Other times you come across as a complete turniphead.
Nope. Just a dick.
The problem we have here is that 20% or so of Republican voters will never vote for a MAGA candidate.
This means that to win, a MAGA Republican candidate needs to attract Independents and Democrats.
Donald Trump is very good at that. Most self-identified MAGA candidates aren’t.
You can bet your bottom dollar that there are a lot of Cornyn voters - 35% of the Republicans who voted in this primary - are not going to vote for Paxton.
This, together with rising levels of TDS among Democrats, means Talarico will be the next Senator from Texas.