Daniel Wolfram
Trailing in the polls on Election Day, the Texas Republican lashed out at media coverage after being forced to cancel his final campaign rally at historic site.
President Donald Trump did not foresee that when he endorsed Ken Paxton over John Cornyn during the Texas Senate primary election because of personal grudges, his candidate would struggle so much against his Democratic opponent.
Not since 1993 has Texas elected a Democratic senator, but most polls show that Democrat James Talarico has a real chance to beat the scandal-ridden Paxton.
So Paxton is doing everything he can to discourage voters from voting for Talarico. Last week, he went on a far-right radio show and inadvertently called his opponent a gorgeous man.
‘An angel from heaven’
The far-right, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Joe Pags had invited Paxton on to try to give him a final boost during his disastrous campaign.
The topic quickly revolved around Paxton’s appearance, which has come under a lot of scrutiny — mainly because his own president won’t stop talking about how ugly he is.
Pags complained that the media was out to get Paxton and it only showed pictures of him in which he looked “constipated.” Paxton quickly agreed and then talked about how angelic his opponent looks:
“People always say ‘you’re much better looking in person than in the media’ […] and of course, those of James Talarico look like (he is) an angel from heaven.”
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Paxton is canceling rallies right before the election
Ken Paxton’s appearance is not the only problem he is facing during the last stretch of his campaign before people cast their votes in Texas today.
Yesterday, the Senate candidate had to cancel the last leg of his “Come and Take It” campaign tour that was supposed to be held at the Alamo, the historic place in San Antonio where a group of 200 Americans in Texas held out against the much larger Mexican army during the Texas Revolution.
But just as the Alamo fell back in 1836, Paxton surrendered his rally at the Alamo after he was told that he was strictly prohibited from organizing any political events at the site, according to The Texas Tribune.
In the latest NYT/Siena survey, James Talarico leads Ken Paxton in the polls 49% to 46.5%.
