Trump-endorsed Paxton DEMOLISHES Cornyn in GOP Senate primary runoff
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's challenge to incumbent Sen. John Cornyn went unresolved in the heated Republican primary race on March 3, as neither candidate proved able to secure 50% of the total vote.
Though Cornyn confidently warned Paxton that "Judgment day is coming," Paxton ultimately proved victorious in Tuesday's runoff election, handily beating the four-term senator by double digits.
AP News and NBC News called the race for Paxton around 9 p.m. ET, at which time 49.1% of the vote was in and Paxton was leading Cornyn 62.5% to 37.5%.
'Our Country needs Fighters.'
Cornyn's campaign blew over $24 million on advertising, including the attack ads that unsuccessfully tried to turn Republican voters off Paxton, reported the Texas Tribune.
Tens of millions of dollars more were blown by various pro-Cornyn groups, including the super PAC Texans for a Conservative Majority, which squandered $32.9 million on total advertising. The group even dropped $9.5 million in runoff-only ad-spending to help the senator.
The Lone Star State's AG, whose campaign spent only $4.8 million on advertising, stated in a runoff Election Day interview that "John Cornyn has never done anything significantly good for the state of Texas in 42 years."
In his final argument against maintaining the status quo, Paxton faulted his opponent for "siding with Joe Biden on restricting Second Amendment rights, siding with Joe Biden on bringing Afghan refugees here without vetting them, going against Donald Trump on the border, going against Donald Trump's re-election, going against Donald Trump's first election, fighting for amnesty, open borders — that's John Cornyn."
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Toward the end of the race, Cornyn's team framed the senator — who received donations from elements of the GOP old guard including former President George W. Bush and Rupert Murdoch — as a steady and proven conservative and Paxton as "morally bankrupt" and a "mortal threat to the America First agenda."
President Donald Trump evidently did not share Cornyn's vision for the future or his concerns about Paxton.
The president endorsed Paxton last week, touting him as "a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate."
While signaling goodwill to Cornyn by referring to him as a "good man," Trump emphasized that Paxton is a fighter and that "Our Country needs Fighters, and also Loyalty to the Cause of Greatness."
Trump wasted no time celebrating Paxton's win on Tuesday, posting to social media an image of himself and the victor along with a reminder of his endorsement.
Paxton will now face Democrat state Rep. James Talarico — a part-time Presbyterian seminarian who has attempted to use Scripture to justify abortion, protested the public display of the Ten Commandments, concern-mongers about traditional Christian views, voted against sparing kids from sex-rejection mutilations, and claimed there are six sexes.
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WATCH: Gay student says his middle school is built on racism and homophobia during viral grad speech
Video of a gay eighth-grade student's expletive-filled graduation speech from Kentucky went viral after his uncle posted it online.
Daniel Mattingly called Stuart Academy in Louisville "f**king ridiculous" in the crude apex of the series of woke insults he tossed at school officials on Thursday.
'This school is built on racism, sexism, and homophobia. I encourage everyone here today to stand up for yourself, even if it makes a scene.'
Mattingly claimed that officials turned down versions of his speech that were inappropriate for the event before launching into the insults.
"The theme that I was given for the speech was acceptance," the eighth grader explained to WAVE-TV. "A majority of it was just explaining that I see that people are going through trauma and going through oppression today."
He went on to claim that teachers at the school told him his speech wasn't positive enough and was too controversial. On the day of the speech, he defied them and accused them of being homophobic and racist.
"Apparently this school doesn't know better than to give an angry gay kid a microphone," he said during the speech.
"No shade at all, but I came to this graduation planning to give a speech about my trauma influencing me as a person, and black, brown, and mixed youth are facing oppression nowadays and being forced to fear their own identities," he added.
He went on to say that all of the school's students are "oppressed" youth.
"This school is built on racism, sexism, and homophobia. I encourage everyone here today to stand up for yourself, even if it makes a scene," he added. "This school is f**king ridiculous!"
He got a lot of applause from the students, and the woke speech got even more recognition after his uncle posted video online.
"All these teachers told me to speak from my heart for this speech, and I realized I shouldn't chicken out, because I need to speak from my heart and tell these people what they need to be told," Mattingly told WAVE.
The student told WAVE he didn't want to make the school look bad when he claimed that it was "built" on "racism, sexism, and homophobia."
Video of his unedited speech was posted to social media.
Jefferson County Public Schools did not issue a statement about the school in their district.
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Democrats forced to delete 'incredibly distasteful' Memorial Day post after getting INCINERATED online
The Democratic National Committee got absolutely lambasted for trying to politicize the death of U.S. military members on Memorial Day in order to attack President Donald Trump.
The post included photographs of 13 Americans who died during the U.S.-Israeli joint military strikes on Iran in recent weeks.
'It's wrong to politicize this day. I won't hesitate to call out my own team when we fall short.'
"Today, we honor the American heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice in Trump's war with Iran," the post read.
The DNC was immediately criticized, even by Democrats.
"It is incredibly distasteful to use our heroic dead for a political attack on Memorial Day. I'm a Democrat and I condemn this post by the DNC," responded Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.
"If we want the moral high ground, we have to be better," replied Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.). "I fought for our country and served with those who made the ultimate sacrifice. It's wrong to politicize this day. I won't hesitate to call out my own team when we fall short."
Others pounced on the disrespectful post.
"Just when you think the left can't go any lower ... Absolutely disgusting but not surprising," replied Republican Rep. Kat Cammack of Florida.
"Yes, we honor these heroes for defending America and our allies with their lives. What we won't do is dishonor their sacrifice by turning Memorial Day into a cheap political attack. Their memory deserves better," wrote Sen. Tim Sheehy (R) of Montana.
"Using Memorial Day to politically exploit fallen service members is appalling and disgraceful. One of the most disgusting posts I have ever seen," said Republican National Committee Chair Joe Gruters.
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The DNC eventually deleted the post, but screenshots of the offensive message were widely circulated.
Trump has been seeking a peace deal to end the strikes on Iran, but the surviving members of the regime have made demands that the president has called "unacceptable" and "garbage."
The war continues to be unpopular among Americans as the economic fallout has led to higher gas prices and increased inflationary pressure.
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A former chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee announced a campaign running for Florida's 20th Congressional District and was immediately accused of "dismantling" black "power."
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) was redistricted out of her previous seat and opted to run in the 20th district, which is composed of about 50% black residents.
'DWS is everything that's wrong with the Democratic establishment.'
In a statement released Tuesday, nearly all the DNC members from Florida condemned the decision by Schultz.
"Our party cannot credibly denounce the dismantling of black political power by Republicans while treating one of Florida's few remaining majority-black districts as a political opportunity for an incumbent seeking a safer seat," the statement reads.
Schultz, who has been in Congress for more than two decades, would likely win an easy contest in the general election in the left-leaning district. However, other Democrats accused Schultz of using her power to make her campaign easier.
"Debbie Wasserman Schultz is carpetbagging to FL-20, a black opportunity district instead of running in her own," said Elijah Manley, another Democratic candidate running for Florida's 20th district.
"DWS is everything that's wrong with the Democratic establishment. ... I look forward to retiring her from public office permanently."
Others like former 2 Live Crew rapper and black activist Luther Campbell, who is also running for the seat as a Democrat, warned Democrats that the black community is taking notice.
"To the Florida DNC members who stayed silent — we see you too. We’re taking receipts," Campbell wrote on social media. "Congressional District 20 is not a political opportunity seat. Black representation matters. Lived experience matters. Make sure you're on the right side of history."
"This decision reinforces the same message Republicans have pushed for years: that black representation does not matter," the Florida Democrats continued in their letter. "It does matter. Representation matters. Lived experience matters."
Schultz ran the Democratic Party from May 2011 until July 2016, just a few months before President Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. The late Harry Reid, a top Democratic leader, blamed Schultz for the devastating loss.
"We need a full time DNC chair and what they should do — they can take my model if they want — it's not rocket science," Reid said at the time. "It doesn't take a lot of brain power to figure out what needs to be done."
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By Sabotaging Redistricting, South Carolina Republicans Beg Voters To Hand Them The Pink Slip
If you were looking for a pathetic excuse for what qualifies as a “statesman” these days, look no further than the so-called “red state” of South Carolina. In complete defiance of their voters’ wishes, a cabal of Republican state senators sided with Democrats on Tuesday in tanking a proposal that sought to redistrict South Carolina’s […]Federal court strikes down Alabama's redistricting effort — Republicans to APPEAL at Supreme Court
Alabama Republicans immediately called for an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court after losing a redistricting battle at a three-judge panel of a federal court.
Republicans are trying to reinstate a 2023 congressional map that would allow them the possibility of picking up a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Democrats claimed the new map would send Alabama back to the '1950s and 60s.'
On Tuesday, a U.S. district court in Alabama sided against the map and ordered the state to use a map with two majority-black districts.
"Ultimately, we cannot see our way clear to requiring Alabamians to cast their votes in the 2026 elections under a districting plan tainted by intentional race-based discrimination," read the ruling.
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall released a statement after the ruling.
"I am disappointed, but not at all surprised, that the three-judge panel has again struck down Alabama’s blandly unobjectionable congressional map that has been in place for decades," wrote Marshall.
"I find nothing in the U.S. Supreme Court’s vacatur order of May 11 that would provide a basis for this outcome; thus, we will immediately appeal this decision to the Supreme Court," he added.
Rep. Shomari Figures, one of the Democrats representing a black-majority district in Alabama, praised the ruling but said Democrats were prepared to continue fighting at the Supreme Court.
"I am pleased with the Court's decision, but this case is still not over," he wrote.
"Although we expected the Court to reach this decision given the overwhelming evidence, we fully expect the State to immediately appeal the decision to the Supreme Court," Figures added. "This is a significant step in the right direction, but there is still a long way to go before this fight is settled."
Figures had previously claimed the new map would send Alabama back to the "1950s and 60s in terms of Black political representation in the state."
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"We've seen it from Republicans across the country — their goal is to eliminate every opportunity district for an African American candidate in the country," Figures added in a separate comment.
Marshall expressed confidence that the Supreme Court would side with Republicans.
"This is a very fluid situation, and I will do my best to keep the People of Alabama apprised of our efforts," he added. "Know this — in my mind, it is not a matter of whether we win this case, only when."
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