Today again in Texas and there is one race that has the attention of everyone, including President Trump,

the primary runoff battle between longtime Republican Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The race was already highly competitive, but President Trump's endorsement of Paxton last week has effectively launched him to frontrunner status.

This is all part of the larger effort by President Trump to purge his own party of incumbents he sees as not quite loyal enough,

even though Senator Cornyn touts voting with the president 99% of the time. It's at stake in what's going to be happening tonight in Texas and all the dynamics playing out,

including Donald Trump's endorsement of not John Cornyn.

Yes.

And it does, you know, I don't know, looks like Ken Paxton's going to win.

And when you see the Texas is Texas.

It's very difficult.

I think a lot of Democrats might think it's Austin.

It's in Dallas. It's very difficult. Like Tyler a lot of Democrats might think it's Austin. It's in Dallas.

Very difficult. No, like Tyler. The extent to which if Ken Paxton wins shows Trump's hold.

And on the Republican Party, but the fact that Talarico continues to do well and statewide polling, of course, he's the Democratic nominee.

And I think people need to appreciate Texans have been living with Ken Paxton and his shenanigans and his legal troubles for a long

time. So it does feel like, in a surprising way even, that people who normally vote for Republicans,

maybe they're independents, maybe republicans are open to voting for um to voting for tallurico and like

giving him giving him a real shot and you just it sort of feels not like the tip you know we've all

been here before with texas going blue but a tipping point sort of across the country with Republicans

getting tired of what's going on.

I still think it's...

It's Tuesday, 26 May in the year of our Lord, 2026.

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