Trump Loyalist Becomes Latest 'rat' to Jump Off President's 'sinking ship'
Journalists, analysts and politicians were left floored Wednesday after Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and GOP Senate nominee, became the latest prominent Republican to criticize President Donald Trump or his midterm strategies.
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Paxton admits that Trump's convention hurt Paxton's poll numbers. Everything Trump touches dies, now more than ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u ... [image or embed] -- Steven Axelrod (@stevenaxelrod.bsky.social) 3:48 PM · Sep 30, 2026
Paxton admits that Trump's convention hurt Paxton's poll numbers. Everything Trump touches dies, now more than ever. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/u ... [image or embed]
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The New York Times obtained and reported on secretly recorded audio Wednesday that exposed Paxton for badmouthing Trump's GOP midterm convention held earlier this month, bemoaning that "everybody's numbers dropped" after the event, describing it as "not good."
The morbidly obese------------ won't take kindly to that.
#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-09-30 11:53 AM | Reply
It looks like Ken has decided that he lost.
#2 | Posted by Zed at 2026-09-30 12:05 PM | Reply
Never underestimate the GOP's ability to infight, but "Democrats are in disarray" amirite?
#3 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-09-30 01:46 PM | Reply
You didn't mind him fucking you until now? BWAHAHA.
#4 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-09-30 10:58 PM | Reply
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