'Smug' Republican caught on camera gallivanting around Europe with his mistress as he plummets in shocking new election poll

https://archive.is/kWdRh#selection-1099.0-1179.103

https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15956969/ken-paxton-texas-race-mistress-trump-election.html

He's in the fight of his political life, on the verge of losing Texas for the Republicans for the first time in a generation.

But aspiring Senator Ken Paxton shows no signs of stress.

In fact, the Texas attorney general is on vacation with his mistress, gallivanting around Europe without fear of being seen... and risking the wrath of President Donald Trump.

The Daily Mail has obtained footage of Paxton, 63, and his paramour, Christian influencer Tracy Duhon, 58, sightseeing in London this week.

As we previously reported, the pair jetted off to Iceland for a romantic getaway last weekend.

London, it seems, was their next stop. As Americans celebrated the country's 250th birthday, MAGA firebrand Paxton was in England walking side-by-side with Duhon near the London Eye.

The Daily Mail first exposed the affair between Paxton and Duhon in September, revealing that Paxton and the mom of seven became romantically involved in May 2024 after meeting at the Kentucky Derby when they were both still married.

Duhon has since divorced her car dealership mogul husband and bought a $2 million mansion in a Dallas suburb which Paxton has listed as his official address. Paxton is still legally married.

In the latest video, the pair seem to be dressed up for a special occasion.

He is wearing a suit and Duhon is in an emerald gown as they walked past the London Marriott Hotel on Westminster Bridge Road just south of the River Thames.

The footage shows Paxton walking arm-in-arm with Duhon, then turning around abruptly to face the camera.
At that point it appears to dawn on him that he's being filmed.

He storms ahead, leaving Duhon behind. She is seen bending over as if to pick something up, then walking on herself.

Paxton's campaign did not respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment.

Just last weekend, the love birds were filmed flying from Washington, DC, to Iceland in a video that went viral.
The notable Lone Star State politician was recognized by several fellow passengers as he and his lover caught a red-eye to Reykjavik, the Daily Mail exclusively reported.

But it's not his relationship that has Republicans running scared.

'Look, a lot of Republicans don't care about the affair. They do care about Ken Paxton winning the race,' a Texas lobbyist in Austin told the Daily Mail on the condition of anonymity.

'They're not going to be happy if he loses, even with the president's endorsement, if he was out running around with her.'

There's growing concern Paxton will blow the advantage given to him by President Trump's endorsement, which the commander in chief gave in May.

'He's so smug. Any other politician would be out campaigning over Fourth of July. He thinks he can do whatever he wants because of the President's endorsement,' a Washington, DC political fundraiser, who asked to remain unnamed fumed.

Trump's seal of approval is what gave Paxton the victory over incumbent Republican US Senator John Cornyn during a contentious GOP primary election.

In a social media post at the time, Trump called the attorney general an 'America First Patriot' who has been 'extremely loyal.'

The state attorney general showed his unwavering support by traveling to Manhattan during Trump's hush money trial filed in April 2024, where the then-former POTUS was found guilty on all 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in May 2024 related to payment made to porn star Stormy Daniels.

'Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,' he wrote, in part.

'Ken Paxton has gone through a lot, in many cases, very unfairly, but he is a Fighter, and knows how to WIN.'
Paxton won the GOP primary in a landslide, but now most polls show him in a neck-and-neck race with the Democratic challenger James Talarico in the general election in November.
'Stories like this just confirm to Republican elites and stakeholders that Paxton is not a great candidate, and is making things harder than they need to be,' Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas, told the Daily Mail.

In an overwhelmingly conservative state, Paxton should be easily ahead of Talarico, a 37-year-old former teacher and member of the Texas House of Representatives.

Instead, Talarico is considered the Democrat with the best chance of winning a statewide race, something that hasn't happened in 40 years.

According to a New York Times/Siena poll, Talarico and Paxton both have 47 percent of the vote each.
A win by Talarico would be a political earthquake and could change the balance of power in Washington.
'Every news cycle, or partial news cycle in which people are paying attention to (Paxton's affair) rather than some positive message about Paxton, or likely some negative message about his opponent is a bad day,' Henson added.

The Talarico campaign did not respond to the Daily Mail's request for comment.
By contrast, Talarico spent Independence Day in Austin meeting voters at a huge fireworks display and posing for photos with Texas legend Willie Nelson.

Republicans in the Lone Star State acknowledged there are going to have to help overcompensate for Paxton's scandals.

'I think there's a lot that still has to happen, and there's gonna be a lot of money that's gonna have to come into this race to the tune of hundreds of millions to support Paxton,' San Antonio Republican Kyle Sinclair told Daily Mail.

President Donald Trump will host the first-ever Republican party midterm convention in Dallas on September 9 and 10 to keep the senate seat in Republican hands.

It's unknown if Paxton's divorce to his wife of nearly 40 years, Angela, will be resolved by then.

With four grown children, the pair are working on reaching a divorce settlement, according to court records.
'At least he's getting divorced this time. I guess that's progress. Are the kids at least old enough to vote,' a Republican political operative with lengthy history in Texas on Paxton quipped.

https://www.texastribune.org/2026/07/07/ken-paxton-voting-election-law/

Ken Paxton vowed to crack down on "illegal voting." He may have violated Texas election law.

The Texas attorney general appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years despite his warning voters that "it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records."
By Zach Despart, The Texas Tribune and ProPublica

Two weeks before this year's primary elections, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the creation of a tip line for the public to report people or groups suspected of voter fraud.

"Free and fair elections are a cornerstone of a thriving republic, and with the authority granted to my office by the Legislature, we will stop at nothing to uncover and stop any illegal voting activity," Paxton said in a February news release announcing the tip line.

The announcement linked to guidance from his office about election laws in Texas, which included a requirement to be a U.S. citizen, a prohibition on collecting mail ballots on behalf of others and a warning that "it is illegal to misrepresent your residence on election records or to establish a residence for the purpose of influencing the outcome of an election."

"You must register to vote using the address where you reside," the attorney general's guidance stated.

Despite his own warnings, Paxton appears to have used an address where he did not live while voting in six elections in the past two years, including in May's runoff that made him the Republican nominee for U.S. senator, according to records obtained by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune.

State Sen. Angela Paxton said in a 2025 divorce filing that Paxton, whom she accused of adultery, moved out of their Collin County home a year earlier. But Paxton continues to list the home's address in the northern Dallas suburb on his voter registration. Angela Paxton declined to be interviewed. A source close to the Paxtons said the attorney general has not moved back into the home since leaving.
It is unclear where Paxton has lived for the past two years, but reporting by ProPublica and the Tribune has linked him to a home in neighboring Denton County since February.

Three election lawyers told the news organizations that Paxton may have violated the same Texas laws his office cautioned about in its news release.

ProPublica and the Tribune reached out to Paxton's campaign on June 3, 15 and 25, asking why he remained registered to vote in Collin County when he appeared to no longer live there and about his connection to the Denton County property. A reporter also left a voicemail on his personal cellphone on June 25. The news organizations sent his government office and campaign staff an email on Monday with a detailed list of questions, including a request for Paxton's response to election lawyers' belief that he may be violating the law.

Paxton and his office did not reply until Monday's email. Campaign spokesperson Madison Cercy did not answer the questions from the news organizations. Instead, she issued a statement saying that the attorney general has been "a national leader on election integrity, with a long record of defending Texas elections." Cercy said that "attempting to insinuate otherwise and tear him down with a baseless, lie-filled tabloid story is not real reporting."

Asked twice to provide specifics about what they believed was inaccurate, the campaign did not respond.
Voting in an election when the voter is ineligible is a second-degree felony under Texas law and is punishable by up to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000. But prosecutors rarely bring cases challenging individual voters' residency claims because they are hard to prove, the election lawyers said.

State courts have repeatedly ruled that there is no single way to determine where someone lives, and judges must consider multiple factors, such as where a voter sleeps or stores personal belongings. Prosecuting such cases also requires proof that a voter "knowingly" or "intentionally" broke the law.

Even if it's clear that someone doesn't live at the address where they are registered to vote, state law allows them to remain registered if their absence is temporary and they intend to return. The provision is commonly used by college students and military service members.


"So long as you truly intend to return, I think you're fine," said Beth Stevens, an election lawyer who worked for the Harris County clerk and the Texas Civil Rights Project. "When you start doing things that suggest, 'Oh, I've fully moved. I'm just wink-wink saying I intend to return,' that's when you get into questionable territory."
Paxton's public and contentious split from his wife could make it difficult to argue that he intended to return to the home they own and where she continues to reside, said David Becker, a former voting rights lawyer for the Justice Department.

"I think there would be questions raised about a residence where someone does not live, does not spend the night and can in no way have the intent to continue to reside. Those would probably raise red flags in any state," Becker said.

Becker, who is now the director of the Center for Election Innovation and Research, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit that works to build public trust in elections, added that the situation is particularly problematic because Paxton's job is to enforce election laws.

"Certainly, the chief law enforcement officer of the state of Texas, someone who has made claims about election integrity and made it a priority of his office, should be charged with knowing the laws of residencies of the state of Texas with regard to voting," Becker said

Paxton has advocated for strict enforcement of the state's election fraud law, including in cases against voters his office alleged had falsified records about where they lived. In 2018, the attorney general's voter fraud unit arrested nine people on suspicion of using residential addresses where they did not live to vote in a municipal election in Edinburg, in the state's Rio Grande Valley. County prosecutors, acting on behalf of Paxton, later dismissed the charges after failing to secure a conviction against the mayoral candidate they alleged had encouraged those voters to register at false addresses. The candidate, Richard Molina, said he was innocent and said the prosecution was politically motivated.

Clark Birdsall was not the attorney on those cases but defended another resident whom Paxton prosecuted for illegal voting. Birdsall was stunned that the attorney general appears to have voted under an address where he does not live.

He called it "especially egregious that someone such as Ken Paxton appears he's not conforming to the law."
State privacy laws allow some politicians and law enforcement officials to shield their voter registration information from public view. Paxton does not do so. His opponent in the Senate race, Democratic State Rep. James Talarico, does. Talarico's campaign said he lives and is registered at the north Austin home he purchased in 2022. ProPublica and the Tribune were not able to independently confirm this.

Paxton's campaign did not raise any issues with Talarico's voter registration. In her statement to ProPublica and the Tribune, however, Cercy said, "Talarico has actively campaigned against voter security measures" and has said he opposes voter identification requirements. She pointed to a 2021 Fox News interview in which the state representative said he opposed voter identification rules that would require Texans to provide their driver's license number or partial Social Security number for mail ballots. Talarico said hundreds of thousands of Texans, who don't drive, lack a driver's license. He did not directly answer a question about Social Security numbers during the interview.

The Talarico campaign did not respond to a request for comment.
Paxton's living arrangements since he separated from his wife are not public, but information obtained by ProPublica and the Tribune offers some indication of where he may have been residing since February.
In mid-February, a trust bought a 5,000-square-foot home listed for $2.4 million in a gated community in Denton County, according to the appraisal district and the seller's real estate agent. The trust did not disclose its ownership to Denton County officials. Trusts are not required to by law, a spokesperson for Travis County's appraisal district said.

Paxton shares a separate blind trust with his wife, Angela, that they have used to purchase property and other assets. For years, the address listed for that blind trust had been an office building in Collin County. But that address was changed to the Denton County home a week after the property was purchased.

Angela Paxton said through a spokesperson that she has no connection to the Denton County home or the trust that purchased it. The trustee of the Paxtons' trust, family friend Chip Loper, did not respond to questions about the address change.

In June, a reporter knocked on the door of the Denton County home. No one answered. When the reporter placed a letter for Paxton in the mailbox, an envelope addressed to Warren Paxton, the attorney general's given name, was visible.
Later that week, Paxton appeared on a podcast with Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. Video from the podcast showed Paxton seated in front of a fireplace and mantle that were nearly identical to those depicted in the home's online real estate listing. One resident also told the newsrooms that they spotted Paxton in the gated community.

Separately, the Daily Mail reported in May that Paxton had moved into the Denton County home with Tracy Duhon, whose extramarital affair with Paxton, the news outlet said, prompted his wife's divorce filing. The Daily Mail also published a video of Paxton and Duhon that it reported was taken at an airport in Iceland in late June. The video was quickly seized upon by Talarico, who depicted Paxton as out of touch with Texans. Duhon did not respond to questions about her connection to the Denton County property or about the Daily Mail reporting.
Paxton is not registered to vote in Denton County, voter rolls show. Instead, since February, he has voted in Collin County twice: once in the March Republican primary and once in the May runoff. Each Texas county elects its own slate of local officials, which is why state law requires voters to register where they live.
Ekow Yankah, a law professor at the University of Michigan whose expertise includes election law, said Paxton's voter registration situation should remind the attorney general of what studies have consistently shown: that intentional illegal voting is rare.
"You would think that somebody who's going through this would learn a little bit of humility that lots of things which look on their face, like technical violations of the law, are usually explained by totally ordinary things," Yankah said. "It's only if you're utterly cynical and ignore all the evidence that you make a claim that, in fact, these cases are attributable to nefarious criminal intent."
Paxton cannot claim ignorance of the law because he enforces it, said Joshua Blank, research director of the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin. In fact, as attorney general, Paxton should avoid even the appearance that he is not following the law, Blank said.
"We expect these laws to be understandable by ordinary citizens," Blank said. "When our elected officials who are tasked with passing and enforcing these laws exhibit troubles in engaging with the voting process themselves, that raises serious questions."

RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it anymore.

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You just made cinque's day!

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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I hope and pray that someday Republicans/ Conservatives will refuse to support ****ty candidates. I'm not gonna hold my breath.

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Me too, brother. Me too.

We are still wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better than anything the liberal/communist clown party puts out

I think schmuck is better than smug but oh well.

Easily. It's not really close, which is even darker to think about.

RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it anymore.

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I think a lot of Independents will make the same decision you have

GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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The evil is minimizing democracy into a binary choice. It's even worse when we sacrifice principles in order to promote that fallacy. Here's a hint. You don't have to vote for Talarico or Paxton.

GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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The evil is minimizing democracy into a binary choice. It's even worse when we sacrifice principles in order to promote that fallacy. Here's a hint. You don't have to vote for Talarico or Paxton.

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True. But the reality is one of them is going to win the election. If you want to have a say in which one represents you for the next six years, you pick the one closest to your positions.

We are not a parliamentary system. It is winner take all. Not voting merely allows the worst candidate into office. That is truly evil.

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Policy and politics ebb and flow. Principles are being sacrificed for the sake of victory at all costs. The "lesser of two evils" openly admits that evil is acceptable. Perpetuating the race to the bottom means the difference between the two options become minimal and/or you invite different types of evil into the equation. Policy agreement isn't an excuse for having low or no standards.

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ATL Bear said:

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GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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The evil is minimizing democracy into a binary choice. It's even worse when we sacrifice principles in order to promote that fallacy. Here's a hint. You don't have to vote for Talarico or Paxton.

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True. But the reality is one of them is going to win the election. If you want to have a say in which one represents you for the next six years, you pick the one closest to your positions.

We are not a parliamentary system. It is winner take all. Not voting merely allows the worst candidate into office. That is truly evil.

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Policy and politics ebb and flow. Principles are being sacrificed for the sake of victory at all costs. The "lesser of two evils" openly admits that evil is acceptable. Perpetuating the race to the bottom means the difference between the two options become minimal and/or you invite different types of evil into the equation. Policy agreement isn't an excuse for having low or no standards.

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Ridiculous. We had primaries in Texas to select the parties' candidates. Just because you do not like the candidates selected by your neighbors does not give you the moral high ground to take your ball and go home. and pout.

Either Low T or Paxton will be your senator for the next six years. If you do not care which one it is, fine. Sit at home.

Voting is not a race to the bottom.

GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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The evil is minimizing democracy into a binary choice. It's even worse when we sacrifice principles in order to promote that fallacy. Here's a hint. You don't have to vote for Talarico or Paxton.

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True. But the reality is one of them is going to win the election. If you want to have a say in which one represents you for the next six years, you pick the one closest to your positions.

We are not a parliamentary system. It is winner take all. Not voting merely allows the worst candidate into office. That is truly evil.

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Policy and politics ebb and flow. Principles are being sacrificed for the sake of victory at all costs. The "lesser of two evils" openly admits that evil is acceptable. Perpetuating the race to the bottom means the difference between the two options become minimal and/or you invite different types of evil into the equation. Policy agreement isn't an excuse for having low or no standards.

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Ridiculous. We had primaries in Texas to select the parties' candidates. Just because you do not like the candidates selected by your neighbors does not give you the moral high ground to take your ball and go home. and pout.

Either Low T or Paxton will be your senator for the next six years. If you do not care which one it is, fine. Sit at home.

Voting is not a race to the bottom.

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Either Jon Ossoff will continue as my Senator or Mike Collins will be my new one. I'll be voting for Collins. He's the better candidate, not to mention Ossoff never should have beaten David Perdue in 2020 (absentee ballot madness). But that's beside the point.

Voting for the "least of two evils" is a race to the bottom. And I will point out the practice of continuing that.

ATL Bear said:

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GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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The evil is minimizing democracy into a binary choice. It's even worse when we sacrifice principles in order to promote that fallacy. Here's a hint. You don't have to vote for Talarico or Paxton.

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True. But the reality is one of them is going to win the election. If you want to have a say in which one represents you for the next six years, you pick the one closest to your positions.

We are not a parliamentary system. It is winner take all. Not voting merely allows the worst candidate into office. That is truly evil.

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Policy and politics ebb and flow. Principles are being sacrificed for the sake of victory at all costs. The "lesser of two evils" openly admits that evil is acceptable. Perpetuating the race to the bottom means the difference between the two options become minimal and/or you invite different types of evil into the equation. Policy agreement isn't an excuse for having low or no standards.

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Ridiculous. We had primaries in Texas to select the parties' candidates. Just because you do not like the candidates selected by your neighbors does not give you the moral high ground to take your ball and go home. and pout.

Either Low T or Paxton will be your senator for the next six years. If you do not care which one it is, fine. Sit at home.

Voting is not a race to the bottom.

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Either Jon Ossoff will continue as my Senator or Mike Collins will be my new one. I'll be voting for Collins. He's the better candidate, not to mention Ossoff never should have beaten David Perdue in 2020 (absentee ballot madness). But that's beside the point.

Voting for the "least of two evils" is a race to the bottom. And I will point out the practice of continuing that.

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Then vote for the best of the two that have a chance. Not voting accomplishes nothing.

Best of luck to Collins. I am sure there are plenty in GA that feel the same about Ossoff and Collins as people do about Low T and Paxton.

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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EatMoreSalmon said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it anymore.

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You just made cinque's day!

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Don't be a sheep. Think bigger. You will sleep better.

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TS is old cinque trying to poison the Republican voter well. His whole purpose is to discourage conservative voters.

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You're ignorance shows. I'm a lifelong conservative Republican. Trump and Paxton are not conservatives, and I wager you're not either.

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You're a life long Republican, and Elvis is still alive.

Ranked choice seems to be producing better candidates.

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GrowlTowel said:

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ATL Bear said:

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Wangchung said:

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RD2WINAGNBEAR86 said:

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TexasScientist said:

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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The evil is minimizing democracy into a binary choice. It's even worse when we sacrifice principles in order to promote that fallacy. Here's a hint. You don't have to vote for Talarico or Paxton.

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True. But the reality is one of them is going to win the election. If you want to have a say in which one represents you for the next six years, you pick the one closest to your positions.

We are not a parliamentary system. It is winner take all. Not voting merely allows the worst candidate into office. That is truly evil.

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Policy and politics ebb and flow. Principles are being sacrificed for the sake of victory at all costs. The "lesser of two evils" openly admits that evil is acceptable. Perpetuating the race to the bottom means the difference between the two options become minimal and/or you invite different types of evil into the equation. Policy agreement isn't an excuse for having low or no standards.

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Ridiculous. We had primaries in Texas to select the parties' candidates. Just because you do not like the candidates selected by your neighbors does not give you the moral high ground to take your ball and go home. and pout.

Either Low T or Paxton will be your senator for the next six years. If you do not care which one it is, fine. Sit at home.

Voting is not a race to the bottom.

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Either Jon Ossoff will continue as my Senator or Mike Collins will be my new one. I'll be voting for Collins. He's the better candidate, not to mention Ossoff never should have beaten David Perdue in 2020 (absentee ballot madness). But that's beside the point.

Voting for the "least of two evils" is a race to the bottom. And I will point out the practice of continuing that.

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Then vote for the best of the two that have a chance. Not voting accomplishes nothing.

Best of luck to Collins. I am sure there are plenty in GA that feel the same about Ossoff and Collins as people do about Low T and Paxton.

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How about simply "voting the best", regardless of chance to win? Continuing to perpetuate the two party coordinated power play is what has gotten us here.

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it anymore.

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I think this sort of thinking is starting to take hold nationwide in a GOP base that has grown tired of watching the Dems advance Dem policy across the board when they are in power and GOP leadership stymie movement on the issues important to the Republican base when they are in power.

There's a very good chance that Byron Donalds loses to David Jolly if he is installed as the Republican nominee.

This isn't the fault of the base. This is the fault of GOP leadership.

You're telling me that in Texas, the Republican party couldn't find a single Republican better than Paxton to contest this seat and if they had taken the money they spent to knock off Thomas Massie to buy name recognition, won it?

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it
anymore.

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The greater of the two evils thanks you for your support.

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The greatest evil is this binary thinking that entrenches the two party system and the bilge of choices brought to the fore.

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How so? The people were given the opportunity to pick the candidates that will appear on the November ballot. The people picked Low T and Paxton - rejecting Hunt, Cornyn, Crockett.

Why call this democratic process the greatest evil? Would less democracy make our elections less evil?

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FFS.

More democracy would go a long ways: ranked choice voting.

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it anymore.

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You just made cinque's day!

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Don't be a sheep. Think bigger. You will sleep better.

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TS is old cinque trying to poison the Republican voter well. His whole purpose is to discourage conservative voters.

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You're ignorance shows. I'm a lifelong conservative Republican. Trump and Paxton are not conservatives, and I wager you're not either.

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You're a life long Republican, and Elvis is still alive.

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I just didn't drink the Koolaide that you drank. I didn't join the cult and stayed true to conservative principles.

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I am not a Trump apologist. I am not a Paxton apologist. I am also absolutely not going to vote for Talrico, which means my vote is essentially against him. I will not allow my vote too even partially be for him by sitting out on a senate seat. Texas representative? Yes. US Senate? No.

And you drank the anti conserviative swill a long long time ago. You have no room to talk about what someone else laps up. You have been a partisan liberal apologist who got the boot, then came back as a life long republican who never posts well of any of your party not named or tied to Trump. You are a fraud on this board.

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To think Republicans picked this icon of Christian virtue to replace Cornyn - just when you think the Republican Party can't get any lower.

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Talarico is a joke but I cannot in good conscience vote for Paxton. I will not. He has shown us who he is. My voting for the lesser of two evils are done. Not doing it anymore.

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You just made cinque's day!

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Don't be a sheep. Think bigger. You will sleep better.

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TS is old cinque trying to poison the Republican voter well. His whole purpose is to discourage conservative voters.

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You're ignorance shows. I'm a lifelong conservative Republican. Trump and Paxton are not conservatives, and I wager you're not either.

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You're a life long Republican, and Elvis is still alive.

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I just didn't drink the Koolaide that you drank. I didn't join the cult and stayed true to conservative principles.

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I am not a Trump apologist. I am not a Paxton apologist. I am also absolutely not going to vote for Talrico, which means my vote is essentially against him. I will not allow my vote too even partially be for him by sitting out on a senate seat. Texas representative? Yes. US Senate? No.

And you drank the anti conserviative swill a long long time ago. You have no room to talk about what someone else laps up. You have been a partisan liberal apologist who got the boot, then came back as a life long republican who never posts well of any of your party not named or tied to Trump. You are a fraud on this board.

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Your characterizations of my posts are false. I haven't posted as a liberal apologist. The fact that I recognized and called out Trump for who he is from the beginning (a non-conservative, self aggrandizing, malignant narcissist), have been fair and objective in political assessments toward anyone, and not spewed out hate toward liberals or others doesn't make me a liberal. Just as the fact that you'll follow Trump/Paxton over the edge of decency doesn't necessarily mean you're a fascist, or rascist. You could just be gullible.

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Show me your positive posts about republicans you like. Your nose is growing longer.