President Trump says Cornyn is not doing enough to support Ken Paxton in Texas senate race | Dallas News Live

President Trump said that John Cornyn is hurting Texas. He also said that if Ken Paxton loses this race in a couple of weeks, President Trump is saying it's John Cornyn's fault. I talked to a political science professor at UTSA. Is that him setting up a defense to say, hey, I tried to do what I could do? I think that's exactly what it is. He may in fact be seeing internal polling from Republican sources that are showing that that Ken Paxton is losing, is gonna lose, and therefore, he wants to cut his losses in advance. Yeah, I'm not surprised Trump has done this in the past, so if he's doing this now, and I'm in the passing campaign, I'd be very worried. Ken Paxton getting a lot of money late in this after that historic midterm convention here in Dallas. A lot of TV ads going on, but are voters' minds already made up at this point? I mean, there's a small percentage of people that may still be undecided. It's amazing, but they're probably out there. I'm guessing if they're seeing all these ads now on, no offense, on Fox 4 and elsewhere, is that it's basically background noise, and they may be flipping the channel or muting it for a few minutes, waiting for the next thing to end and then go back to watching football or something. So it can make a difference. What's more important about the money rather than being spent on advertising is for voter turnout efforts at this point to get people to the polls. And that's what we don't see on TV with the ads. That instead is taking place with text messaging to potential voters and potential supporters. James DelRisco in Fort Worth had a town hall. Did that help him at all? We talked about undecided voters. That number is smaller and smaller. I mean, it doesn't hurt. It might, in fact, have reinforced views, particularly people who are kind of wavering, kind of on the fence. I'm thinking in particular, those Cornyn voters, he's trying to give them permission to say, okay, you may vote Republican in other races. We know you didn't like Ken Paxton, which is why you voted against him. I'm trying to give you permission to say, here's why you can support me at least this go around. And in that respect, maybe the town hall didn't hurt. John Cornyn has been, he's said a few things to reporters here and there since losing in that runoff during the primary if Ken Paxton loses this race? Is it because John Cornyn was not a big cheerleader for him? Honestly, I don't think so, John. Here's the thing. John Cornyn, if he sat in the sidelines, which is what he's kind of done, he's gone elsewhere. He's supported Republicans in other parts of the country. But his argument, I think, is a correct one, which is this is Ken Paxton's race to win or lose. He, getting on the stage, probably at some campaign rally, wouldn't necessarily be a positive for Ken Paxton because so many Paxton supporters really dislike John Cornyn. So honestly, it's probably not a big deal. You can blame John Cornyn for the loss, but I think the blame lays elsewhere. And, you know, Democrats have not done this in my lifetime in Texas. is, but it seems like if it's gonna happen, all of the ingredients for a storm is primed for Democrats this go around. It's signs and wonders. She used that particular term here. Last time a Democrat won the US Senate race, my hair was brown. So it's been that long. Same with governor. So we're talking about a situation where we're in uncharted territory for Texas Democrats who have often taken defeat out of the jaws of victory and have managed to shoot themselves in the foot. This time, it doesn't seem like that's the case, that that vibe is there that perhaps, finally, maybe Democrats might break through here and there statewide John Taylor, political science professor at UTSA. Thanks for your time.