Paxton vs Cornyn: Trump Loyalty Showdown

0:00It's April 24th. This is Dallas News Today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fired shots at Senator John Cornyn during a great Vine Republican Club meeting this week. He's pushing hard in their U.S. Senate primary runoff set for May 26th. Paxton straight up called Cornyn out, saying the Senator ain't a real Trump supporter and barely shows up at GOP events. Paxton told the crowd he only spots Cornyn when Trump's around, like that corpus visit, and accused him of faking the Trump loyalty. Meanwhile, Cornyn's team clapped back, pointing out he voted with Trump, 99.3% of the time, backed all his nominees and has. 25 campaign stops lined up in the next 30 days. Folks at the event heard Paxton pain himself as the true conservative fighter, drawing from his time in the Texas legislature and as AG. He stressed election integrity as his top priority and shouted out the Save America Act for

1:01citizenship proof and photo idea polls. Trump's endorsement is still hanging in the balance, with some Senators pushing for Cornyn and others watching close. Paxton even floated dropping out back in March, if that bill passed, right after Trump hinted at picking aside. As the runoff heats up, Paxton's rallying the base with that pro-Trump energy, forcing voters to pick between DC and Cider vibes and fresh Texas fire.