Trump Humiliates John Cornyn With Paxton Endorsement
Bulwark Takes
The Bulwark
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🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump just endorsed Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton over longtime Senator John Cornyn. Tim Miller joined Chris Jansing on MS Now to say it’s one of the most humiliating political rejections imaginable. After years of defending Trump, flattering Trump, and publicly groveling for Trump’s approval, Cornyn still got tossed aside in favor of Paxton, a scandal-plagued MAGA loyalist. Tim breaks down why Trump’s endorsement matters, what it says about the Republican Party, and why Democrats believe James Talarico could now have a real opening in Texas.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everybody, Tim Miller from the bulwark. We had breaking news while I was live on MS now. |
| 0:04.7 | Donald Trump has decided to endorse Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary. |
| 0:10.5 | I get into on the show what I think the implications are for that Senate race. |
| 0:15.2 | I think it's good news mildly for Tala Rico. It's still going to be an uphill battle. |
| 0:20.0 | I think that it's telling that Donald Trump feels need that he needs to shore up support |
| 0:25.4 | with his bag of base. |
| 0:26.9 | So we get into all that. |
| 0:28.1 | But what I wanted to focus on here for you guys is how absolutely embarrassingly humiliating this is for John Cornyn. Big John Cornyn. You remember that? |
| 0:46.8 | Some of you guys might not remember that. You might not remember that. Let's go find the old |
| 0:50.9 | video. |
| 0:51.3 | It came down off the bench after doing this time. |
| 0:54.9 | He fought heathens of the hellions and all kinds of crime. |
| 0:58.2 | He was just getting started and a long ways to go. |
| 1:01.4 | We sent him to Washington to the really big show, Big John. |
| 1:06.2 | Big John. |
| 1:09.4 | Big John. |
| 1:13.6 | Big John. Big bad, John. The Senate wasn't ready said pay your dues. |
| 1:20.6 | That John said, sit down, friend, I got some big news. |
| 1:23.6 | You see on from Texas where we do things quit and the way this place is |
| 1:28.6 | runs up about to make me sick. Big John. Big God. He's a big bad John. Big bad John. He John, big bad John. |
| 1:45.5 | He's a big guy. |
| 1:47.3 | He's got a schlong. |
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