Fox News host Bill Hemmer broke down the significance of the high-stakes election in the Texas Republican primary on Tuesday night between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton.
During a segment on anchor Sean Hannity’s program, Hemmer spoke about Paxton winning the election in a landslide after he was endorsed by President Donald Trump.
“I started the report talking about what is happening with endorsements. The president has gotten involved in many races,” Hemmer began.
“Talking about governor races, how races. This is his scorecard. He’s endorsed eight governors. Some of these races weren’t close. Some of them had competition. We saw what happened in Louisiana. We saw what happened with Thomas Massie in Kentucky,” Hemmer added.
“Now we’re seeing it again tonight in Texas. At the governor level, Trump endorsed eight. He won eight times. He won 101 after endorsing 101 in the House,” he said.
“U.S. Senate, those endorsed eight can digits. Prior to tonight, he had won eight times. Now you can take the endorsement meant from 8 to 9 endorsed and from 8 to 9 winner. Ken Paxton was outspent 9 to 1. Got the endorsement from Trump. Now we’ve got the setup in Talarico. Many Republicans fell,” Hemmer declared.
“Here’s what will happen in November. In Texas, probably the most expensive Senate race that we have seen ever. We were looking at some of the numbers from — I guess it was Georgia in 2020. David Purdue is up against Jon Ossoff,” Hemmer said.
“All the money combined, with all the outside groups, spends about $500 million. This primary alone between Cornyn and Paxton, they spent over $100 million. Paxton 9 to 1. Cornyn spent 9 to 1. More than $90 million compared to Paxton’s 10,” he declared.
Hemmer concluded, “With Talarico and Paxton, you could be looking at the most expensive primary ever. It would surpass what we saw in Georgia in 2020. 49% for Ken Paxton. He’s up 25 points on John Cornyn. I don’t know a lot of people who had good money on that result, but that’s what we’re seeing right now in Texas.”
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Now, Republicans will face off against left-wing Democratic state Rep. James Talarico in November.
This will likely become one of the most important Senate races in the country as Republicans fight to preserve their narrow 53-47 majority.
Talarico emerged as the Democratic nominee after defeating another left-wing member of Congress, Rep. Jasmine Crockett — one of Trump’s loudest critics in Congress — during the March primary.
Talarico’s left-wing language on social media, which endeared him to Lone Star state progressives, is proving to be a liability as he tries to woo Texans in the general election.
Republicans have been pulling up footage and X postings from Talarico from within the last few years.
Talarico’s been saying things like “poverty is violence,” the Bible supports abortion, there are six biological sexes, and other radical stuff.
Talarico declared in another prior speech that “people don’t belong in cages” and even seemingly likened prisons to “domestic abuse.”
Groups like the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) have seized on statements like that, optimistic that they won’t play well in historically red Texas.
The NRSC launched a deepfake attack ad against Talarico to show him as reading his prior “extreme statements praising transgenderism, twisting Christian beliefs, and advocating for open borders.”
One theme the GOP has especially grabbed onto is Talarico’s use of religion to promote his liberal agenda.
“In my faith, God is non-binary,” Talarico said in a 2021 speech in which he railed against a GOP bill requiring K-12 athletes to play sports that align with their biological sex.
Earlier that year, Talarico suggested that there are more than two biological sexes.
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