'He is welcome to raise his own money': GOP confronts its Paxton woes
- D.C. power brokers fuming over Paxton's claims of national interference
- Republican rescue mission hemorrhaging cash to save a self-inflicted disaster
- Internal sabotage: Party insiders openly suggest Paxton is his own worst enemy
- Shadows of the primary: Old GOP wounds over Cornyn-Paxton feud remain unhealed
Brief Summary
The GOP establishment is reaching a breaking point with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. After pouring massive amounts of donor capital into a rescue operation, party brass are now being publicly trashed by the very candidate they are trying to keep afloat. Paxton’s insistence that D.C. Republicans are pulling the strings has backfired, leaving national strategists openly wishing he would just take his act elsewhere.
Why This Matters
When the party leadership and the candidate are at each other's throats, it creates a vacuum of influence that leaves voters in the dark and resources wasted. The friction here signals a deeper fracture in the Republican coalition, where the establishment’s checkbook is clashing with an insurgent, anti-D.C. rhetoric. This infighting doesn't just burn campaign cash; it risks losing critical seats that were supposed to be easy wins, potentially shifting the balance of power in Washington while you pay the price in legislative gridlock.