In one sign of Democrats’ boosted odds, the election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the Texas Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican” following Paxton’s primary win. Whistling past the graveyard.
Yes, Thune is like the hunter who waits and waits for the perfect elk with the biggest rack to walk thirty feet in front of him. Today’s politician in the GOP is lazy and a cherry picker. But by golly they talk a good line.
Too bad Thune is such a deep stater but he is no different than the last senate mouthpiece from S. Dakota Tom Daschle who was a democrat. How such a scenic state could send two buffalo chips to D.C. is not logical unless we were under a uni-party pre PDJT.
They are misguided people who believe deceit is a fundamental trait in politics I believe. The deep state makes lots of money by making sure the system doesn’t change.
I received a fundraising email, ostensibly from the office of vile RINO John Thune, attempting to raise money for a "Trump-endorsed" Senate candidate in Montana. Imagine the lack of self-awareness required for anyone associated with Thune to imply solidarity with Trump. I provided them with a NSFW reply and unsubscribed. I doubt he'll get the message either from me or GOP voters as his seat is safe through the 2028 General. Senate Republicans will have to do the heavy lifting and I'm seeing no evidence they have the will or cojones to get it done.
Could not agree more. That sour puss when he came to the microphone after DJT endorsed Paxton. PRICELESS!!! It is all I need to know about the measure of that thang in his drawers. SD, flush that floater down baby, down!
Week, McConnell actually got some things accomplished in the day. Our conservative leaning majority is largely his doing. But Thune doesn’t understand that being the leader is not just a ceremonial title, you have to actually lead.
Thune is McConnell in a younger face and Newsome greased hair. Look back at all the self important grandstanders behind McConnell whenever he did press conferences. Thune was always there.
Few of them understand what their job is. They see it as the pinnacle of politics and a sort of pay off for all their hard work previously. It’s the country club.
Amen. It's an integral component of their self-value and sense of identity. That's why they won't let go of it. They don't really have any interest in the people they "represent", it's all about themselves.
I have known many folks on the Hill. I liked several of them on a personal basis but only two of them actually fought hard for their voters. They were both eventually beaten by duds who promised everything and did nothing. Don’t know what it is about Americans but we fall for the same lines over and over again. Congress was once about members with different views who could come together when the time came to do the right thing. Now it’s a country club cult.
Getting elected to Congress is good but being elected to the Senate is the motherlode. Evernotice how a simple guy who is elected to the Senate appears to become wiser and wiser as time goes on without ever doing a gosh darn thing to earn his living?
I find it amazing that so many of the “pundit class” totally missed the story on Cornyn. As a Texan, I watched him time and again not stand with TX on issues we care about, from 2nd Amendment to Amnesty, not to mention his willingness to vote for Dem appointees and then denigrate Rs (including his votes against Trump in impeachment) I should have saved the patronizing emails I rec’d from his staff about Russiagate, which obviously was full of lies and conspiracy but they, oh so more “expert” than we mere voters, were right about.
The large scale of Cornyn’s defeat, coupled with other primary defeats of so called “moderate” Rs signals an electorate that is FED UP with politicians that ignore our express preferences. Spencer Pratt is another example. We’ll see how the midterms play out but seems like voters are DONE with half measures and inaction.
Has anyone besides me noticed that when RINOs lose they suddenly become Democrats? They generally run as good Republicans...well, maybe I'm a bit independent but I'm for all the right things. Then they betray their constituents and wind up getting tossed. And then they do everything possible to openly go against everything they pledged to support previously.
John McCain promised to end Obamacare "if it's the last thing I ever do." And at the end, in pretty much of last vote, he supported it to spite Trump. Tillis, once he realized he would not be renominated has constantly stabbed those who voted for him in the back. Cassidy suddenly is all anti-Trump. And we'll see Cornyn do the same thing. It's time to recognize the Republican in Name Only actually means exactly that.
As I've often noted, the anti-slavery people split up before the Civil War. Those who were serious were the Republicans. Those who were not were the Whigs. Today, we can divide the GOP into two groups, Republicans and Wimps.
Not every, nor all in the Senate … but W A Y too many portraits ‘suitable for framing’ in a Rogues’ Gallery of betrayers. 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸 Prayerfully concerned …
Also, if the DEM's are running a candidate that they know has no chance of winning in a red district or state - they will vote for the RINO over a conservative - as they did in Alaska where Princess Lisa lost the GOP primary, but won the general with write-in votes.
It's their playbook - run as a conservative, get elected, vote like a RINO / DEM Lite, wash, rinse, repeat. Sadly, the Republican party has more RINO's than conservatives - RINO's must be purged & sent packing to the DEM's.
With the advent of the internet, it should be easier to identify RINO's - but, unfortunately as some folks on this blog have mentioned, many Republican voters do not access these sources of information. We have friends from Kentucky that we see once a year when we're on vacation - they are conservatives, but when I mention some of my sources (radio & internet) - they never heard of them.
I keep thinking about Murkowski who got primaried by the voters then ran as an independent.. the donk candidate dropped out and she stayed in office. Watch out Texas, this isn't over until Paxton is sworn in.
Exactly! What's to stop the donks from pulling him knowing he can't win and Corny then running as an independent? Would the numbers still favor Paxton?
Outstanding Don!!! My favorite “passage” of today’s news….
“Mitt Romney couldn’t help himself. He said, “The Senate to now lose an exceptionally brilliant and creative mind, an M.D. who chairs healthcare, and a person of character. Bill Cassidy’s departure is a loss for the country.”
You know who else is an M.D.? Tony Fauci.”
Mitt Romney still loves Bill Cosby too.
May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and these United States of America!!!
It looks like the deep state may be putting up some road blocks to MAHA, but I know he's trying real hard to get it done. Unfortunately, the RINO's in congress are buying into the propaganda funded by Big Pharma based on how RFK is questioned at hearings.
True, but the big money doesn't always win. In 2016, Jeb Bush bragged that he didn't need the conservative vote since he locked in the big donors before other candidates had jumped in. As of March 2026, 128M had been spent on the TX primary for the senate - with most of it for Cornyn. As Mark Simone likes to say, the big donors always get it wrong.
A Paxton win lays the Senate RINOs bare because it proves the voters are no longer buying the old racket. Cornyn had the money, the résumé, the donor class, the Senate club, and the media panic machine. Paxton had Trump, the grassroots, and a record of fighting. That was enough. The issue is not personality. It is obedience to the voters. Build the wall. Fund ICE. Pass the SAVE Act. Stop pretending parliamentary fog is principle. Democrats live on the wrong side of every 80/20 issue, yet RINOs keep saving them. May was the warning. November can be the verdict.
The Save Act is an absolute necessity to just begin the process of straightening out our corrupt electoral processes.
That said, we must remember we won the federal election in 2024 BIGLY without it.
How?
NUMBERS! People CAME OUT TO VOTE - MASSIVELY.
We can do that again this November IF We, the People, will recognize what an incredibly important midterm election this is, unlike any before it. Everyone needs to wake up, wake up their friends and neighbors and families and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, plus twenty friends and GET OUT AND VOTE RED in November!!
You are right, Suzie. And Trump has already said he's going to campaign in the midterms like as a Presidential year. Fight, fight, fight, indeed.
We all can throw our energy into this with joy and determination.
This is not a time to retreat but to engage with people of every political view, including liberals. Yes, we have to do it with kindness and respect, because it is NOT easy to face the fact that you have been wrong; and our goal has to be to build a bridge for them to change, not rub their faces in their mistakes and lord it over them. But there have to be alot of liberals who are worn out by the craziness of their party and ready to return to some degree of sanity.
May the breath of fresh thinking and clarity sweep over the nation during our 250th celebration of the best nation in history.
Yes we won! The future danger we must deal with is the nullification of the electorial college. Blue states are pledging their delegates to the winner of the popular vote which encourages voter fraud in the solidly blue bastions like California where ballot harvesting makes ballot box stuffing on an industrial scale not simply possible, but probable. Look at the ghost votes from 2020 compared to 2024. COVID didn't kill millions of voters, they simply didn't duplicate the fraud in other states.
They are determined to enslave America because once they do, the world is theirs.
"That said, we must remember we won the federal election in 2024 BIGLY without it."
After the four years of Biden/Harris a rock would have voted for the alternative. ALso, that was before the fragmentation of MAGA began. Agree with the issues that caused the fragmentation or not, those issues have chipped off segments of voters. I'm not here to argue about any of them but they had adverse affects: The no-wars president going to Iran, Epstein flip-flopping, all the resulting economic pain in gasoline, food, and inflation. Not every MAGA voters reads multiple well-researched sites, listens to meaningful podcasts, etc. They are surviving and living life. Many are single-issue voters.
We still see lots of support in pockets, but less energy on average across all voting districts. Cornyn/Paxton was an old hot button fight that still had some energy.
Like the stock market, "Past performance is no guarantee of future results".
Massie’s trouncing proves beyond all doubt that the much Bally-hooed “splinter” in MAGA is a creation of the media. Have some gone off the deep end, like him and Tucker? For sure. But that’s not new and their numbers are minuscule in comparison to sane people who identify with actual MAGA.
Don’t get sucked in to media propaganda.
MAGA is very much alive and well, and hopefully will GET OUT AND VOTE in November!
Vote like there's no tomorrow because there isn't. I have quite a few grandkids who are voting age. I'm hounding them to get registered and ready to vote. The are home schooled and ready to join MAGA.
Absolutely--the Left saw how strong MAGA was, and decided to focus its efforts on dividing us. This so-called "division" is a con game, don't fall for it.
I have no doubt it is alive and well - I'm actively a part of it - but I would caution you and all the others who ignore the data that says the diversion of vision and other unexplained behaviors are just "media hype" and isn't having a notable impact.
But for the redistricting blessings from the Supreme Court, we'd not be in such a hopeful position. Trump won't be around much longer and his "pull" will be missed but MUST be replaced with something just as powerful.
Trump is one of a kind, a figure I cannot find an equal to unless it is a combination of past presidents who were truly consequential, unafraid to break precedents, and unafraid to put their lives on the line for this country.
Does that mean I think he is perfect? Nobody is. But to have someone so unique in charge gives the lie to Napoleon's quip that a politician is merely a peddler of hope.
The media today doesn’t report on what is, they publish what they want you to believe.
They are a 24/7-365 propaganda arm of the Left.
While they may be discomfiting some who still actually listen to them, as Mark Twain said, “the rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
People cannot get wobbly because the Left is just doing what the Left always does: trying to create division and demoralization.
I wish I had the map which showed, in sharp relief, that the VAST majority of Americans are Red or lean Red. It’s about 70-30, maybe even closer to 80/20, and that’s why EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM has to GET OUT AND VOTE!!
What a Strange comment. I drove an Hispanic woman to her polling place who had no transport to the correct one when she realized she’d come to wrong one, waited for her, and drove her home after she’d voted.
"Not sure why the parties don’t use their money for get out the vote instead of worthless ads and messaging."
Simple. If we got out the vote as in 2024, Dems and NEOCONS wouldn't win again. "The Party" doesn't want that. Neither party wants that. Only MAGA wants that and (in the eyes of Reps and Dems) we aren't the party. That is why the media does all it can to depress attitudes and tell lies to get voters to stay home.
I think if Thune & Cornyn don't pass the Save act this session, Trump'll do Executive Orders to enforce election votes only on election day, none of that 'broken water main bs'.....expect the GA indictments to be issued prior to November....
After Cornyn's loss, I think it's more doubtful that they'll pass the SAVE Act & will work even harder to derail Trump's America First agenda. Thune & gang will do all they can to lose Cornyn's seat to the DEM's. They will not help Paxton financially as they did to save Cornyn. Spending on this race:
"More than $120 million was spent in total on the 2026 Texas Senate Republican primary, with pro-Cornyn forces outspending pro-Paxton forces by roughly 17-to-1 on advertising. Specifically, at least $70 million to $90 million was spent supporting Senator John Cornyn or opposing his rivals through campaign committees and outside groups."
Unless something drastically changes, I don’t think it gets passed. Too much inertia. But frankly, it should be the easiest one to pass and show the voters they can actually do something positive that the majority wants. Maybe they are saving it for a grand vote right before the election.
If they wait that long, it won't be implemented for the midterms so it will have just kicked the can down the road until Trump can't run in 2028. Moreover, the RNC should be screaming from the mountain tops about this 80/20 issue being totally ignored - except the RNC is mostly about Congress so they don't want to talk about it.
We're being screwed - by our party - and it's time we found a new channel in which to operate and leave them in the dust. They're riding our coattails and get all our benefit without giving us a scrap of bread in return.
Agree 1000% but have always gotten push-back here on that topic but that was a good while ago. Perhaps as we witness the broad-based resistance from the GOP, the notion of a new party will become popular.
The naysayers have a good point. That is, unless the new party attracts a following very quickly, it will water down the votes and possibly give the Dems a win. Those Dems stick together no matter what.
I e gotten some pushback here on the issue prior but that’s okay. Everyone has a right to an opinion. Would rather have a spirited debate on issue than just get yelled at and insulted by a freaking lefty. I firmly believe both parties are going to look much different moving ahead. There is room for debate on this issue. Nothing stays the same..I respect those people who believe that we are a two party country but I believe the GOP is not following its charter any longer. Regardless, if the GOP is to succeed, it cannot be just based on what u er wealthy donors want without having a working voter contingent. If the GOP is our party then why are they so afraid of conservatives…..real conservatives, not campaigning conservatives with short memories? It should be a debate issue among people who care, otherwise we end up with a uniparty running everything with an iron fist.
Can we primary enough of them to make an actual change in November? Democrats are floundering and frothing in circles without a rudder, but our Republican quisling Senators are poised to snatch the proverbial defeat from the jaws of victory. But our mistake is in seeing this as a result of their incompetence rather than realizing that it is by design.
Changing that snake pit known as Congress and its “Club Med” culture will take long time.
But if we lose House and/or Senate that project will be stopped dead in its tracks.
That is why holding onto our majority in both houses is essential toward keeping that project moving forward.
The RINOS can do their worst if they so choose, but sticking them back in there AS A MAJORITY will only keep that red hot light on them and their intransigence and keep holding their feet to the fire.
They see what’s happening to their wicked cohorts like Massie, and Cornyn, et al, and believe you me, it has an effect.
And getting people like Paxton on there is just the medicine we need - and more of them!
If We, the People can get it together and force them back into the fire of having to be accountable, it is the only way we will have a fighting chance to KEEP THIS REPUBLIC!
Because if the Dems get back in there, it’s game over.
I truly understand your comment but look at the Dems. They abandoned holding the majority time after time to support radical candidates and now look at them. They are talking about going back to the middle to gain power. It took a classic beating to get them to understand what their voters want. They won’t abandon the radicals, just down play the issues temporarily. Nothing gets a party to face reality…..and what voters want, like losing.
Redd ,we just have to work to ensure they cant find enough sects willing to cede a plank and build a viable platform. This is very doable but you must believe in what you are selling.
It’s worth debating and long past time to start. I’m sick and tired of a GOP that retires in place after getting elected. This country has a shelf life like any experiment and we don’t have a lot of time remaining.
IMHO, I think he's means that rather than further the conservative agenda, they would rather lose & be in the minority - so that they can run on the lie that they'll stop the DEM agenda.
It's called waiting out Trump. Two years is all they need before they take over again as losers to the Dems. They all think (and may be correct) that once Trump is off the ticket MAGA will fall apart and voters will stop showing up to vote. They may be right because the data - and history - is on their side.
“Democrats are on the 20 side of every 80/20 issue and yet Republican representatives and senators keep blocking action on those 80/20 issues.” EXACTLY! It’s time for Republicans to be the opposition party and not the go along to get along party.
Republicans may win, but Demonrats always run the Government. They NEVER STOP pushing their insanity. NEVER! We need to shove our ideas down their throats and see how they like it when we hold their head in place as we enjoy their moans of terror and fear.
I despise them, but Democrats are always on the march. Their agenda is never accomplished. Every time they push the envelope of defining deviance down, they are compelled to try and outdo themselves. "Forward!" "The Long March Through History!" Unlike our side who are essentially reactionaries, Democrats are always activists and are always trying to advance the ball. It is too bad we can't learn from them instead of letting our Republican saboteurs undermine anything we try to accomplish.
I would call the Democrats "agitators" not "activists". Activists are motivated by what they think is a worthy purpose. Agitators are a classic component of every Communist revolution, and their role is to rile things up and smear and destroy.
Right On! as Rush would say. DEM's are the evil party & you can never satisfy them - give them a bite & they'll always demand more. While the GOP is the stupid party & only react to DEM policy initiatives - like Obamacare is bad, but we can improve it - rather than get rid of it.
That is because the kickbacks are written into the law . Exactly why everybody votes for bills they can't take the time to read , i.e 1100 pages long . No way is that much language beneficial to the nation .
The left plays on image - not substance. Take Obama. He was a Black man that (surprisingly, according to Biden) didn't have a hint of ebonics in his inflection and the crease of his trousers sent chills up the leg of Chris Matthews.
Your Texas REPUBLICAN electorate spoke loudly in the primary. The fall election is another story and there is much work to be done.
The segments that have become "iffy" in Trump's MAGA voters are the Black and Latino voters that he held strongly in 2024. Times change and there is work for the party to do (Doubtful in my mind they will do much since they hate Paxton and want to see Talerico win).
A recent University of Texas poll for Talerico vs Paxton:
"Talarico already leads Paxton by seven to eight points in head-to-head polling conducted by the University of Texas and the Texas Politics Project. Among Black voters, Talarico’s margin against Paxton sits at 56 points. Among Latino voters, 27."
Polls are polls and we must be careful reacting to them, but there isn't much else to go on. Texas isn't "in the bag of reliable and solid Red" as it once was. It's still a majority, but it has lost muscle mass.
Happens when you tell Californians and Oregonians and Washington folks to move on down there for freedom. You imported the virus that is eating much of the country.
I , a retired trucker could do a poll of the same people and probably flip the numbers by what I asked and my simple phrasing so take this poll for what it is worth ,zip today ! the poll is in Nov.
The map of this primary showed near universal defeat of Cornyn in every county. Will have to wait for some cross-tabs of the votes to see the ethnic breakdowns, but I suspect that the far south TX counties would have shown more support for an amnesty supporting Cornyn if Hispanics were abandoning the MAGA coalition.
Surbs, you forgot to mention the insufferable cane waving Al Green losing his primary. What a douche. Now if the Dems could only get rid of Mad Maxine.
Lindsey Graham isn't 100% bad-- he does have his good moments. IIRC he came to Brett Kavanaugh's defense gloriously at one point in the confirmation hearings, with a splendid putdown of the Dems that changed the momentum on Kavanaugh's appointment. In that moment, Lindsey was a genuine hero.
As Suzie has said, we can hold our noses if it helps us keep the majority.
Agree. He was also the only senator who bothered to actually read all of the sordid evidence in the Lewinski records in preparation for Clinton’s impeachment trial and he was appalled, outraged and disgusted. And he made sure that everyone knew it.
Two things bear watching: First, how much (if at all) will Paxton now "pivot to the center" as the consultant class will insist he do? The second is, assuming he wins the general, will be be captured by the system as so many others are, sometimes with breathtaking speed (see: Kash).
The best thing we have concerning Paxton is the Deep State already tried and failed to take him out, so perhaps he has already turned down the "offer he can't refuse" and he will stick to the values of those who elected him. We can hope and also pray for the man to stand strong.
I'm with the 95%. MAGA is a term used to refer to Trump because he said. You know why he said it?Because he understands this country. Seriously. The words "Make America Great Again" are words EVERY American who loves this country can relate to, buy into, support, stand up for, and believe in. This is where anyone who thinks MAGA is some sort of Trump group is utterly and completely wrong. Making America Great is on the mind and heart of at least 70% of the people in this country, not 6%, or 10%, MOST of US. Nameless, faceless people don't elect politicians so they can tell those people what the politician wants to do, WE elect politicians to do what WE want done. The ignorant a**holes in Congress need a good lecture on public television from 100 Americans one at a time about why they are even there. And then WE NEED TERM LIMITS.
MAGA is just the current manifestation of the TEA Party. Trump formed a nucleus people could coalesce around. But it is an organic movement of its own accord. Trump just gives us a huge voice and focus.
When the Tea Party first started, it was attracting people from both the Left and Right--it was an AMERICAN movement. Its principles were constitutionally limited government, lower taxes, and free markets. I still have (somewhere) the USA Today front page article showing (IIRC) the support for the Tea Party was about 31% Democrats, 27% Independents, and 42% Republicans.
But then the Left Media began its vicious and relentless campaign to label the Tea Party as "stupid and racist". This extremely aggressive and long-lasting campaign succeeded in convincing people on the Left that they should "have nothing to do with those horrible Tea Party people".
Many of the Democrats who originally supported the Tea Party--including Donald Trump--eventually moved over to the Republicans.
For years I've heard people on the right say that we do have term limits - it's called elections. But I think that's not true since it's so difficult to vote out career politicians. Only way to remove them is through primaries, but the establishment fights like hell to protect the incumbents. If a challenger does succeed, then the establishment will work to defeat the challenger so that they can say, "see, we told you so" - like McConnell did when Tea Party candidates lost - with his help.
"Congressional incumbents specifically achieved a 98% re-election rate in 2024, consistent with the 2022 cycle and higher than the 96% rate in 2020. In 41 states, every congressional incumbent who sought another term was successfully re-elected"
That is why MAGA has to get more involved in the state Party apparatuses in each state. That is the "base of power" of the "professional Party people". Term limits via elections WILL WORK, if you don't have professional Party people interfering by only running establishment candidates.
And politicians are poking the bear ... us. The buttheads who think they are untouchable have media in their pocket. The internet is changing that, slowly, but it's coming. The majority WILL be heard.
Precisely why outside money and anything other than personal donations should be banned from elections . Let everybody talk , criticize, or praise any candidate in any race but if one can't vote in a certain election then one's money has no business influencing it . PAC's, NGOs, and think tanks are all a form of organized crime .
So after all the dire warnings that Paxton has “baggage,” Cornyn loses with only 37%, because Paxton has fought for MAGA and PDJT all the way and gets 63%. 27 point win when it was supposed to be 10 at best…
Now where have I seen a percentage like that recently. 🤔 ? Even better?
Oh yes - right here in blueMA at the Republican State convention where we confirmed Mike Minogue, who is public about support of PDJT, with 70%.
There’s something in the air…
Update: I was going buy a number I saw late last night. But Paxton won by only 25 points. Only! ☺️
Talarico is the latest instantiation of Beto O'Rourke. "Beto", real name "Robert Francis O'Rourke" was advanced by the democrat machine, by which I mean both the party apparatchiks and the corporate media who promote its propaganda, as something he clearly was not. The very idea that he could, by the mere expedient of claiming hispanic heritage by adopting a hispanic nickname seemed to be the lynchpin of his political platform. It worked when he was elected in a heavily democrat district (the 16th, about which wikipedia says, "Since the 1990s, the 16th has been the only Democratic bastion in heavily Republican West Texas.") and went on to spectacular failure when he tried to expand his appeal into the general population and was soundly rejected. He ran on a platform that was built on racial/ethnic appeal and gun control. Actual hispanics recognized that a white skinned Irish guy seemed not to be their most effective representative and the rest of Texas did not respond well to a politician who promised to take away their guns if elected. Now we have another politician whose campaing is built on lies and is being promoted by the same democrat/media machine, which I like to think of as "the usual suspects." His brand of leftist faux "Christianity" appeals to Godless democrats who think he can fool everyone into thinking he is a legitimate representative of actual Christianity. This is largely because most democrats are abysmally ignorant about actual Christianity and have it confused with their particular brand of social activism. They think Jesus was some kind of palestinian political activist who was executed by the Romans on account of his efforts to "free palestine" and are incredulous that His followers believe He was God in the flesh, died as humankind's atoning sacrifice and rose from the dead and is currently seated at the right hand of The Father while awaiting the time to return to claim His kingship over all the Earth. They are like the democrat denizens of Greenwich Village in NYC, who don't know a single person who does not conform to their own extreme left political views. To pick a representative example of such people I give you Pauline Kael, who remarked that she didn't know a single person who voted for Nixon and was therefore surprise to learn of his overwhelming electoral victory in 1972. Asking such people for advice on candidate selection is like asking a fish to select a candidate to appeal to the bird population; they will recommend a fish then act surprised when the actual birds don't agree and fail to support the fish candidate. Despite the best efforts of the democrat party/media complex to puff Talarco up as a "mainstream Texan" he will be trounced and bounced back into well deserved obscurity when the general election takes place.
Thank you, Steve for a wonderful description of these simpering leftists who try mightly to latch onto Christianity when in fact they know not what a belief in Christ is. They are frauds. IMHO, you can not be a Christian and worship at the alter of abortion. Killing babies is wrong. Period. No equivocating.
To be honest, I had to agree with Crockett- she was screwed out of the nomination - & would have been a stronger opponent (more checked boxes). But once again the democratic establishment can’t read the handwriting on the wall.
It looks like South Carolina will not redistrict before November. This will be interesting. I live in Clyburn’s District. The areas of the 6th near Charleston are some of the fastest growing areas in the US as people move to SC for jobs. I live in one of those large residential developments and may be the only resident that can trace his family in SC back to the Revolution. I don’t know how many of the new residents will be impressed by 85 year old Congressman Clyburn.
I live in Charleston and am beyond pissed at Campsen, my senator, who voted against redistricting. Not too long ago, we elected our first Republican mayor since the 1880s, so next on our list should be this traitor.
Clyburn needs to go and the reasons are legion, but the biggest is his foisting Pedo Joe on the country in exchange for Harris and KBJ. We’ll be suffering from that little scam for the next few decades. I do pray that your new residents see that he needs to go.
And you’re right about the growth around here. I live on an island and it used to take 10 minutes to get off of it. Now the traffic has upped it to 45 minutes, depending on time of day.
“Conway Belangia, director of the S.C. Election Commission, said more than 26,000 people had voted by noon, already surpassing the highest single-day early voting turnout ever recorded for a primary election in South Carolina.
By 3 p.m., the estimated number of ballots cast had surged to 44,600.
The previous single-day record was 23,000 primary ballots cast in the 2024 elections.
I hope he is defeated. For one thing he is too darned old, not to mention a racist and leftist Dem.
We love Charleston and its surroundings, but when I saw the no of those from elsewhere moving there it concerned me. So many of these roving metropolitans have not sense of place, but confidence in their own more “exquisite” sensibilities.
Finally!! Texans had a CHOICE and finally voted for a citizen Representative….and a Sen’tor to boot! 🥾 True Paxton is an imperfect man, but in the Political sphere he has Been Effective!! He fights for Conservative Ideals…and wins! Imagine that! My RINO friends say Cornyn is a good man - the man that did NOT repeal O’Care, offered to ‘work with’ Gun Control & Red flag laws against the explicit 2A, ‘think about’ AMNESTY for MILLIONS of Illegal aliens, cut Federal Government so much that only $7 TRILLION is being spent this year, w BILLIONS & BILLIONS of Fraud.
We don’t NEED you, everyday men & non-assigned-at-birth mothers’ll GetRdone….
The Good Man shtick only goes so far. MAGA requires leaders who can get things done. The Trumpster is not a perfect man either but look what he has done for the country and the world.
Cornyn revealed who he is when he was caught on a hot mike after they did the Gun Control bill saying, "we'll do amnesty next". He denied that's what he really meant, but the damage was done - that's something that voters can't unforget.
Yes. I don’t buy his role play as a “good man”. As stated above, the sneering patronizing tone of his emails to me during Russiagate belie that characterization of of him. He is like most RINOs, convinced of his superior intellect and judgment.
Cornyn was a dead man walking when he started this endeavor. The swamp though does love their turtles, gators and the like. Austin voted for him, Huston voted for him - just the same number of votes as Talrico is gonna get.
So satisfying to see Paxton stomp John mTDS Cornyn and give PDJT a building block hopefully to stand strong. We conservatives can not let up on the throttle as the dems/media have hired the law firm of Dewey Cheatum and How.. Cat mailed it in from vacation in the lap of Surber .
Time to remove Thune and get someone who gets things done
Any South Dakotans out there in Surber land? Tell us what you think.
I told you we Texans would take care of Cornyn now the South Dakotans have to step up.
In one sign of Democrats’ boosted odds, the election handicapper Cook Political Report shifted its rating of the Texas Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican” following Paxton’s primary win. Whistling past the graveyard.
Yes, Thune is like the hunter who waits and waits for the perfect elk with the biggest rack to walk thirty feet in front of him. Today’s politician in the GOP is lazy and a cherry picker. But by golly they talk a good line.
Too bad Thune is such a deep stater but he is no different than the last senate mouthpiece from S. Dakota Tom Daschle who was a democrat. How such a scenic state could send two buffalo chips to D.C. is not logical unless we were under a uni-party pre PDJT.
They are misguided people who believe deceit is a fundamental trait in politics I believe. The deep state makes lots of money by making sure the system doesn’t change.
I received a fundraising email, ostensibly from the office of vile RINO John Thune, attempting to raise money for a "Trump-endorsed" Senate candidate in Montana. Imagine the lack of self-awareness required for anyone associated with Thune to imply solidarity with Trump. I provided them with a NSFW reply and unsubscribed. I doubt he'll get the message either from me or GOP voters as his seat is safe through the 2028 General. Senate Republicans will have to do the heavy lifting and I'm seeing no evidence they have the will or cojones to get it done.
Could not agree more. That sour puss when he came to the microphone after DJT endorsed Paxton. PRICELESS!!! It is all I need to know about the measure of that thang in his drawers. SD, flush that floater down baby, down!
Thune is the evil spawn of Mitch McConnell.
Week, McConnell actually got some things accomplished in the day. Our conservative leaning majority is largely his doing. But Thune doesn’t understand that being the leader is not just a ceremonial title, you have to actually lead.
Thune is Cocaine Mitch Murder Turtle with a visible chin. :)
He knows his name is in the hat for next scramble and will weigh running against PDJT and co or retiring to burrow deeper into the deep state.
Thune is McConnell in a younger face and Newsome greased hair. Look back at all the self important grandstanders behind McConnell whenever he did press conferences. Thune was always there.
Yeah, as a South Dakota resident, I'm all for primary Thune. Hopefully Kristi Noem will run.
The Third Reich took lots of pictures staged like that too.
there's nobody in the senate i trust. not a one.
The only one I trust/believe, amazingly enough, is Fetterman. At least you know he is going to vote per his belief not some PAC or party or narrative.
i agree. that's why i don't trust him. when push comes to shove he votes pro abortion, higher taxes, dei/woke and bigger government...every time.
When he switches parties I’ll start to believe him
exactly my position joe. great minds think alike.
Few of them understand what their job is. They see it as the pinnacle of politics and a sort of pay off for all their hard work previously. It’s the country club.
Amen. It's an integral component of their self-value and sense of identity. That's why they won't let go of it. They don't really have any interest in the people they "represent", it's all about themselves.
I have known many folks on the Hill. I liked several of them on a personal basis but only two of them actually fought hard for their voters. They were both eventually beaten by duds who promised everything and did nothing. Don’t know what it is about Americans but we fall for the same lines over and over again. Congress was once about members with different views who could come together when the time came to do the right thing. Now it’s a country club cult.
Yes and once upon a time politics stopped at the waters edge Redd .
The only country club where the hog trough is always filled with taxpayer monies. jmho
Getting elected to Congress is good but being elected to the Senate is the motherlode. Evernotice how a simple guy who is elected to the Senate appears to become wiser and wiser as time goes on without ever doing a gosh darn thing to earn his living?
and when the taxpayer $$ runs out or is stolen, the Fed'll print up a few Trillion more each year....
Totally agree.
I find it amazing that so many of the “pundit class” totally missed the story on Cornyn. As a Texan, I watched him time and again not stand with TX on issues we care about, from 2nd Amendment to Amnesty, not to mention his willingness to vote for Dem appointees and then denigrate Rs (including his votes against Trump in impeachment) I should have saved the patronizing emails I rec’d from his staff about Russiagate, which obviously was full of lies and conspiracy but they, oh so more “expert” than we mere voters, were right about.
The large scale of Cornyn’s defeat, coupled with other primary defeats of so called “moderate” Rs signals an electorate that is FED UP with politicians that ignore our express preferences. Spencer Pratt is another example. We’ll see how the midterms play out but seems like voters are DONE with half measures and inaction.
Has anyone besides me noticed that when RINOs lose they suddenly become Democrats? They generally run as good Republicans...well, maybe I'm a bit independent but I'm for all the right things. Then they betray their constituents and wind up getting tossed. And then they do everything possible to openly go against everything they pledged to support previously.
John McCain promised to end Obamacare "if it's the last thing I ever do." And at the end, in pretty much of last vote, he supported it to spite Trump. Tillis, once he realized he would not be renominated has constantly stabbed those who voted for him in the back. Cassidy suddenly is all anti-Trump. And we'll see Cornyn do the same thing. It's time to recognize the Republican in Name Only actually means exactly that.
As I've often noted, the anti-slavery people split up before the Civil War. Those who were serious were the Republicans. Those who were not were the Whigs. Today, we can divide the GOP into two groups, Republicans and Wimps.
Your point proves that there actually is a Uniparty. They feed from the same trough, Taxpayer grift.
Nailed it Jake !
Pretty much. The party in power just gets to drink before the other one.
Not every, nor all in the Senate … but W A Y too many portraits ‘suitable for framing’ in a Rogues’ Gallery of betrayers. 🙏🇺🇸🙏🇺🇸 Prayerfully concerned …
RINO’s always were Democrats, just a more treacherous, less visibly insane flavor.
They have their BAs... Benedict Arnold degrees.
It could be said that being a RINO makes it easier to get elected. Never mind the ethical twisting and lying you need to do to pull it off.
Also, if the DEM's are running a candidate that they know has no chance of winning in a red district or state - they will vote for the RINO over a conservative - as they did in Alaska where Princess Lisa lost the GOP primary, but won the general with write-in votes.
Daddy money bought the votes Muttkowski rode in on.
Never underestimate how devious a lefty can be. You are spot on.
Preach it!
It's their playbook - run as a conservative, get elected, vote like a RINO / DEM Lite, wash, rinse, repeat. Sadly, the Republican party has more RINO's than conservatives - RINO's must be purged & sent packing to the DEM's.
Problem is always the same. You have to identify the RINO while he is running as a Conservative. Not easy.
With the advent of the internet, it should be easier to identify RINO's - but, unfortunately as some folks on this blog have mentioned, many Republican voters do not access these sources of information. We have friends from Kentucky that we see once a year when we're on vacation - they are conservatives, but when I mention some of my sources (radio & internet) - they never heard of them.
Yes, far too many people do not access basic info and keep tabs on issues important to many..That’s how people like Obama get elected.
Well said. Especially the end - . “Republicans and Wimps” - Exactly!
I keep thinking about Murkowski who got primaried by the voters then ran as an independent.. the donk candidate dropped out and she stayed in office. Watch out Texas, this isn't over until Paxton is sworn in.
I like our odds. Telarico is a soy boy, not a Texan.
Totally agree, Jake. Cruz trounced Allred by 8.5%…and Allred was far more electable than "Talafreako"
Exactly! What's to stop the donks from pulling him knowing he can't win and Corny then running as an independent? Would the numbers still favor Paxton?
That is the cheat known as open or jungle primary where the parties rig the vote imho.
You captured the GOP politician pretty well there. But you forgot about them being lazy.
Outstanding Don!!! My favorite “passage” of today’s news….
“Mitt Romney couldn’t help himself. He said, “The Senate to now lose an exceptionally brilliant and creative mind, an M.D. who chairs healthcare, and a person of character. Bill Cassidy’s departure is a loss for the country.”
You know who else is an M.D.? Tony Fauci.”
Mitt Romney still loves Bill Cosby too.
May GOD Almighty continue to bless and protect President Donald J. Trump and these United States of America!!!
Mittens forgot to mention that Cassidy is owned by Big Pharma, tried to derail RFK Jr's nomination, and is actively working against MAHA.
Ironically, at the end of this current administration, Mr Kennedy might be the agency head who actually got the most done.
It looks like the deep state may be putting up some road blocks to MAHA, but I know he's trying real hard to get it done. Unfortunately, the RINO's in congress are buying into the propaganda funded by Big Pharma based on how RFK is questioned at hearings.
It’s big money donors who get people elected, not mom and pop $20 donors. The big money comes with a lot of attachments they expect to be repaid.
True, but the big money doesn't always win. In 2016, Jeb Bush bragged that he didn't need the conservative vote since he locked in the big donors before other candidates had jumped in. As of March 2026, 128M had been spent on the TX primary for the senate - with most of it for Cornyn. As Mark Simone likes to say, the big donors always get it wrong.
Jen is an idiot with a big mouth and no time in the trenches. The big donors are the ones who move and decide agendas, not you and I.
A Paxton win lays the Senate RINOs bare because it proves the voters are no longer buying the old racket. Cornyn had the money, the résumé, the donor class, the Senate club, and the media panic machine. Paxton had Trump, the grassroots, and a record of fighting. That was enough. The issue is not personality. It is obedience to the voters. Build the wall. Fund ICE. Pass the SAVE Act. Stop pretending parliamentary fog is principle. Democrats live on the wrong side of every 80/20 issue, yet RINOs keep saving them. May was the warning. November can be the verdict.
All good, but will we get the SAVE America Act before the November vote? It may affect the verdict and we need all the help we can get.
It will be interesting to closely watch how the Senate proceeds on the SAVE Act after Cornyn's massacre.
The Save Act is an absolute necessity to just begin the process of straightening out our corrupt electoral processes.
That said, we must remember we won the federal election in 2024 BIGLY without it.
How?
NUMBERS! People CAME OUT TO VOTE - MASSIVELY.
We can do that again this November IF We, the People, will recognize what an incredibly important midterm election this is, unlike any before it. Everyone needs to wake up, wake up their friends and neighbors and families and the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker, plus twenty friends and GET OUT AND VOTE RED in November!!
You are right, Suzie. And Trump has already said he's going to campaign in the midterms like as a Presidential year. Fight, fight, fight, indeed.
We all can throw our energy into this with joy and determination.
This is not a time to retreat but to engage with people of every political view, including liberals. Yes, we have to do it with kindness and respect, because it is NOT easy to face the fact that you have been wrong; and our goal has to be to build a bridge for them to change, not rub their faces in their mistakes and lord it over them. But there have to be alot of liberals who are worn out by the craziness of their party and ready to return to some degree of sanity.
May the breath of fresh thinking and clarity sweep over the nation during our 250th celebration of the best nation in history.
Yes we won! The future danger we must deal with is the nullification of the electorial college. Blue states are pledging their delegates to the winner of the popular vote which encourages voter fraud in the solidly blue bastions like California where ballot harvesting makes ballot box stuffing on an industrial scale not simply possible, but probable. Look at the ghost votes from 2020 compared to 2024. COVID didn't kill millions of voters, they simply didn't duplicate the fraud in other states.
They are determined to enslave America because once they do, the world is theirs.
"That said, we must remember we won the federal election in 2024 BIGLY without it."
After the four years of Biden/Harris a rock would have voted for the alternative. ALso, that was before the fragmentation of MAGA began. Agree with the issues that caused the fragmentation or not, those issues have chipped off segments of voters. I'm not here to argue about any of them but they had adverse affects: The no-wars president going to Iran, Epstein flip-flopping, all the resulting economic pain in gasoline, food, and inflation. Not every MAGA voters reads multiple well-researched sites, listens to meaningful podcasts, etc. They are surviving and living life. Many are single-issue voters.
We still see lots of support in pockets, but less energy on average across all voting districts. Cornyn/Paxton was an old hot button fight that still had some energy.
Like the stock market, "Past performance is no guarantee of future results".
Massie’s trouncing proves beyond all doubt that the much Bally-hooed “splinter” in MAGA is a creation of the media. Have some gone off the deep end, like him and Tucker? For sure. But that’s not new and their numbers are minuscule in comparison to sane people who identify with actual MAGA.
Don’t get sucked in to media propaganda.
MAGA is very much alive and well, and hopefully will GET OUT AND VOTE in November!
Vote like there's no tomorrow because there isn't. I have quite a few grandkids who are voting age. I'm hounding them to get registered and ready to vote. The are home schooled and ready to join MAGA.
❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏👏
Absolutely--the Left saw how strong MAGA was, and decided to focus its efforts on dividing us. This so-called "division" is a con game, don't fall for it.
I have no doubt it is alive and well - I'm actively a part of it - but I would caution you and all the others who ignore the data that says the diversion of vision and other unexplained behaviors are just "media hype" and isn't having a notable impact.
But for the redistricting blessings from the Supreme Court, we'd not be in such a hopeful position. Trump won't be around much longer and his "pull" will be missed but MUST be replaced with something just as powerful.
Trump is one of a kind, a figure I cannot find an equal to unless it is a combination of past presidents who were truly consequential, unafraid to break precedents, and unafraid to put their lives on the line for this country.
Does that mean I think he is perfect? Nobody is. But to have someone so unique in charge gives the lie to Napoleon's quip that a politician is merely a peddler of hope.
The media today doesn’t report on what is, they publish what they want you to believe.
They are a 24/7-365 propaganda arm of the Left.
While they may be discomfiting some who still actually listen to them, as Mark Twain said, “the rumors of my death are greatly exaggerated.”
People cannot get wobbly because the Left is just doing what the Left always does: trying to create division and demoralization.
I wish I had the map which showed, in sharp relief, that the VAST majority of Americans are Red or lean Red. It’s about 70-30, maybe even closer to 80/20, and that’s why EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM has to GET OUT AND VOTE!!
I’m talking about Blacks and Latinos - neither of which most of us here will be driving to polling stations this November.
What a Strange comment. I drove an Hispanic woman to her polling place who had no transport to the correct one when she realized she’d come to wrong one, waited for her, and drove her home after she’d voted.
I think it’s always about the turnout. Not sure why the parties don’t use their money for get out the vote instead of worthless ads and messaging.
"Not sure why the parties don’t use their money for get out the vote instead of worthless ads and messaging."
Simple. If we got out the vote as in 2024, Dems and NEOCONS wouldn't win again. "The Party" doesn't want that. Neither party wants that. Only MAGA wants that and (in the eyes of Reps and Dems) we aren't the party. That is why the media does all it can to depress attitudes and tell lies to get voters to stay home.
Can’t argue with that. How does it get changed then?
Find a man people will follow to the ends of the Earth. Find a real leader, as in Trump.
I think if Thune & Cornyn don't pass the Save act this session, Trump'll do Executive Orders to enforce election votes only on election day, none of that 'broken water main bs'.....expect the GA indictments to be issued prior to November....
Thune will dig in his heels to punish PDJT and prove what an asshole he is !
After Cornyn's loss, I think it's more doubtful that they'll pass the SAVE Act & will work even harder to derail Trump's America First agenda. Thune & gang will do all they can to lose Cornyn's seat to the DEM's. They will not help Paxton financially as they did to save Cornyn. Spending on this race:
"More than $120 million was spent in total on the 2026 Texas Senate Republican primary, with pro-Cornyn forces outspending pro-Paxton forces by roughly 17-to-1 on advertising. Specifically, at least $70 million to $90 million was spent supporting Senator John Cornyn or opposing his rivals through campaign committees and outside groups."
Everybody needs to remember that money spent on a campaign for advertising is usually money transferred to the propaganda arm of the communist party.
Paxton or his team need to contact Pratt and use his m o for AI generated ads that will be effective on TIK-TOK . jmho
Exactly, why should he change now??
Unless something drastically changes, I don’t think it gets passed. Too much inertia. But frankly, it should be the easiest one to pass and show the voters they can actually do something positive that the majority wants. Maybe they are saving it for a grand vote right before the election.
If they wait that long, it won't be implemented for the midterms so it will have just kicked the can down the road until Trump can't run in 2028. Moreover, the RNC should be screaming from the mountain tops about this 80/20 issue being totally ignored - except the RNC is mostly about Congress so they don't want to talk about it.
We're being screwed - by our party - and it's time we found a new channel in which to operate and leave them in the dust. They're riding our coattails and get all our benefit without giving us a scrap of bread in return.
Time for a STRONG third party of conservatives. Nothing sends a message better to a party when they ignore the base.
Agree 1000% but have always gotten push-back here on that topic but that was a good while ago. Perhaps as we witness the broad-based resistance from the GOP, the notion of a new party will become popular.
The naysayers have a good point. That is, unless the new party attracts a following very quickly, it will water down the votes and possibly give the Dems a win. Those Dems stick together no matter what.
Rush would tell you a third party is how the opposition wins.
I e gotten some pushback here on the issue prior but that’s okay. Everyone has a right to an opinion. Would rather have a spirited debate on issue than just get yelled at and insulted by a freaking lefty. I firmly believe both parties are going to look much different moving ahead. There is room for debate on this issue. Nothing stays the same..I respect those people who believe that we are a two party country but I believe the GOP is not following its charter any longer. Regardless, if the GOP is to succeed, it cannot be just based on what u er wealthy donors want without having a working voter contingent. If the GOP is our party then why are they so afraid of conservatives…..real conservatives, not campaigning conservatives with short memories? It should be a debate issue among people who care, otherwise we end up with a uniparty running everything with an iron fist.
Thune will not allow this as it would be a win for PDJT and therefor is dead in the water.
Well Mr Thune wants to stay the Leader and he won’t be unless this gets passed. He isn’t Superman. He’s a dud who likes the limelight.
Can we primary enough of them to make an actual change in November? Democrats are floundering and frothing in circles without a rudder, but our Republican quisling Senators are poised to snatch the proverbial defeat from the jaws of victory. But our mistake is in seeing this as a result of their incompetence rather than realizing that it is by design.
Changing that snake pit known as Congress and its “Club Med” culture will take long time.
But if we lose House and/or Senate that project will be stopped dead in its tracks.
That is why holding onto our majority in both houses is essential toward keeping that project moving forward.
The RINOS can do their worst if they so choose, but sticking them back in there AS A MAJORITY will only keep that red hot light on them and their intransigence and keep holding their feet to the fire.
They see what’s happening to their wicked cohorts like Massie, and Cornyn, et al, and believe you me, it has an effect.
And getting people like Paxton on there is just the medicine we need - and more of them!
If We, the People can get it together and force them back into the fire of having to be accountable, it is the only way we will have a fighting chance to KEEP THIS REPUBLIC!
Because if the Dems get back in there, it’s game over.
I truly understand your comment but look at the Dems. They abandoned holding the majority time after time to support radical candidates and now look at them. They are talking about going back to the middle to gain power. It took a classic beating to get them to understand what their voters want. They won’t abandon the radicals, just down play the issues temporarily. Nothing gets a party to face reality…..and what voters want, like losing.
Redd ,we just have to work to ensure they cant find enough sects willing to cede a plank and build a viable platform. This is very doable but you must believe in what you are selling.
It’s worth debating and long past time to start. I’m sick and tired of a GOP that retires in place after getting elected. This country has a shelf life like any experiment and we don’t have a lot of time remaining.
I'm not sure what you are talking about. Do the RINOs think they can win by losing? What kind of strategy is it?
IMHO, I think he's means that rather than further the conservative agenda, they would rather lose & be in the minority - so that they can run on the lie that they'll stop the DEM agenda.
What makes you think they want to win?
It's called waiting out Trump. Two years is all they need before they take over again as losers to the Dems. They all think (and may be correct) that once Trump is off the ticket MAGA will fall apart and voters will stop showing up to vote. They may be right because the data - and history - is on their side.
Well said. November can be the verdict.
Totally agree! I should have scrolled down before I posted my comment above, as you captured my thoughts exactly.
On target.
I'm glad someone smarter than me understands that. I sure don't. Simple man or simpleton, it plumb evades me.
Has nothing to do with smarts and everything to do with greed .
“Democrats are on the 20 side of every 80/20 issue and yet Republican representatives and senators keep blocking action on those 80/20 issues.” EXACTLY! It’s time for Republicans to be the opposition party and not the go along to get along party.
Republicans may win, but Demonrats always run the Government. They NEVER STOP pushing their insanity. NEVER! We need to shove our ideas down their throats and see how they like it when we hold their head in place as we enjoy their moans of terror and fear.
I despise them, but Democrats are always on the march. Their agenda is never accomplished. Every time they push the envelope of defining deviance down, they are compelled to try and outdo themselves. "Forward!" "The Long March Through History!" Unlike our side who are essentially reactionaries, Democrats are always activists and are always trying to advance the ball. It is too bad we can't learn from them instead of letting our Republican saboteurs undermine anything we try to accomplish.
I would call the Democrats "agitators" not "activists". Activists are motivated by what they think is a worthy purpose. Agitators are a classic component of every Communist revolution, and their role is to rile things up and smear and destroy.
Right On! as Rush would say. DEM's are the evil party & you can never satisfy them - give them a bite & they'll always demand more. While the GOP is the stupid party & only react to DEM policy initiatives - like Obamacare is bad, but we can improve it - rather than get rid of it.
And yet, they neither improved it, nor got rid of it.
That is because the kickbacks are written into the law . Exactly why everybody votes for bills they can't take the time to read , i.e 1100 pages long . No way is that much language beneficial to the nation .
“. . . as we enjoy their moans of terror and fear.” I like the sound of that. 😎
Isn’t that similar to what Trump is doing to the left? And also to the folks in his party that betrayed him?
I'm glad that our TX electorate spoke loudly last night, we must do it again come November when we send smooth talking Talarico packing!
If Talarico can get himself elected in Texas then Texas is no longer bright red. I just don’t see him capturing the average Texans vote.
Smooth talking? Like Newsome is "good looking?" Ewwwww.
The left plays on image - not substance. Take Obama. He was a Black man that (surprisingly, according to Biden) didn't have a hint of ebonics in his inflection and the crease of his trousers sent chills up the leg of Chris Matthews.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chris-matthews-i-felt-thi_n_86449
Your Texas REPUBLICAN electorate spoke loudly in the primary. The fall election is another story and there is much work to be done.
The segments that have become "iffy" in Trump's MAGA voters are the Black and Latino voters that he held strongly in 2024. Times change and there is work for the party to do (Doubtful in my mind they will do much since they hate Paxton and want to see Talerico win).
A recent University of Texas poll for Talerico vs Paxton:
"Talarico already leads Paxton by seven to eight points in head-to-head polling conducted by the University of Texas and the Texas Politics Project. Among Black voters, Talarico’s margin against Paxton sits at 56 points. Among Latino voters, 27."
Polls are polls and we must be careful reacting to them, but there isn't much else to go on. Texas isn't "in the bag of reliable and solid Red" as it once was. It's still a majority, but it has lost muscle mass.
Happens when you tell Californians and Oregonians and Washington folks to move on down there for freedom. You imported the virus that is eating much of the country.
A liberal university run poll has little credibility to me. More a propaganda exercise than a poll.
No argument here on your general premise, except they aren’t all as you state. Would you believe a Hillsdale College poll?
Unless you have data that can be accepted or rejected, you are guessing.
Guessing doesn’t win elections.
I , a retired trucker could do a poll of the same people and probably flip the numbers by what I asked and my simple phrasing so take this poll for what it is worth ,zip today ! the poll is in Nov.
Don’t see it happening at all.
Remember that polls can be manipulated.
The map of this primary showed near universal defeat of Cornyn in every county. Will have to wait for some cross-tabs of the votes to see the ethnic breakdowns, but I suspect that the far south TX counties would have shown more support for an amnesty supporting Cornyn if Hispanics were abandoning the MAGA coalition.
Surbs, you forgot to mention the insufferable cane waving Al Green losing his primary. What a douche. Now if the Dems could only get rid of Mad Maxine.
What about that screaming old witch with the blue hair? She seems even worse.
That made me very happy. And I only know him through his State of the Union antics.
She’s loud but not much else. She keeps her black American voters in line for the party. Age is going to get her before the voters do.
South Carolina is next on the list for RINOPurge 2028.
Remove Lindsey!
I've never understood why Trump supports this clown.
Unless it's because, as Plays said, the alternative is crazy.
I live here. Don’t hold your breath. He has too much name recognition and one of the “Republicans” running against him is an absolute lunatic.
Lindsey Graham isn't 100% bad-- he does have his good moments. IIRC he came to Brett Kavanaugh's defense gloriously at one point in the confirmation hearings, with a splendid putdown of the Dems that changed the momentum on Kavanaugh's appointment. In that moment, Lindsey was a genuine hero.
As Suzie has said, we can hold our noses if it helps us keep the majority.
Agree. He was also the only senator who bothered to actually read all of the sordid evidence in the Lewinski records in preparation for Clinton’s impeachment trial and he was appalled, outraged and disgusted. And he made sure that everyone knew it.
They called that Lindsey Graham 2.0 back then - now he's back to 1.0
True; he hasn't had a stellar moment like that in awhile. But he is at least steady and clear on a number of things.
I tried sending him $0.05 but the donation wouldn’t go thru. That’s $0.04 more than he’s worth.
Ah, you are a genuine American patriot, Reddog! Ornery and independent, holding these politicians feet to the fire. Way to go!
I know, kind of childish, wasn’t it. But I thought it was better than telling him how I really felt.
Two things bear watching: First, how much (if at all) will Paxton now "pivot to the center" as the consultant class will insist he do? The second is, assuming he wins the general, will be be captured by the system as so many others are, sometimes with breathtaking speed (see: Kash).
The best thing we have concerning Paxton is the Deep State already tried and failed to take him out, so perhaps he has already turned down the "offer he can't refuse" and he will stick to the values of those who elected him. We can hope and also pray for the man to stand strong.
As with PDJT, I worry for his life and safety. I'm sure he's a target in the left's sight, and they're watching him.
I'm with the 95%. MAGA is a term used to refer to Trump because he said. You know why he said it?Because he understands this country. Seriously. The words "Make America Great Again" are words EVERY American who loves this country can relate to, buy into, support, stand up for, and believe in. This is where anyone who thinks MAGA is some sort of Trump group is utterly and completely wrong. Making America Great is on the mind and heart of at least 70% of the people in this country, not 6%, or 10%, MOST of US. Nameless, faceless people don't elect politicians so they can tell those people what the politician wants to do, WE elect politicians to do what WE want done. The ignorant a**holes in Congress need a good lecture on public television from 100 Americans one at a time about why they are even there. And then WE NEED TERM LIMITS.
MAGA is just the current manifestation of the TEA Party. Trump formed a nucleus people could coalesce around. But it is an organic movement of its own accord. Trump just gives us a huge voice and focus.
When the Tea Party first started, it was attracting people from both the Left and Right--it was an AMERICAN movement. Its principles were constitutionally limited government, lower taxes, and free markets. I still have (somewhere) the USA Today front page article showing (IIRC) the support for the Tea Party was about 31% Democrats, 27% Independents, and 42% Republicans.
But then the Left Media began its vicious and relentless campaign to label the Tea Party as "stupid and racist". This extremely aggressive and long-lasting campaign succeeded in convincing people on the Left that they should "have nothing to do with those horrible Tea Party people".
Many of the Democrats who originally supported the Tea Party--including Donald Trump--eventually moved over to the Republicans.
Don't forget it was McConnell and RINOs who pretended to be Tea Party so they could subvert and pervert the actual purpose of the Tea Party.
For years I've heard people on the right say that we do have term limits - it's called elections. But I think that's not true since it's so difficult to vote out career politicians. Only way to remove them is through primaries, but the establishment fights like hell to protect the incumbents. If a challenger does succeed, then the establishment will work to defeat the challenger so that they can say, "see, we told you so" - like McConnell did when Tea Party candidates lost - with his help.
"Congressional incumbents specifically achieved a 98% re-election rate in 2024, consistent with the 2022 cycle and higher than the 96% rate in 2020. In 41 states, every congressional incumbent who sought another term was successfully re-elected"
That is why MAGA has to get more involved in the state Party apparatuses in each state. That is the "base of power" of the "professional Party people". Term limits via elections WILL WORK, if you don't have professional Party people interfering by only running establishment candidates.
And politicians are poking the bear ... us. The buttheads who think they are untouchable have media in their pocket. The internet is changing that, slowly, but it's coming. The majority WILL be heard.
That's why we need the SAVE Act so desperately - it's not only dems who manipulate elections.
Precisely why outside money and anything other than personal donations should be banned from elections . Let everybody talk , criticize, or praise any candidate in any race but if one can't vote in a certain election then one's money has no business influencing it . PAC's, NGOs, and think tanks are all a form of organized crime .
The cat made it really easy today.
So after all the dire warnings that Paxton has “baggage,” Cornyn loses with only 37%, because Paxton has fought for MAGA and PDJT all the way and gets 63%. 27 point win when it was supposed to be 10 at best…
Now where have I seen a percentage like that recently. 🤔 ? Even better?
Oh yes - right here in blueMA at the Republican State convention where we confirmed Mike Minogue, who is public about support of PDJT, with 70%.
There’s something in the air…
Update: I was going buy a number I saw late last night. But Paxton won by only 25 points. Only! ☺️
Talarico is the latest instantiation of Beto O'Rourke. "Beto", real name "Robert Francis O'Rourke" was advanced by the democrat machine, by which I mean both the party apparatchiks and the corporate media who promote its propaganda, as something he clearly was not. The very idea that he could, by the mere expedient of claiming hispanic heritage by adopting a hispanic nickname seemed to be the lynchpin of his political platform. It worked when he was elected in a heavily democrat district (the 16th, about which wikipedia says, "Since the 1990s, the 16th has been the only Democratic bastion in heavily Republican West Texas.") and went on to spectacular failure when he tried to expand his appeal into the general population and was soundly rejected. He ran on a platform that was built on racial/ethnic appeal and gun control. Actual hispanics recognized that a white skinned Irish guy seemed not to be their most effective representative and the rest of Texas did not respond well to a politician who promised to take away their guns if elected. Now we have another politician whose campaing is built on lies and is being promoted by the same democrat/media machine, which I like to think of as "the usual suspects." His brand of leftist faux "Christianity" appeals to Godless democrats who think he can fool everyone into thinking he is a legitimate representative of actual Christianity. This is largely because most democrats are abysmally ignorant about actual Christianity and have it confused with their particular brand of social activism. They think Jesus was some kind of palestinian political activist who was executed by the Romans on account of his efforts to "free palestine" and are incredulous that His followers believe He was God in the flesh, died as humankind's atoning sacrifice and rose from the dead and is currently seated at the right hand of The Father while awaiting the time to return to claim His kingship over all the Earth. They are like the democrat denizens of Greenwich Village in NYC, who don't know a single person who does not conform to their own extreme left political views. To pick a representative example of such people I give you Pauline Kael, who remarked that she didn't know a single person who voted for Nixon and was therefore surprise to learn of his overwhelming electoral victory in 1972. Asking such people for advice on candidate selection is like asking a fish to select a candidate to appeal to the bird population; they will recommend a fish then act surprised when the actual birds don't agree and fail to support the fish candidate. Despite the best efforts of the democrat party/media complex to puff Talarco up as a "mainstream Texan" he will be trounced and bounced back into well deserved obscurity when the general election takes place.
Thank you, Steve for a wonderful description of these simpering leftists who try mightly to latch onto Christianity when in fact they know not what a belief in Christ is. They are frauds. IMHO, you can not be a Christian and worship at the alter of abortion. Killing babies is wrong. Period. No equivocating.
To be honest, I had to agree with Crockett- she was screwed out of the nomination - & would have been a stronger opponent (more checked boxes). But once again the democratic establishment can’t read the handwriting on the wall.
Another instance of shooting themselves in their own feet.
It looks like South Carolina will not redistrict before November. This will be interesting. I live in Clyburn’s District. The areas of the 6th near Charleston are some of the fastest growing areas in the US as people move to SC for jobs. I live in one of those large residential developments and may be the only resident that can trace his family in SC back to the Revolution. I don’t know how many of the new residents will be impressed by 85 year old Congressman Clyburn.
I live in Charleston and am beyond pissed at Campsen, my senator, who voted against redistricting. Not too long ago, we elected our first Republican mayor since the 1880s, so next on our list should be this traitor.
Clyburn needs to go and the reasons are legion, but the biggest is his foisting Pedo Joe on the country in exchange for Harris and KBJ. We’ll be suffering from that little scam for the next few decades. I do pray that your new residents see that he needs to go.
And you’re right about the growth around here. I live on an island and it used to take 10 minutes to get off of it. Now the traffic has upped it to 45 minutes, depending on time of day.
CTH has had several articles about Clyburn’s deep involvement in the election fraud nationally.
This why bidet had to get his blessing to be the 2020 hood ornament for the dem/media steph.
So true! He's been a political mafia-style boss a looong time.
“Conway Belangia, director of the S.C. Election Commission, said more than 26,000 people had voted by noon, already surpassing the highest single-day early voting turnout ever recorded for a primary election in South Carolina.
By 3 p.m., the estimated number of ballots cast had surged to 44,600.
The previous single-day record was 23,000 primary ballots cast in the 2024 elections.
I hope he is defeated. For one thing he is too darned old, not to mention a racist and leftist Dem.
We love Charleston and its surroundings, but when I saw the no of those from elsewhere moving there it concerned me. So many of these roving metropolitans have not sense of place, but confidence in their own more “exquisite” sensibilities.
Finally!! Texans had a CHOICE and finally voted for a citizen Representative….and a Sen’tor to boot! 🥾 True Paxton is an imperfect man, but in the Political sphere he has Been Effective!! He fights for Conservative Ideals…and wins! Imagine that! My RINO friends say Cornyn is a good man - the man that did NOT repeal O’Care, offered to ‘work with’ Gun Control & Red flag laws against the explicit 2A, ‘think about’ AMNESTY for MILLIONS of Illegal aliens, cut Federal Government so much that only $7 TRILLION is being spent this year, w BILLIONS & BILLIONS of Fraud.
We don’t NEED you, everyday men & non-assigned-at-birth mothers’ll GetRdone….
The Good Man shtick only goes so far. MAGA requires leaders who can get things done. The Trumpster is not a perfect man either but look what he has done for the country and the world.
Cornyn revealed who he is when he was caught on a hot mike after they did the Gun Control bill saying, "we'll do amnesty next". He denied that's what he really meant, but the damage was done - that's something that voters can't unforget.
Yes. I don’t buy his role play as a “good man”. As stated above, the sneering patronizing tone of his emails to me during Russiagate belie that characterization of of him. He is like most RINOs, convinced of his superior intellect and judgment.
Cornyn was a dead man walking when he started this endeavor. The swamp though does love their turtles, gators and the like. Austin voted for him, Huston voted for him - just the same number of votes as Talrico is gonna get.
So satisfying to see Paxton stomp John mTDS Cornyn and give PDJT a building block hopefully to stand strong. We conservatives can not let up on the throttle as the dems/media have hired the law firm of Dewey Cheatum and How.. Cat mailed it in from vacation in the lap of Surber .