Trump and Democrats get Paxton in Texas, the Senate nominee they all wanted

Wall Street Journal via MSN ^ | May 27, 2026 | Ken Thomas

[libstripper]

WASHINGTON—President Trump and Democrats rarely find themselves in alignment. Yet both sides wanted the same outcome in Tuesday’s Texas Senate primary runoff election.

Ken Paxton’s trouncing of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican runoff represents Trump’s latest triumph in maintaining his grip on his MAGA base after he similarly ousted rivals in Indiana, Louisiana and Kentucky. But to the delight of Democrats, the president’s decision to make an 11th-hour endorsement of Paxton could put the Senate seat in play for James Talarico after decades of Democratic futility in the Lone Star State.

[libstripper]

Woe, oh, woe to the Republican establishment as represented by the WSJ. Hold their noses as much as they can, they can't deny the fact of Trump's overwhelming power within the Republican Party.

[Regulator]

Paxton is gonna stomp the spacey airhead Talarico.

[Migraine]

Go ahead. Whistle Dixie.

[Bruce Campbells Chin]

Well, they’re not wrong in this instance. The Dems would rather run against Paxton than against Cornyn.

[FLT-bird]

The Murdochs are a key part of the RINO Establishment. Its not surprise they are freaking out over MAGA taking out several of their precious RINOs.

[Kharis13]

Talafreako has written all the GOP ads. He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing, and folks down here already have him sniffed out. When the commercials start, especially the one about him saying the American flag is “complicated”, he’ll be toast.

[LS]

Paxton will win the general between 4-6 points.

He OVERPERFORMED in Hidalgo, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley and all the heavily Hispanic areas. This is massively bad news for Talcumpowder Talarico.

[Segovia]

Do NOT underestimate the ability of the libs and the uni-party to subvert elections. Call Congress and tell them we’re onto their game and they’d better replace the POS that blew a hundred million bucks on supporting a POS like Cornyn in a damn primary!

[dfwgator]

Blacks will stay home, if not vote for Paxton.

[Skywise]

Ooo / the Bushies are po’d!!

[fwdude]

Tofurico doesn’t stand a chance in steak-loving, Christian Texas.

[Rastus]

Strange for them to want to lose to the guy who will be much worse for them.

[Libloather]

Do the commies get to cheat in Texas?

[Alberta's Child]

The WSJ oversells Trump’s impact on this particular race. He didn’t endorse Paxton until he already knew Paxton would win by a sizable margin.

Cornyn lost his seat on merit.

[ConservativeMind]

I find it incredibly hard to believe the people down in Texas won’t vote for him, when he has won state-wide, before, and Trump endorsed him.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

The whining from the RINOs at the Wall Street Journal is not unexpected.

WSJ is a Murdoch rag.

[Texas Eagle]

You gotta hand it to them wily demonicRATS. Trump has endorsed 8 Governors and they've all won. He's endorsed 9 Senators and they've all won. He's endorsed 101 Representat they've all won.

Maybe Trump should endorse all 435 Republicans that are running for The House and however many Republicans that are running for The Senate.

They'd REALLY have Trump boxed in then, wouldn't they?

Dumbass MSN13.

[Responsibility2nd]

Paxton is gonna stomp the spacey airhead Talarico.

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Really? Ted Cruz (incumbent) barely won over the dirt eating idiot Beto in 2018. Paxton has a lot of personal baggage so he will have a tough fight.

[SharpRightTurn]

The Walleye Street Urinal is putting the best spin on the Cornyn blowout they can. I’m sure there were a lot of tears shed in their office last night and this morning.

[Macoozie]

“Cornyn lost his seat on merit.”

Agreed-

Sometimes,
simple truths cut through the clutter.