Exclusive: Paxton notches key endorsement from Texas congressman in fight to unseat Cornyn



Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured the endorsement of a key member of the Texas congressional delegation in his fight to unseat longtime U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas).

On Tuesday evening, Paxton officially declared that he would primary Cornyn, who is up for re-election in 2026. "John Cornyn has been in Washington for over two decades, and he has turned his back on President Trump and the America First agenda time after time," Paxton said in a statement obtained by Blaze News.

Now, just a few hours after making that announcement, Paxton has already received the backing of Republican Congressman Troy Nehls, who represents a district just outside Houston.

"I’m proud to be fully supporting and endorsing his campaign!" Nehls said in a statement obtained exclusively by Blaze News.

"Ken Paxton is a conservative warrior who has always stood with President Trump and been a champion for the people of Texas. During Joe Biden’s disastrous presidency, Attorney General Paxton sued the Biden Administration over 100 times and secured major victories against Biden’s lawless, open borders policies," the statement continued.

Gonzales ... characterized Cornyn as a 'RINO' — short for 'Republican in name only' — and a 'coward.'

First elected in 2002, Sen. Cornyn has lately been viewed as out of step with MAGA-supporting Texans and the Republican Party more generally. Just a few months ago, BlazeTV host and proud Texas native Sara Gonzales confronted Cornyn about repeatedly voting to send American tax dollars to Ukraine. "We have our own problems to deal with," Gonzales explained.

Gonzales later characterized Cornyn as a "RINO" — short for "Republican in name only" — and a "coward."

Cornyn responded to the news of Paxton's senatorial bid by calling the Texas attorney general a "fraud" and himself a "battle-tested conservative." Cornyn also suggested that his record demonstrates his commitment to President Trump and the MAGA agenda.

"During his first term John Cornyn voted with President Trump more than 95% of current senators, securing the votes for his biggest accomplishments as his Whip," Cornyn's statement said, according to the Quorum Report.

Nehls, an Army Reserve veteran and former sheriff who currently sits on the House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, believes Paxton would be a stronger voice for Texas than Cornyn has been.

"He’s never once backed down from a fight or wavered in his commitment to doing what’s right," Nehls said of Paxton, "and he’s exactly the type of fighter we need representing us in the U.S. Senate."

Nehls is apparently not alone. According to a poll from the New York Times, Paxton is currently crushing Cornyn by 25 points in the Republican primary battle and would likely defeat a Democrat challenger in the general election as well.

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Dan Crenshaw brushes off apparent death threat as 'hyperbole' as ethics complaint looms



A conservative watchdog group filed an ethics complaint Tuesday against Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R) over his apparent suggestion that he would kill Tucker Carlson should the two ever meet in person — something Crenshaw claims was clearly "hyperbole."

The American Accountability Foundation indicated Tuesday that it penned a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives' Office of Congressional Ethics requesting an immediate investigation into Crenshaw's remarks. According to the watchdog group, which is led by a former legislative director of Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Crenshaw may have violated House rules by engaging in conduct unbecoming of a member of Congress.

Blaze News previously reported that GB News' Steven Edginton interviewed Crenshaw at the 2025 Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in Britain last week, asking the congressman about American global leadership, the "neocon" label often applied to him, and the war in Ukraine.

When Edginton mentioned Tucker Carlson's criticism of American aid to Ukraine, Crenshaw declared, "Tucker doesn't know what he's talking about."

'No, seriously, I would kill him.'

After the interview, Edginton casually asked Crenshaw with the camera still rolling, "Have you ever met Tucker?"

In footage that did not originally air on GB News but went viral Monday on social media, Crenshaw seemingly responded, "We've talked a lot on Twitter. If I ever meet him, I'll f**king kill him."

Edginton, who indicated that the footage was genuine, suggested on X that when he laughed off the remark, Crenshaw doubled down, stating, "No, seriously, I would kill him."

When later asked on X by Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) whether he threatened to kill Carlson, Crenshaw wrote, "lol, no."

The AAF suggested that a failure to sanction Crenshaw over his apparent threat of a member of the press would "send a message to Members that they are free to threaten reporters they disagree with and more importantly send a message to reporters that they need to worry for their safety when they report on Members of Congress."

'I have absolutely no desire to harm him.'

"There is no reasonable construction of creditable behavior which includes threating [sic] innocent journalists simply for disagreeing with a Member," the AAF noted in its complaint.

"As Representative Crenshaw frequently points out, he is a former Navy SEAL, so one should reasonably assume that his threats to kill someone should be taken seriously, since he has received significant military training in the application of lethal force," added the AAF.

When pressed for comment, a spokesman for Crenshaw directed Blaze News to the congressman's Wednesday KRIV-TV interview, where Crenshaw stated, "I caught that video myself after I saw all the outrage online, and I have got say, that's the lamest 'death threat' that I've ever seen. I think it's pretty clear that is a non-literal turn of phrase."

"I think anyone seriously watching and being honest with themselves knows that was hyperbole, said in private, and no, Tucker has nothing to worry about. I have absolutely no desire to harm him," added Crenshaw.

The congressman told KRIV that he will not accept Carlson's invitation to sit down for an interview, noting, "I don't want to be in the same room with him."

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Why Mitch McConnell's last RINO stand vs. MAGA is doomed to fail



Is the GOP anti-Trump resistance on life support?

Blaze senior politics editor and Washington correspondent Christopher Bedford addressed this question in his latest Beltway Brief. Now, he joins Jill Savage on “Blaze News Tonight” to expound on why he thinks the GOP’s anti-Trump movement is on its way out.

“I think it's on its last legs, at least as far as its ability to create, to shape what goes on in the White House,” he says.

The best evidence that RINO power is waning can be seen in the failed attempts to sink several Trump nominees. Despite a vicious smear campaign, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was confirmed, albeit narrowly by Vice President JD Vance’s tie-breaking vote.

And even though RINOS “were unhappy with some aspects of RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again agenda,” Kennedy scored enough votes from the Senate Finance Committee to advance to a full Senate vote. One of the votes that pushed him through came from Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who, in the end, reversed his "no" due to enormous pressure from a very vocal MAHA movement, or perhaps because he “is up for re-election next year in Trump-loving Louisiana.” Either way, it’s a MAGA win.

Further, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), who they were “extremely against,” given that she is a “direct threat to deep-state intelligence community interests,” was also able to advance from committee when Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) both confirmed their support.

RINOs, says Bedford, are realizing that “to step out of line [is] to face the most popular Republican president in generations and the majority of the American voters who actually put him there.”

If Kash Patel, President Trump’s nominee for FBI director, is confirmed, it will “signify the end of Senate GOP opposition to his chosen Cabinet and the beginning of a new Republican Party,” Bedford wrote in his op-ed.

“The only real threat to any of these nominees ... is Republicans and Republicans who promised to be a thorn in the side of MAGA,” he adds, but they “have basically been beaten at every single round by the Trump administration and by the people who push from the outside, the people who push from the inside, and honestly, a couple of good nominees.”

“They’re in full retreat,” he says.

To hear more of Bedford’s analysis, watch the clip above.

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Sen. Tillis plotted to spike Hegseth's nomination but left his apparent co-conspirator hanging: Report



Republican Sens. Mitch McConnell (Ky.), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Susan Collins (Maine) joined Democrats in an unsuccessful effort Friday to spike Pete Hegseth's confirmation as secretary of defense. Vice President JD Vance cast the tiebreaking vote, sealing the deal and ensuring that Hegseth would be sworn in the following morning.

While only three nominal Republicans ultimately put their necks out trying to thwart the will of President Donald Trump, they were apparently greater in number in the preceding days.

According to the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) — who is running for re-election next year — allegedly assured Hegseth's ex-sister-in-law, a key witness during the Senate confirmation process, that her sworn statement could convince Republican senators to vote against Trump's nominee.

'I have been assured that making this public statement will ensure that certain Senators who are still on the fence will vote against Hegseth's confirmation.'

The Journal noted that in a Jan. 19 call witnessed by two other people, Tillis told Danielle Hegseth that if she signed the statement testifying that she believes Pete Hegseth was abusive to his second wife and had problems with alcohol, he and other Republicans might vote "no" on Hegseth.

Tillis, who ultimately voted "yes," did not deny the reporting about the call, telling the Journal in a statement that Danielle Hegseth's statement "did carry weight, which is why I communicated my concerns to the White House and spent days doing my due diligence and seeing if there were any firsthand corroborating accounts of the sworn statement."

Danielle Hegseth noted in her statement to the Senate Armed Services Committee, "I have chosen to come forward publicly, at significant personal sacrifice, because I am deeply concerned by what Hegseth's confirmation would mean for our military and our country and because I have been assured that making this public statement will ensure that certain Senators who are still on the fence will vote against Hegseth's confirmation."

"But for that assurance I would not subject myself or others referred to in this statement to the public scrutiny this statement is likely to cause," added Danielle Hegseth.

It appears that Hegseth's ex-sister-in-law learned the hard way that some politicians' assurances are worthless.

Following the Friday vote, Danielle Hegseth reportedly said, "What happened today will make women who have experienced abuse and mistreatment even less forthcoming."

Tillis, who managed to secure an F rating on Conservative Review's Liberty Score in his first four years in office, suggested to the Journal that his vote — supposedly informed by research and long conversations with Hegseth, as opposed to hopes of political self-preservation — "makes it clear where the facts ultimately led."

Despite his stated enthusiasm about working with the new secretary of defense, Tillis was among the Republicans who refrained from clapping when Vance cast the tiebreaking vote.

According to ABC News, Tillis is among the nominal Republicans that a Democratic group is now leaning on to help spike Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation as head of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Tillis, expected to face a competitive primary next year, is already facing one challenger: Andy Nilsson, a Winston-Salem businessman who filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission earlier this month to kick off his campaign committee.

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GOP Sen. Todd Young Invites A Primary Challenge By Refusing To Back Hegseth

If Hoosiers want Hegseth confirmed as the next defense secretary, they need to give Young the Joni Ernst treatment.

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Mike Rogers has spent his entire political career funding and defending the very agencies being weaponized to target Americans.

McConnell reveals what he really thinks of Trump, 'MAGA movement' in new biography



Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) appears willing to kneecap his party before stepping down as Republican leader at year's end.

The 82-year-old, who figures he has a shot at re-election in 2026, reportedly lashed out against the increasingly diverse, populist, and anti-war GOP in an upcoming biography, claiming the "MAGA movement is completely wrong."

In an excerpt from the biography obtained by CNN, McConnell told the Associated Press' Michael Tackett, "I think Trump was the biggest factor in changing the Republican Party from what Ronald Reagan viewed and he wouldn't recognize today."

'We are all on the same team now.'

The book, which reportedly draws on an "oral history" that McConnell has been recording for the past 30 years, is apparently replete with anti-Trump barbs that Democrats will likely liberate from context and utilize in the final stretch before Election Day.

McConnell told CNN in a statement that despite the anti-Trump venom that lines the pages of the book, things between him and Trump are now copacetic.

"Whatever I may have said about President Trump pales in comparison to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham, and others have said about him, but we are all on the same team now," said McConnell.

Prior to endorsing Trump in June, the nominal Republican clearly had plenty to get off his chest.

"Unfortunately, about half the Republicans in the country believe whatever [Trump] says," McConnell complained sometime before the end of Trump's first term. "I think I'm pretty safe in saying it's not just the Democrats who are counting the days until he leaves on January 20, but the Republicans as well."

In addition to suggesting that Trump should have been impeached, McConnell called the 45th president a "sleazeball" and a "narcissist" and accused him of being "stupid as well as being ill-tempered."

According to McConnell, President Donald Trump — who recently overtook Kamala Harris in four national polls and beat the odds in 2016 — has "done a lot of damage to our party's image and our ability to compete."

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) recently accused McConnell of adversely impacting his compatriots' ability to compete, telling BlazeTV host Mark Levin, "McConnell runs the largest Republican super PAC in the country and has $400 million, but that super PAC is used to reward the Republican senators who obey him and to punish those who dare to stand up to him."

Cruz, referring to the Senate Leadership Fund, which is run by McConnell's former chief of staff, noted that he had not received a penny from the fund. The McConnell-aligned fundraising group also starved Florida Sen. Rick Scott of funding this cycle.

'The Senate Republican leader is supposed to help Republicans, not undermine them.'

Extra to complaining about Trump, McConnell criticized Florida Sen. Rick Scott, who unsuccessfully challenged him in 2022.

“I don't think Rick makes a very good victim," said the nominal Republican. "I think he did a poor job of running the [Senate campaign] committee. His plan was used by the Democrats against our candidates as late as the last weekend [before the election]. He promoted the fiction that we were in the middle of a big sweep when there was no tangible evidence of it. And I think his campaign against me was some kind of ill-fated effort to turn the attention away from him and on to somebody else."

Scott said earlier this year that McConnell effectively neutralizes Republican voters' representation in the U.S. Senate, lording over one part of a two-person dictatorship.

"In the Senate, there's two dictatorships," said Scott. "There's a McConnell dictatorship on the Republican side, and then there's the [Chuck] Schumer dictatorship."

McConnell's biography reportedly also highlights the trouble he had with Trump calling his wife, former Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, the senator's "China loving wife, Coco Chow," and details how he wept during the Jan. 6, 2021, protests.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) responded to McConnell's quotes, calling his attacks on Trump and Scott "indefensible."

"Those running for Senate GOP leadership posts need to weigh in on this & commit never to sabotage Republican candidates & colleagues — particularly those who are less than two weeks away from a close election," tweeted Lee. "We must have clarity from the candidates running to replace McConnell on where they stand on these attacks. They must be clear on how they plan to lead the conference, and on the role of its members."

Lee added that "the Senate Republican leader is supposed to help Republicans, not undermine them. Sadly, we've had too much of the latter."

Responding to McConnell's indication that he plans on "arguing more with [Republicans] probably than the Democrats" in the months to come, Blaze News senior editor for politics Christopher Bedford wrote, "McConnell has been at odds with Republican voters for years. He doesn't care, and it's becoming increasingly obvious."

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Trump drags Liz Cheney as she stumps for Kamala Harris: 'Stupid warhawk'



Former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney suggested in August 2020 that Kamala Harris was "a radical liberal who wants to raise your taxes, take away your guns and your health insurance, explode the size of our federal government and give it control over every aspect of our lives. She would recreate America in the image of what we've seen on the streets of Portland and Seattle. We won't give her the chance."

On Thursday, Cheney urged voters in Wisconsin to give Harris a chance.

Addressing a crowd in Ripon, Cheney said that she and Harris are "bound together by the one thing that matters to us as Americans more than any other. And that's our duty to our Constitution."

Cheney, apparently willing to now overlook Harris' difficulties with various amendments in the Constitution, suggested further that the border czar would "defend the rule of law," "unite this nation," and "inspire all of our children."

When asked about Cheney's endorsement of the vice president, President Donald Trump did not hold back, telling a reporter, "Liz Cheney lost for Congress. She was terrible. ... Liz Cheney is a stupid war hawk. All she wants to do is shoot missiles at people."

Trump suggested further that the endorsement is not the flex the Harris campaign figures it for, stating, "I think they hurt each other. I think they're so bad, both of them."

Cheney lost by a landslide in the Republican primary on Aug. 16, 2022. Trump-backed Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) secured 66.3% of the vote. Cheney went home with less than 29% of the vote.

While Cheney's work on House Democrats' Jan. 6 committee helped her alienate voters, it became clear over time that she was only nominally conservative.

Conservative Review assigned Cheney a Liberty Score of only 51%. After all, she voted: to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and require the federal government and all states to recognize the validity of homosexual "marriages"; to extend chain migration to adult dependents of employment visa holders; in support of gun control; to fund the Biden-Harris administration's vaccine mandates; to sign women up for the draft; to squash debate on American involvement in a foreign war; and to give up on the border wall.

Trump continued bashing Cheney on Truth Social Thursday, writing, "Liz Cheney lost her Congressional Seat by the largest margin in the history of Congress for a sitting Representative. The people of Wyoming are really smart! She is a low IQ War Hawk that, as a member of the J6 Unselect Committee of Political Hacks and Thugs, ILLEGALLY DESTROYED & DELETED all documents, information, and evidence."

The Republican similarly trashed the former congresswoman's father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, noting that he was "a leader of our ridiculous journey into the Middle East, where Trillions of Dollars were spent, millions of people were killed - and for what? NOTHING!"

Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who championed the invasion of Iraq at the cost of thousands of U.S. service lives and trillions of dollars, endorsed Harris last month, stating, "In our nation's 248-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."

'Liz Cheney was willing to kill thousands of your children.'

"Well, today, these two fools, because the Republican Party no longer wants them, endorsed the most Liberal Senator in the U.S. Senate, further Left than even Pocahontas or Crazy Bernie Sanders — Lyin' Kamala Harris," wrote Trump. "What a pathetic couple that is, both suffering gravely from Trump Derangement Syndrome. Good Luck to them both!"

The president's remarks resembled in substance those shared by his running mate early last month.

Cheney revealed during a "fireside chat" in early September at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy that she would be voting for Harris "because of the danger that Donald Trump poses."

Blaze News previously reported that when confronted that same week with Cheney's remarks, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said, "This is a person whose entire career has been about sending other people's children off to fight and die for her military conflicts and her ridiculous ideas that somehow, we were going to turn Afghanistan — a country that doesn't even have running water in a lot of places — into a thriving liberal democracy."

"And for that, Liz Cheney was willing to kill thousands of your children," added Vance.

"I think it's the best thing in the world that she's supporting Kamala Harris," continued Trump's running mate. "Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney make very, very interesting partners. They get rich when America's sons and daughters go off to die. They get rich when America loses wars instead of winning wars. And they get rich when America gets weaker in the world."

On Thursday, Kamala Harris said of Cheney's endorsement, "Liz Cheney stands in the finest traditions of its leaders."

"The president of the United States must not look at our country through the narrow lens of ideology or petty partisanship or self-interest," continued the vice president. "In the face of those who would endanger our magnificent experiment, people of every party must stand together."

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JD Vance celebrates Liz Cheney's endorsement of Harris, says they're well-paired: 'They get rich when America gets weaker'



Former Jan. 6 committee member Liz Cheney has endorsed Kamala Harris for president despite having previously warned that Harris was a "radical liberal" who would take away Americans' guns and health insurance and give the government "control over every aspect of our lives."

During an interview Wednesday with Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk at the Generation Church in Mesa, Arizona, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) suggested that the Democratic Party is where the likes of Cheney now belong — that her endorsement is "the best thing in the world."

Cheney partook in a "fireside chat" this week at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy, discussing the forthcoming election as well as the 2022 congressional primary election in which Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) netted more than double the number of votes Cheney received.

Echoing the New York Times' David French, Cheney stated, "As a conservative, as someone who believes in and cares about the Constitution, I have thought deeply about this, and because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but I am voting for Kamala Harris."

'This is a person whose entire career has been about sending other people's children off to fight and die for her military conflicts.'

This endorsement comes two years after Republican primary voters in Wyoming overwhelmingly rejected Cheney and just days after scores of nominally Republican staffers who served under President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), and failed presidential candidate Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) similarly threw in their lots with Harris.

It also represents a major about-face for Cheney, who in November 2020 suggested that Harris sounded "just like Karl Marx."

A month earlier, Cheney wrote, "Kamala Harris is a radical liberal who wants to raise your taxes, take away your guns and your health insurance, explode the size of our federal government and give it control over every aspect of our lives. She would recreate America in the image of what we've seen on the streets of Portland and Seattle. We won't give her the chance."

Cheney told Fox News in August 2020:

It's very clear, [Kamala Harris] is a radical liberal. She's somebody that has said we ought to spend $32 trillion on Medicare for all. If you look at her record as well in California, she did in fact essentially ban gun sales with executive action and she threatened during the primaries to do the same thing if she's elected.

Cheney noted further that the economic policies favored by Harris would make "matters worse" for Americans.

'Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney make very, very interesting partners.'

Charlie Kirk informed Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) of Cheney's endorsement Wednesday, noting, "It's so interesting that every failed warmonger in the established D.C. ... 'machine' is behind Kamala Harris; that the peacemakers are behind Trump and Vance. Blessed are the peacemakers is what the Scriptures say."

Vance responded, "A very good thing that I could say about the next presidency of Donald Trump is that he's going to make sure that people like Liz Cheney are laughed out of the Oval Office instead of rewarded."

"This is a person whose entire career has been about sending other people's children off to fight and die for her military conflicts and her ridiculous ideas that somehow, we were going to turn Afghanistan — a country that doesn't even have running water in a lot of places — into a thriving liberal democracy," said Vance. "And for that, Liz Cheney was willing to kill thousands of your children."

"I think it's the best thing in the world that she's supporting Kamala Harris," continued Trump's running mate. "Kamala Harris and Liz Cheney make very, very interesting partners. They get rich when America's sons and daughters go off to die. They get rich when America loses wars instead of winning wars. And they get rich when America gets weaker in the world."

Vance suggested that whereas Cheney and Harris are keen on continued interventionism and foreign entanglements, "We want American strength, American security, and most importantly, peace."

The Harris campaign welcomed Cheney's endorsement in a statement obtained by NBC News.

"She is a patriot who loves this country and puts our democracy and our Constitution first," said Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon.

"Vice President Harris will be a president for all Americans, regardless of political party. For any American who is looking to reject the chaos and division of Donald Trump, turn the page, and pursue a new way forward that protects our freedoms and defends the American values we all believe in, there is a place for you in the Harris-Walz coalition, and we will continue working to earn your support," added Dillon.

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McCain, Romney, and Bush staffers who backed Biden to avoid 'disaster' now siding with Kamala Harris



Having ostensibly grown tired of relative international stability, of waiting for a new American military adventure, of unleashed domestic energy, and of rolled-back regulations, scores of Republican staffers who served under President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), and failed presidential candidate Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah) threw their support behind Joe Biden in 2020.

They suggested that the country lost its "moral compass" under President Donald Trump, citing the continued existence of the previously uncriticized, Obama-era detention facilities for undocumented minors, as well as Trump's occasional "vulgarity." The former staffers determined that the U.S. needed "an adult back in the room."

On Monday — the three-year anniversary of the Biden-Harris administration's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Abbey Gate bombing that claimed the lives of 13 American service members — the same nominal Republicans doubled down, throwing in their lot with Vice President Kamala Harris.

The small army of relative unknowns' corresponding endorsement letter, first obtained by USA Today, stated, "Four years ago, President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, and then-Gov. Mitt Romney alumni came together to warn fellow Republicans that re-electing President Trump would be a disaster for our nation. In those declarations we stated the plain truth, each predicting that another four years of a Trump presidency would irreparably damage our beloved democracy."

The letter reveals its author(s) and the signers may be further left than their former Republican affiliation might suggest.

The letter noted further that the signers' previous soothsaying did not account for the subsequent Jan. 6 protests or claims of a stolen election.

"We reunite today, joined by new George H.W. Bush alumni, to reinforce our 2020 statements and, for the first time, jointly declare that we're voting for Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz this November," continued the letter.

The letter acknowledges that the signatories have some "ideological disagreements with Vice President Harris and Gov. Walz," but does not specify how they are in any way ideologically distinct.

It is unclear, therefore, whether the signatories are worried about Harris and Walz's support for radical gender ideology and the corresponding medicalization of confused children; Harris' stated desire to once again enshrine the right to kill the unborn nationally; or their preferred candidate's support for granting 11 million illegal aliens amnesty.

In its regurgitation of a false Democratic talking point about Project 2025, the letter reveals its author(s) and the signers may actually be fellow travelers.

"At home, another four years of Donald Trump's chaotic leadership, this time focused on advancing the dangerous goals of Project 2025, will hurt real, everyday people and weaken our sacred institutions," says the letter.

The Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 is the product of a collaboration between hundreds of conservative groups, policy wonks, and scholars, all keen to "take down the Deep State and return the government to the people."

Blaze News previously reported that Project 2025 has made numerous policy recommendations that recent polling indicates are popular with Americans, such as increase oversight of the Department of Justice and FBI; unfetter American energy production to drive down prices and boost the economy; oust obstructionist partisans in the federal bureaucracy; secure the border and oust illegals aliens; and ban men from participating in women's sports.

Although the project's recommendations appear to resonate with potential voters, President Trump has disavowed it.

After suggesting mainstream conservative views are "dangerous," the letter asserts that Harris and Walz "will strive for consensus, not chaos," and "make our country and our children proud."

The letter has 238 signatures from former staffers who majoritively held positions of little consequence — particularly those who worked on the McCain and Romney presidential campaigns. There are, however, slightly bigger names among the signatories.

'Nobody knows who these people are.'

Among them: Reed Galen, an original co-founder of the Lincoln Project, the anti-Trump group that staged a fake white supremacist rally in 2021 to smear then-candidate Glenn Youngkin ahead of the Virginia gubernatorial election and whose co-founder John Weaver reportedly had a habit of sexually harassing young men online.

Galen runs the Home Front Substack, where he speaks glowingly about Democratic personalities and criticizes Trump and the Republicans who would dare support him.

Micah Spangler, who Politico previously indicated led the effort among Romney acolytes in 2020, is also now backing Harris. Just months before the border crisis would unfold under his preferred candidate, Spangler stressed that the country "desperately" needed someone like Biden in office.

"We need an adult in the room," said Spangler.

Olivia Troye, a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, is another signatory. Troye recently spoke at the Democratic National Convention, joining former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger in begging Republicans not to vote Republican in November. Troye said, "You aren't voting for a Democrat; you're voting for democracy."

George H.W. Bush chief of staff Jean Becker, George W. Bush senior energy under secretary David Garman, former McCain legislative director Joe Donoghue, McCain 2008 campaign press secretary Jennifer Lux, and various special assistants and interns also signed the letter.

The Trump campaign isn't taking the letter seriously, largely because the signatories lack star power.

Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung told the Washington Examiner Monday, "It's hilarious because nobody knows who these people are."

"They would rather see the country burn down than to see President Trump successfully return to the White House to make America great again," added Cheung.

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