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Gun Rights Turncoat John Cornyn Can\u2019t Seal the Deal in the Texas GOP Senate Primary.<\/a><\/p>\n

In Tuesday\u2019s primary in Texas, Republican voters delivered a stinging slap to long-time incumbent U.S. Senator John Cornyn.\u00a0 Despite drowning in establishment cash, wielding decades of name recognition, and boasting endorsements from the old guard, Cornyn couldn\u2019t seal the deal in the three-way race.<\/p>\n

He finished with barely over 40% of the vote, just ahead of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Meanwhile Rep. Wesley Hunt came in a distant third. No outright winner, but the message was clear: Cornyn\u2019s Senate throne, thought to be untouchable, is perilously close to being lost. A May 26 runoff with Paxton now looms as quite possibly his political funeral.<\/p>\n

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What hurt him most? In addition to his GOPe reputation, his stance on guns has been his Achilles heel. Cornyn\u2019s unforgivable 2022 betrayal of gun owners was top of mind for Texas GOP voters. After Uvalde, he threw in with prominent gun-hater\u00a0Chris Murphy<\/a>\u00a0to co-author the disastrous\u00a0Bipartisan Safer Communities Act<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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That bill, which Cornyn worked to pass into law, pushed expanded background checks for under-21 buyers, dangled federal incentives for red-flag confiscations without any initial due process, and last but not least, royally pissed off gun owners in Texas, igniting a firestorm among Texas\u2019s massive Second Amendment faithful.<\/p>\n

Cornyn represents Texas, after all. Home of the Alamo and millions who carry daily, hunt, and see any inch given to the gun control industry as surrender to tyrants. Cornyn wasn\u2019t just compromised, he sold out gun rights to the DC cocktail-party crowd. Paxton never let voters forget it.<\/p>\n

As if that wasn\u2019t enough, Paxton\u2019s campaign created a slew of AI campaign ads depicting Cornyn dancing with liberal lunatic Rep. Jasmine Crockett \u2014 who ran and lost on the Democrat side of the primary \u2014 while she talked about what a great partner John Cornyn has been. In other words, \u201creaching across the aisle\u201d was given a whole new meaning.<\/p>\n

Cornyn\u2019s camp, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, used Paxton\u2019s problematic record\u2014securities fraud charges, impeachment acquittal, whistleblower scandals\u2014as proof of unfitness. But to Paxton\u2019s supporters, those were desperate ploys by Cornyn\u2019s swamp allies to kneecap someone who agrees with them on the issues. The AG shrugged them off as badges of honor in a war against the establishment. \u201cThey come after me because I\u2019m coming after them,\u201d Paxton roared, and the crowds ate it up.<\/p>\n