This is Paxtons race to lose. He needs to run a smart campaign and keep vegan beto on the defensive. Keep soy boy talking about transing kids, tofu and genders.

LETS GOOO!!!!

The stage is officially set.

It's red-blooded Texan @KenPaxtonTX vs. the weird dude who needs to "come to terms with his whiteness."

I know who I want as my next Senator...pic.twitter.com/w1Ccwjbo2N

— Brandon Gill (@realBrandonGill) May 27, 2026

The backdrop of Talarico's "church" is even weird.

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I expect some kids to come forward and say that Talarico touched them inappropriately at his " church" .

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I hope not.

That would triple his support among voters on the left.

Is his 'girlfriend' the sister of Lennay Keku?

The Collective said:

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Consider this - this is one of the most important positions our state can send to the federal government. And these two are our options.

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But is it that much of a surprise?

The democrats have moved SO far left as a party, there are no more moderates. Crockett vs. Talarico was actually a pretty accurate picture of the main voters in their party. Both far-left, with different approaches. Combative/emotional race-based politics vs. soft/emotional white-guilt politics. That's what their party was become.

Cornyn had every opportunity to cement a positive legacy for himself representing one of the more conservative states in the country for over a decade. He continually showed he wasn't what he campaigned on, yet voters kept holding our noses for him...until we'd had enough.

In the post-Trump political world, especially for Republicans, it is a toxic experience to run for office. The awful things said, and sometimes threats, put on candidates and their families is much worse than it was 10-20 years ago. On the Republican side, you are going to see fewer 'moral' conservative candidates with families wanting to jump into that mess. So the ones who rise to the top with taking on the issues are the Trump/Paxton types who either have personal baggage or have combative personalities that aren't cordial.

Rico is everything Christians hate about the church. Gives off child molesting youth minister vibes, molds every verse to fit his world view, and is as masculine as a 15 year old girl.

Beto appealed to soccer moms because he was sexy. Alred was a masculine, black, football player, 'moderate'.

This guy looks like a 15 year old lesbian, and has to walk back 10 years of the dumbest soundbites known to man. And this is before they dig up pics of him at the pickle park. Only blue hairs and men who hate themselves will vote for this guy.

Beto was sexy…,,, Rock bottom

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Quite honestly, I have my doubts the guy is a member of any church. Can we find anyone that goes to church with him?

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I think you underestimate how many godless churches there are. Pretty sad.

The "baggage" issue, meh. We're not looking to elect choir boys. We want fighters who will ...

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The more Texans get to know 6-Gender talarico the more they're going to reject him.

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The race will depend a lot more on how big the democrat wave ends up being in the fall, than on anything about the candidates themselves.

Republicans certainly gave the democrats an opening here by nominating a candidate with a crap ton of negatives. Talarico only wins if there is a huge shift to the Dems that lifts all the candidates. It does appear that Trump is doing everything in his power to make that happen, but a blue Texas still seems unlikely here.

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Tons of negatives?

We're about three weeks away from finding out Talerico has been diddling kids.

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Danny Vermin said:

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I expect some kids to come forward and say that Talarico touched them inappropriately at his " church" .

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Quite honestly, I have my doubts the guy is a member of any church. Can we find anyone that goes to church with him?

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Baal led a church.

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I do think Talarico camp has preferred to go against Paxton

But after yesterday, I guarantee they are rethinking that belief.


Paxton's "baggage" is irrelevant. He's shown that time and time again

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His baggage caps his ceiling. That's what gives the democrats a shot. Still they need like a +10 swing nationally to make it possible.

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At some point people need to accept that Ken Paxton is extremely popular with Texans, and his races reflect that.

If Cornyn would have been actually conservative on 2A issues and the illegal immigration issues and supported the HUGELY popular SAVE Act he would have sailed through. But he crapped all over all 3 rails of massively important issues to his constituents. He was a republican progressive that believed as another poster believed that voters needed to be disciplined for their views.

Talarico: "They're going to dig up all kinds of old statements, take them out of context and try to paint them in the worst possible light."

Translation: I’m going to try to distance myself from my own words and beliefs so I can pretend to be a moderate until after I’m elected. pic.twitter.com/0vAfMtGL7i

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) May 27, 2026

The "preacher" with an unseen girlfriend is already trying to distance himself from himself

100% no doubt that Paxton will run a better campaign against Talarico. The Cornyn campaign strategy and commercials in his last two elections were terrible.

Paxton is going to eviscerate Talarico using his own words and social media posts. It won't be some lame, half-baked campaign from someone old guy who got fat and happy over 24 years by not having to run a truly competitive race.

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I guess I don't get the talking points on Cornyn. We feel this way, because he isn't lockstep 100% on policy with Trump. That more closely aligns with conservatism than does the true believer block-voting crap we mock the left for doing. The Senate is meant to be slow plodding and slightly ineffective at times. That doesn't mean I'm 100% happy with the last few sessions of the Senate, and I think change is warranted. I've been wanting Cornyn to bail out for a younger conservative for many years, so we can get someone with some seniority before they are old and senile. Instead, we end up with this circus, and he is to blame for it. So, I guess I am saying I don't get all of the hate for Cornyn while saying **** Cornyn in the same breath...

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I don't think it is pure hate, it is just exasperation. For me, he was too soft on immigration and he was open to meeting Democrats in the middle on some aspects of gun control. The Democrats are honest about wanting full amnesty and open borders, and full gun control. Everyone that helps them take a small step that direction is not in the fight. That was John Cornyn.

Tallarico must think he's running for Senator in California or Massachusetts

Problem is that his statements aren't old...

When she asks him to name something he loves that’s not family or friends she probably thought he’d say baseball, barbecue, fishing, the rodeo even…instead the first thing that was on his mind was… (checks notes) trans children. 😵‍💫 pic.twitter.com/9J2YFxgMbn

— Politi_Rican 🇵🇷 𝕏 🇺🇸 (@TheRicanMemes) May 27, 2026