Terrell is not south Texas but would be ripe for corruption and bribes when youre on the border and your county is the 37th least populous county in the entire United States while also geographically being very large

Yeah, I should've said border county. I'll correct it in case anyone goes back for the links, though that work is usually wasted when I'm the last post on the page

As someone who grew up hunting in that county right on the border I vividly remember planes flying a couple hundred feet over land, wrecked planes on the Mexican side of the river, lights flashing off the canyon walls at night amongst other things. I didn't understand it at the time, but that area has been a corridor for a long time and I would not be surprised at all if the local authorities were in on it.

Cornyn update: he's still worthless.

Cornyn is disgusting. He could not care less about all the parents, J6ers & many other decent American citizens targeted by a weaponized government under Biden. Can’t wait for him to go. These entitled, elitist traitors do jot have the consent of the governed. https://t.co/nbthpzG6bT

— Lara Logan (@laralogan) July 16, 2026

Is that the only reason?….. or maybe they knew they had nothing… kinda like all of the other investigations bidens DoJ conducted

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Another example of Paxton and by extension his office being for sale.

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Last month, Attorney General Ken Paxton waded into the explosive college football saga involving Brendan Sorsby, the Texas Tech University quarterback who had admitted to placing thousands of improper sports bets, including on his own team's games, resulting in the NCAA declaring him ineligible to play.

In a June 11 letter, Paxton's office warned the Big 12 Conference on behalf of Texas Tech that any move to sanction the university for fielding Sorsby would be "unlawful" and potentially expose it to $200 million in damages.

One day before he sent that letter, Texas Tech Board of Regents Chair Cody Campbell, one of Sorsby's most public defenders, donated $274,300 to a fundraising committee supporting Paxton in his bid for U.S. Senate, according to campaign finance records newly filed with the Federal Election Committee Wednesday.

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https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/15/cody-campbell-ken-paxton-donation-brendan-sorsby-texas-tech/

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You're not listening. I. Don't. Care. Yes, his office is for sale. That's why he's going to the Senate because it's a bigger For Sale sign. I've said for a decade I'll vote for anyone that campaigns on repealing the 17th Amendment. A mythical Senator Talarico would be for sale as well, the only difference is who he would sell us out to. It wouldn't be west Texas oil barons trying to help their college football teams. Talarico would sell us out to the LGBTQIAP lobby and the cartels trying to eliminate border security so the drugs and children and be trafficked more freely. This "he's for sale" isn't a winning issue. They're all for sale. Talarico is a sick, disgusting human with a set of policies that are antithetical to Texas and our values. That's never going to change.

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Only reason DOJ stopped their investigation was because Trump was getting inuaguarted that week. There was no reason to go forward because the new DOJ would have stopped it or Trump would have pardoned him.

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Or maybe its because it was just a political witch hunt

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Yeah. He's squeaky clean. LMAO

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False dichotomy. Hes an average scumbag politician, he just doesn't deserve to be called one of the most corrupt person in politics, which is what you are claiming.

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Aggie97 said:

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Only reason DOJ stopped their investigation was because Trump was getting inuaguarted that week. There was no reason to go forward because the new DOJ would have stopped it or Trump would have pardoned him.

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Or maybe its because it was just a political witch hunt

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Yeah. He's squeaky clean. LMAO

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Paxton is a slimy turd.

That doesn't mean he committed these felonies he was accused of.

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What makes him a slimy turd?

Other than being an average politician?

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Cornyn voted something like 96% with Trump.

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And worked behind the scenes to kill 70% if what he wanted. So well known he was boooed offstage in a Republican event.

Kind of left off that part.

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No, he didn't.

You can dislike Cornyn all you want. But, don't make up *****..

He is a conservative but a VERY mushy MAGA.

However, he wasn't trying to kill 70% (or anything NEAR that percent) of the Trump priorities...

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Just the important ones.

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Aggie97 said:

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Only reason DOJ stopped their investigation was because Trump was getting inuaguarted that week. There was no reason to go forward because the new DOJ would have stopped it or Trump would have pardoned him.

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Or maybe its because it was just a political witch hunt

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Yeah. He's squeaky clean. LMAO

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Never said he was and I don't care if he was or not. That's what you don't get....he was not convicted in a court of law and he is good at fighting democrats. THATS ALL WE CARE ABOUT

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Yep.

He seems slimy as an eel and I wouldn't be surprised if he's absolutely despicable to be around. And yet, he's still 100x a better choice than any modern Dem, and 1000x better than Talarico.

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He only seems slimy as an eel to the press. If the press hates him, that's just another reason to like him. If the Texas GOP hates him, that is a HUGE reason to like him.

I'm not saying the alternative is better, but if you can't admit Paxton has a slimy past, I don't know what to tell you.

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I'm not saying the alternative is better, but if you can't admit Paxton has a slimy past, I don't know what to tell you.

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Please provide examples

Jesse Woods said:

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I'm not saying the alternative is better, but if you can't admit Paxton has a slimy past, I don't know what to tell you.

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So what?

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And Cornyn would be just like Mitch and the others who kiss the democrats toes

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Meh...

Cornyn voted something like 96% with Trump.

Paxton will probably vote 99.9% with Trump.



If Paxton loses, Texas will have a senator who votes 0% with Trump.



The primary voters should have picked HUNT if they wanted an easily electable, very conservative candidate that wasn't Cornyn, who would ALSO vote probably 99.1% with Trump.

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When you are in leadership roles like Cornyn, it is less important to look at how often he "voted with Trump" and more important to look at how many times he made sure that legislation he disagreed with Trump on never came up for a vote in the first place. And yes, I think Hunt would have been better and voted for him in the primary. But given the runoff choice between Cornyn and Paxton, Paxton was the only reasonable choice. If Paxton loses to Talarico, it won't be because of some burst of democratic enthusiasm, it will be because butthurt Cornyn supporters decide to stay home.

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Yeah...

There's no chance that some Republicans really dislike Paxton because of his baggage. Or that independents think the same way. It's ONLY butthurt Cornyn supporters...

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Then how did Paxton win 3 state wide races in 2014, 2018, and 2022?

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Straight ticket voting in 2014, 2018?

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I'm not saying the alternative is better, but if you can't admit Paxton has a slimy past, I don't know what to tell you.

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We dont care. If you cant understand that, I dont know what to tell you.

Google's pretty easy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached by the state House of Representatives in May 2023 on 20 articles including bribery, abuse of public trust, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers. The charges primarily alleged that Paxton misused his office to protect a political donor, real estate developer Nate Paul, in exchange for personal favors like home renovations and employment for a woman with whom he had an affair. Additionally, he was accused of attempting to impede an ongoing securities fraud case against him.

Or how about him threatening the Big 12 if they refused to play Tech one day after he was given 250k by Cody Campbell

Are you waiting for a politician who would qualify as an ideal godparent to your child? If so you might as well turn in your voter card and stop voting.

It's really not that hard. ALL of these politicians on both sides are slimy and corrupt. Stop defending them, and just vote policy.

No, I'm not. Just can't believe in 2026 people are still defending blatant corruption because it's their team.

Jesse Woods said:

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Google's pretty easy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached by the state House of Representatives in May 2023 on 20 articles including bribery, abuse of public trust, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers. The charges primarily alleged that Paxton misused his office to protect a political donor, real estate developer Nate Paul, in exchange for personal favors like home renovations and employment for a woman with whom he had an affair. Additionally, he was accused of attempting to impede an ongoing securities fraud case against him.

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So, nothing.

1. House impeachment was mostly not under oath. When under oath, witnesses all admitted it was hearsay.
2. Accused of some BS political witch hunt doesn't prove he is bad.

Sounds like Google is not all that easy.

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Or how about him threatening the Big 12 if they refused to play Tech one day after he was given 250k by Cody Campbell

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So, a state AD protecting an ins-state institution is now bad? Well, I guess because he's Paxton.

I think Paxton is slime mostly b/c of how he treated his wife. I'm just old fashioned and think that having multiple girlfriends while married doesn't align with my personal values.

But I also realize that being able to please some stakeholders while keeping others in the dark is a skill much needed in politics and that personal qualities should not matter to either party.

Also, his decision on trade-ins is highly questionable, as one generally trades-in for a MUCH newer model haha.

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Google's pretty easy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached by the state House of Representatives in May 2023 on 20 articles including bribery, abuse of public trust, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers. The charges primarily alleged that Paxton misused his office to protect a political donor, real estate developer Nate Paul, in exchange for personal favors like home renovations and employment for a woman with whom he had an affair. Additionally, he was accused of attempting to impede an ongoing securities fraud case against him.

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So he was accused of something? By people who didn't like him?

Did anybody swear under oath that it was true? Was he convicted of anything?

I can accuse you of all kinds of stuff right now if that's the bar to cross.

Talarico is on record voting for all kinds of heinous, perverted crap. And he stands behind it openly and publicly every day.

But yeah, Paxton was accused of some things by people with a political axe to grind

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Jesse Woods said:

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Google's pretty easy

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached by the state House of Representatives in May 2023 on 20 articles including bribery, abuse of public trust, obstruction of justice, and retaliation against whistleblowers. The charges primarily alleged that Paxton misused his office to protect a political donor, real estate developer Nate Paul, in exchange for personal favors like home renovations and employment for a woman with whom he had an affair. Additionally, he was accused of attempting to impede an ongoing securities fraud case against him.

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The idea of impeachment being an indicator of something happening lost its meaning when Trump was impeached for something he didn't do. Still of it makes you feel better to believe it that's fine. I'm perfectly fine accepting that Paxton is a slimy POS that's going to be beholden to donors over voters, that's all politicians. The question is which donors and what are their values and that's where Talarico is a hard no for me.

Lol, you're right guys! He's a good ol boy that never meant to do no harm. Adultery, bribery, etc. don't make him a slime ball.

60 REPUBLICAN Texas house members voted to impeach him.

It's okay to say "Yeah, he's corrupt, but still better than Talarico."

Jesse Woods said:

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It's okay to say "Yeah, he's corrupt, but still better than Talarico."

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Why is it so important to you for anybody else to say this?

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No, I'm not. Just can't believe in 2026 people are still defending blatant corruption because it's their team.

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They had the chance to impeach/convict Paxton but there was no evidence. They couldn't deliver the goods. It was a show trial to get the desired results. I don't care about any of it. Trump was impeached but never convicted. The house is reactionary and the senate is expected to be more deliberative - in the federal and state government. Considering the Texas house speaker is a Republican who can't get a majority of republicans to vote for him, but has to get democrats to compete the job, which in turn makes Burrows indebted to the Dems and freaks like Talerico and Gene Wu who would like to subjugate whites. That's what we are dealing with here.

The LEFT is stealing billions across the country through fraud. Day care, elder care, Medicare, homelessness, food stamps, rent assistance, H1B fraud, kick backs to politicians, etc - all of it. It's happening here in Texas too and we need to clean it up, deport illegals/visa holders, and incarcerate Americans citizens on the take.

I agree with Loyal Ag - Talerico will open the borders, give welfare to illegals, actively trans kids, vote for climate change policy (a fake issue to begin with) which will decimate Texas' economy, continue turning a blind eye to the fraud, etc. He votes 100% of the time against what I want. There is NO WAY I will vote anything else but Paxton in the general.

Which one would I want to have a beer with? Neither.

Which one would I want my daughters to be around? Talarico.

Which one would I want my grandson to be around? Paxton.

Is one better than the other when it comes to pandering and being self-serving? No.

Would I pick either of them to be my Senator? No. But one of them will be.

So which one is most likely to protect the freedoms and economic policies that make this country great?

Paxton is the easy choice. Talarico either doesn't know what made us great or doesn't care.

When I see Little T, I think of 1 thing only the antichrist. He's it

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It's okay to say "Yeah, he's corrupt, but still better than Talarico."

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Why is it so important to you for anybody else to say this?

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The only reason I can think of is the hope that low IQ voters will be dumb enough to vote against Paxton or stay at home because they've been told he's corrupt.

The left REWARDS corruption. Look at all the graft from USAID, look at Hunter Biden and Ukraine, look at the Clintons and Haiti and a million other examples.

Vote for policy is always the correct choice but screeching about Paxton's supposed corruption that was never proven in a court of law is absurd. At this point it's Paxton or communism, there is no middle ground based on how far left the Dems have swung. Everything else should take a back seat.

JUST IN: Reid Hoffman donates another $10 million to James Talarico’s Texas Senate campaign.

— Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 16, 2026

He's not donating to Talerico to do anything but vote a certain way. They are all indebted.

Yep. He will do the bidding of a billionaire that resides in Seattle, Washington. Seems reasonable, right?