I wanted Paxton.I'm afraid we're going to get Cornyn

[DemocratSinceBirth]

The normie Repubs who voted for Wesley Hunt will vote for Cornyn in the runoff.Paxton would be easier to beat.

[SSJVegeta]

1. Talarico will beat either

He will be able to campaign for 3 months as the dem nominee while paxton and cornyn tear each other to shreds.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. I hope you're right.

[Skittles]

15. that's what I'm hoping

and that meanwhile, all Dems unite behind Talarico

beware, because the GOP efforts to suppress the vote will be going into overdrive now

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Fixed it. Trying to multitask.

Talarico-Paxton would have set up a Doug Jones-Roy Moore situation.

[applegrove]

5. I know the multitask dance well.

[surfered]

6. I had similar thoughts when Trump ran in 2016. Surely, this clown can't win!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. Both can certainly win but our chances improve with Paxton.

[dem4decades]

16. Me too, i was never so wrong..

[calguy]

7. The good news is that Cornyn is weaker in this election than previous ones.

He’ll still be hard to beat, because this is still Texas, after all.

[BannonsLiver]

8. If I used betting sites I'd be betting on Paxton in the runoff.

Cornyn looks weak (and stale). Whoever Trump endorses in the runoff will probably tilt it.

[Greywing]

9. Can't really trust that normal Texan Republicans will not vote for Paxton in

November … I can’t understand how Paxton was elected last time, how he has not had to stand trial for stealing from the public and how he was not convicted after being impeached.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

11. I hate paxton. Love to see him get rejected

[LostOne4Ever]

12. If this was a different state I might agree

Sane states would reject Paxton in a heart beat in the general.

Texas isn’t a sane state. It very well could go with Paxton. I hate both but I really really hate Paxton and fear my state could vote for him in the general.

[JI7]

13. Why ? If it was a moderate state I can understand. But this is Texas which elected Trump

After getting Trump we should prefer the less crazy Republican . In fact there is a chance that some right wing might just not vote because they are angry at the Republican .

I don't think The Democratic candidate has a better chance against Paxton than Cornyn in Texas . I think the chance for the Democratic candidate is about the same. But if we lose it's better to have that one shitty Republican over the other shitty REpublican.

[Blue_Roses]

14. While I don't like Cornyn

I loathe Ken Paxton. He's worse than Cornyn.

[Boo1]

17. Id rather there be 0

Chance of Ken Paxton being elected a d take my chances with Cornyn.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Disbelief as Trump tries to torpedo high-stakes GOP primary: 'Sure, why have people vote?'

trump is going to endorse either Cornyn or Paxton and then demand that the other candidate drop out of the runoff. trump does not like elections. If trump endorses Paxton, I do not see Cornyn dropping out. If trump endorses Cornyn, Paxton may drop out but I would not count on it.

Disbelief as Trump tries to torpedo high-stakes GOP primary: 'Sure, why have people vote?'

Why "disbelief" when the authoritarian acts in accordance with his very well-known fundamental nature??! 🤦🏽🤦🏽🤦🏽

www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-...

— br00t4c (@br00t4c.bsky.social) 2026-03-04T20:49:20.821Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-2675554382/

President Donald Trump made it known on Wednesday that he wants to take a major election decision away from Republican voters in Texas — and the internet had serious reactions to his comments.

Trump has threatened to interfere in elections before, or flat out cancel them, but after a tight primary race in the Lone Star state between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the president promised an endorsement — but only on the condition that the loser of his choice drop out. A GOP runoff election was slated for May 26, as neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote.

"The Republican Primary Race for the United States Senate in the Great State of Texas, a State I LOVE and won 3 times in Record Numbers (the HIGHEST vote ever recorded, by far!!!), cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer," Trump posted Wednesday. "IT MUST STOP NOW!"....

"Good thing there's nothing dictatorial-sounding about that," progressive political activist Carol Norris wrote on Bluesky.

"Sure, why have people vote?" Retired Professor Emeritus of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Jim Hagman, Ph.D., wrote on X.