorial-sounding about that," progressive political activist Carol Norris wrote on Bluesky.

"Sure, why have people vote?" Retired Professor Emeritus of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Jim Hagman, Ph.D., wrote on X.

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