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OneLegUpAlex News- Texas GOP Infighting Could Change Senate Landscape in Midterms 2026 · OneLegUpAlex Media

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  Speaker 1: Here's your host, Alex Garrett. We got some heat in Texas,
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  Speaker 1: and I don't mean the weather. Did you see the
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  Speaker 1: Washington Times article today Senator John Cornyn, the establishment senator,
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  Speaker 1: the longtime senator, moderate senator, warning the GOP of election
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  Speaker 1: day massacre if current Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is
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  Speaker 1: running for that Senate seat against Cornyn, wins. But here's
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  Speaker 1: where it gets spicy. If the Attorney General is at
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  Speaker 1: the top, at the top of the ballot, which where
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  Speaker 1: the Senate states will be, we will have an election
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  Speaker 1: day massacre, Senator Cornyn said at a campaign stop with
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  Speaker 1: actually former Governor Rick Perry. Republicans up and down the
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  Speaker 1: ticket will pay the price of having an albatross like
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  Speaker 1: the corrupt attorney general hung around around their neck. Now,
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  Speaker 1: this guy is always a mild managed senator. I mean
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  Speaker 1: he's very very and he's soft spoken, and he's decent
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  Speaker 1: and whatever. But holy cow, I know him in New
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  Speaker 1: York City. But I could not ignore this headline because
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  Speaker 1: the infighting in Texas will lead to I guess this
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  Speaker 1: tall Rico or Jasmine Crockett turning Texas blue. And I
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  Speaker 1: think it's fascinating and it just if you've ever seen
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  Speaker 1: Fox News or seeing End and you see John Corny,
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  Speaker 1: and you know, this guy is a very very mild,
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  Speaker 1: minor guy. So for him to fight like hell with
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  Speaker 1: this to preserve his seat in the primary and beat Paxton,
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  Speaker 1: who is popular, I mean, Ken Paxton is a very
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  Speaker 1: popular person in Texas and he's always kind of been
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  Speaker 1: abas right hand guy and everything like that. So this
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  Speaker 1: is a big deal that corn is trying to save
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  Speaker 1: a seat. And by the way, if he loses to Paxton,
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  Speaker 1: Cornyn says that the Republicans would lose the seat, giving
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  Speaker 1: Democrats their first statewide win since nineteen ninety four, and
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  Speaker 1: drag down Congressional candidates that could jeopardize the Houses to
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  Speaker 1: euopia majority and boost the chances a new Democrat House
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  Speaker 1: led would impeach Trump and block his agenda. Now, that's
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  Speaker 1: what I think is gonna happen. Whether I'm in favor
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  Speaker 1: of that or not, I won't to opine on that part.
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  Speaker 1: But I do believe if the Democrats get hold of
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  Speaker 1: both the House and the Senate in twenty twenty six,
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  Speaker 1: you will start to see the impeachment trials again. And
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  Speaker 1: you know what, the valid ground they'd have is the
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  Speaker 1: Epstein file situation. I think that's the one where they
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  Speaker 1: would get him on and and so I guess if
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  Speaker 1: you don't want that, you have to vote to keep
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  Speaker 1: the GOP intact. However, if you're on the blue side
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  Speaker 1: of things, this infighting is fascinating. And as an as
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  Speaker 1: someone who just reports on this stuff, I find it
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  Speaker 1: fascinating because I've seen Cornon throughout the last eight nine
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  Speaker 1: years of Trump uh waiver, go back and forth. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he's never always been He's been kind of a solid
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  Speaker 1: Trump supporter, but he's also criticized the guy. But now
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  Speaker 1: he's fighting for his seat. And according to ad Impact,
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  Speaker 1: an independent campaign tracker, corn and his allies have poured
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  Speaker 1: in nearly fifty nine million dollars in political ads, compared
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  Speaker 1: with just two point three million for Paxxston. Now, maybe
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  Speaker 1: camp Paxton's they went on popularity, like Cuomo thought. Even
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  Speaker 1: with that huge betting advantage, Paxston leads Corning in the
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  Speaker 1: polls ahead of the March third primary thirty nine to
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  Speaker 1: thirty one percent. Thirty nine to thirty one percent. And
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  Speaker 1: that's gonna tell me if he does win the primary,
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  Speaker 1: that even Texas is tired of the establishment, even they're
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  Speaker 1: tired of a guy like Cornon always winning. And we
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  Speaker 1: do often think about term moments with these guys. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: how old can you be before you know are gonna
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  Speaker 1: die in that seed? I mean, it just doesn't make sense,
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  Speaker 1: But yeah, that's the one I got, Alex News. Infighting
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  Speaker 1: in Texas could really turn, could really turn Texas blue
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  Speaker 1: in a better way than Beto o'rock tried and other
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  Speaker 1: people tried. I mean, I don't even think Jasmine Crockett's
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  Speaker 1: to face this part this party. I think she's just
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  Speaker 1: not a good face of the party. But but my
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  Speaker 1: thought is if Corner is fighting like hell, then Republicans
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  Speaker 1: might be in trouble with this infighting. So I gotta say,
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  Speaker 1: I think I'm going to keep an eye on this primary.
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  Speaker 1: Her Wollnock a b Alex News because if it does
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  Speaker 1: go Paxton, I don't think he wins the Senate seat,
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  Speaker 1: and I do think the Democrats will have a blue
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  Speaker 1: seat in Texas. That's my colleague disregard her at the
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  Speaker 1: moment in Texas, and that would be astounding but not surprising.
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  Speaker 1: A lot of cities in Texas are turning blue Austin's
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  Speaker 1: gotten bluer, Houston's getting a little more blue. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: there are cities that are turning to the Democratic side,
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  Speaker 1: and with this gop in fighting in such a way
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  Speaker 1: where he's calling the Attorney General an albatross and corrupt,
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  Speaker 1: the gloves are off in Texas. And I said this
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  Speaker 1: start of the show, it's getting hot down there. And
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  Speaker 1: I don't mean the weather.