John Cornyn: “In public polling in the Last few months, U.S. senate…”

“If he's nominated, there's a high risk that Paxton would lose the Senate seat, taking five congressional seats down with him. And you don't have to take my word for it. In public polling in the Last few months, U.S. senate nominees are either tied with or beating Paxton. If he were the nominee, Ken Paxton as the nominee would be a dead weight at the top of the ticket for Republicans running all across this great state.” (01:09–01:18)

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