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I'm just going to abstain in the general if Cornyn wins the runoff and there isn't a third party option, but I'll never vote for a Dem.

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Abstaining is voting for Talarico.

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Show me the math how Talarico's vote total goes up if a person abstains.

Cornyn is not entitled to a conservatives vote just because he has an R next to his name. He lost any chance at that priviledge due to his own non-conservative tenure.

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Fewer votes for the Republican candidate helps the Dem candidate...

If the Republican ordinarily gets 1000 votes to win, but 200 normally Republican voters abstain or vote 3rd party, the Republican only gets 800 votes - so the Dem who ordinarily gets 820 votes and loses, now wins...

Math isn't hard...

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Thanks for showing that you did not comprehend the question about how abstaining increases Beto lite's vote total, which is what another poster and several other Cornyn fanboys have gone along with. I've addressed how the odds change but that was not what the other poster said and not a single person has clarified that they were wrong and agreed how I said the odds could change. Nor acknowledged how RINO's somehow should automatically be awarded a conservatives vote. In which case, why bother voting if we could just register for a party and let our team leaders just automatically get our votes regardless of the garbage candidate they put forward?

Edit to add that you finally acknowledged that I have been correct in Talarico's vote total won't go up due to abstaining. And I acknowledged the odds changing from the gate, but that didnt sink in with anyone for whatever reason. I don't know why it took so long for someone to finally acknowledge it, but glad to see it was understood.

Excuse me for not being willing to be a "team player" that just falls in line for a party and politician that clearly has shown he is not an advocate of conservativism or his constituents. You do you though in advocating for slow suicide with Cornyn because you are afraid of Talarico. Talarico has a snow balls chance in hell in winning in Texas, and if there truly is any fear that someone like him could win in TEXAS, then we have bigger issues and all your teeth knashing about this election is incredibly misdirected. This election is but a tip of the iceberg and putting all your cares into it while ignoring the underlying problem is the epitome of kicking the can down the road and missing the forest for the trees.

Paxton will win the general easily.
Cornyn will win the general easily.
Choose the one that isn't a guaranteed RINO in the primary and if the idiot masses choose the guaranteed RINO, then don't complain when other people don't want to support the slow suicide with their vote.

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Cornyn is a colossal piece of ***** I'll vote against him again!

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Ill vote for the Dem if.....

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I can't think of a single IF scenario that would make me vote for a Dem.

I'm just going to abstain in the general if Cornyn wins the runoff and there isn't a third party option, but I'll never vote for a Dem.

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Won't judge; I'm not going to vote for Paxton if he makes the general. Besides, if he needs my vote to win he probably deserves to lose.

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Well, then, if Talarico wins over Paxton, we fully expect you to be quiet about the Talarico 6 year (at least) term as Senator. Since you helped to elect him...no complaining when you could have done something to prevent it.

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Same can be said for Cornyn supporters.

I've said repeatedly I would vote for the Republican candidate.

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I'm not a Cornyn supporter.

I want the Republican to win.

If a better candidate than Paxton was available, I would be rooting for them.

Cornyn, unfortunately, has a better chance of beating Talarico than Paxton does.

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I do not agree with Cornyn having a better chance even if previous polls had shown as such. I question the setup of the polls and accuracy

https://polymarket.com/politics/texas-senate

Paxton leading Cornyn 63-38 currently
Winning senate R to D 53-47

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Science Denier said:

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Letting the Dem take office is greasing the path to suicide. Again, it isn't noble. It is far more destructive and it is pure idiocy.

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Then we damn sure better primary the POS dem running as a Republican.

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I get that this is the cutesy way to paint Cornyn, but he has consistently confirmed every Trump appointment and voted with him. It's a dumb argument compared to the actual Dem. Some of yall feel so strongly but I don't hear much of you doing anything about it

I voted Paxton and will again before you paint me as some Cornyn fanboy. But I'm also not an idiot

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Cornyn went behind the scenes to do damage to conservatives. Over and over and over. When he failed, he did vote correctly. But he killed many conservative deals before they got started.

Ted Cruz, Trump, and most recently the save act. There are other examples.

Dude is a lib that knows he can't get elected as a lib in this state so he runs as a Republican.

Why do you think the Dems always went after Cruz's seat? Not that Cornyn couldn't be primaried. We see that right now. Nope. They don't want to touch their lib candidate that is in office.

For the record I've never sat out a vote. And I won't if Cornyn wins. But I'm going to fight like hell to see that he loses the promise. And I don't care how much the Bushes and their cronies get pissed. Maybe they will create another Lincoln project just for Texas.

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I'm just going to abstain in the general if Cornyn wins the runoff and there isn't a third party option, but I'll never vote for a Dem.

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Abstaining is voting for Talarico.

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Show me the math how Talarico's vote total goes up if a person abstains.

Cornyn is not entitled to a conservatives vote just because he has an R next to his name. He lost any chance at that priviledge due to his own non-conservative tenure.

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My privilege will be defeating Talarico in any way possible. First step is ensuring Paxton is his opponent. If I lose that, I'm not stopping the objective of defeating Talarico

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And I respect your position on defeating Talarico. I don't want him winning either. But I'd rather Talarico lose in a close race vs Cornyn without my vote rather than Cornyn win in a landslide with my vote. I hope there are more that think like me but unfortunately I think the a significant portion of the right has given up on pursuing conservative ideology and instead prefers slow suicide with RINO's because they aren't D's.

The people that vote Cornyn in the runoff have their poor vote validated if Cornyn wins by a lot, and I want no part in enabling the masses to continue making poor voting choices.

There is a small chance that the idiot masses could learn their lesson if their candidate barely wins with low turnout. And that's a risk I'm willing to take because I firmly believe that D's and conservatives are politically incompatible and pretending the continueing of the usual Team R vs Team D is a fools errand in the long run.

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I do not like Cornyn. I do not like RINOs. I will not enable the potential win of a Senator that's a far left democrat fake Christian

It's just that simple. That's a losing game to play by making a potential Democrat win easier (if it ends up regretfully being a Cornyn Talarico race)

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Do you have a line you will draw where you won't vote for a R in the general?

What if McCain was alive and running in Cornyn's place?
Or Lindsey Graham? Or Crenshaw, or whoever you can think of that is your least favorite R past or present?

Hopefully you at least have a line where you can put policy over party, otherwise what is the point of politics if your "team" is automatically awarded your vote regardless of the quality of candidate or how idiotic the masses are in choosing the primary winner?

I don't think an overwhelming majority of D's have a line, which proves my point that we are incompatible and pretending to play that game with them with the same GOP party that has proven time and time again that it will not fight for us is a fools errand. The GOP needs new blood if you want to win that game.

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I dont have an allegiance to a party.

I am doing my part by voting Paxton and supporting the removal of RINOs

If I'm in the position of RINO or a much worse Democrat... my vote goes to the RINO due to that being the better of the two undesired outcomes.

Not that hard to figure out. The time to take a stand was before candidates were locked in, not after.

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Great response, but my question about do you have a line sounds like you don't have one at all regarding voting R no matter what. If Fetterman switched parties and claimed to be an R, and the GOP welcomed him for whatever reason, and he somehow was eligible to run in Cornyn's place, you are saying you would vote for Fetterman in the general because he has an R by his name?

I'm hoping you would say no. And my point is that any sane person would have a line where they would not choose party over policy, and my line is to the right of Cornyn. That is fine if your line is to the left of him (I admit I'd rather Cornyn win rather than Talarico). But I won't vote for him because I believe it enables the same "R no matter what" nonsense that enables the GOP to continue drifting left because they know they have supporters that will blindly support them.

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What is amusing is that if you, and other absolutists like you, cause the Republican vote to drop enough to allow a Talarico win, your line is WAY far left of his...

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Again, not comprehending the discussion.... How is not voting for someone to the left of what I consider worthy of a vote somehow meaning that my line of what is acceptable suddenly to the left? You are either misunderstanding the discussion or are lying, but I'm assuming it's a simple misunderstanding.

And the one person earlier that has responded about where their line is has stated if Fetterman was the R nominee they would vote for Fetterman in the general over Talarico bcause he is better than Talarico. I gave an easy layup since they clearly are different, but they still said they would vote for a Fetterman type in the general. That is incomprehensible to me that a supposed conservative would vote for the ultimate RINO rather than stop and wonder how we got here and how can we fix it.

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Do you believe God is non-binary and supports abortion?

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Do you believe God is non-binary and supports abortion?

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1. Is God non-binary? God is not human and is therefore non-binary. So yes.
2. Does God support abortion? I don't know. Jesus never said a word about it, and the rest of the Bible never mentions it.

And before you jump on the "No murder" commandment, no verse in the Bible mentions abortion, so if you believe abortion is murder, that's your interpretation, not God's.

And even if Jesus had said, "Aborting a pregnancy is a sin," when did he say it was worse than any other sin? Why do y'all consider abortion and homosexuality to be unforgivable; yet adultery, dishonesty, idolatry, and working on the sabbath (among others) are fine & dandy as long as your political heroes are doing it?

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EARLY VOTING BEGINS TOMORROW

“Coming from Texas with a 1,200-mile common border with Mexico,

the idea of a wall is somewhat off-putting to a lot of people.”

❌ Senator John Cornyn

✅ Vote for Ken Paxton

Early Voting: 🗓️ May 18 - May 22
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— ThePersistence (@ScottPresler) May 17, 2026

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Letting the Dem take office is greasing the path to suicide. Again, it isn't noble. It is far more destructive and it is pure idiocy.

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Then we damn sure better primary the POS dem running as a Republican.

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I get that this is the cutesy way to paint Cornyn, but he has consistently confirmed every Trump appointment and voted with him. It's a dumb argument compared to the actual Dem. Some of yall feel so strongly but I don't hear much of you doing anything about it

I voted Paxton and will again before you paint me as some Cornyn fanboy. But I'm also not an idiot

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Cornyn went behind the scenes to do damage to conservatives. Over and over and over. When he failed, he did vote correctly. But he killed many conservative deals before they got started.

Ted Cruz, Trump, and most recently the save act. There are other examples.

Dude is a lib that knows he can't get elected as a lib in this state so he runs as a Republican.

Why do you think the Dems always went after Cruz's seat? Not that Cornyn couldn't be primaried. We see that right now. Nope. They don't want to touch their lib candidate that is in office.

For the record I've never sat out a vote. And I won't if Cornyn wins. But I'm going to fight like hell to see that he loses the promise. And I don't care how much the Bushes and their cronies get pissed. Maybe they will create another Lincoln project just for Texas.

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JFC...

Just because he's not right of the John Birch Society doesn't mean he's a "lib". He's a right of center Republican.

Which is WAYYYYY better than Talarico.

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• Cornyn votes in favor of bipartisan omnibus packages designed to keep the government operating. Cruz tends to oppose those.
• Cruz wants to connect foreign aid to domestic border security and disconnect humanitarian aid from foreign aid packages that have provided military assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Cornyn supported those as is..
• Cornyn supported the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Cruz did not.
• Cornyn voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results. Cruz objected.

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• Cornyn voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results. Cruz objected.

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• Cornyn voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results. Cruz objected.

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Even if those objections were sustained and the votes not counted, Biden still wins.

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Cruz wasn't the only one filing objections and had the session continued, there would have been more challenges.

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Letting the Dem take office is greasing the path to suicide. Again, it isn't noble. It is far more destructive and it is pure idiocy.

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Then we damn sure better primary the POS dem running as a Republican.

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I get that this is the cutesy way to paint Cornyn, but he has consistently confirmed every Trump appointment and voted with him. It's a dumb argument compared to the actual Dem. Some of yall feel so strongly but I don't hear much of you doing anything about it

I voted Paxton and will again before you paint me as some Cornyn fanboy. But I'm also not an idiot

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Cornyn went behind the scenes to do damage to conservatives. Over and over and over. When he failed, he did vote correctly. But he killed many conservative deals before they got started.

Ted Cruz, Trump, and most recently the save act. There are other examples.

Dude is a lib that knows he can't get elected as a lib in this state so he runs as a Republican.

Why do you think the Dems always went after Cruz's seat? Not that Cornyn couldn't be primaried. We see that right now. Nope. They don't want to touch their lib candidate that is in office.

For the record I've never sat out a vote. And I won't if Cornyn wins. But I'm going to fight like hell to see that he loses the promise. And I don't care how much the Bushes and their cronies get pissed. Maybe they will create another Lincoln project just for Texas.

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JFC...

Just because he's not right of the John Birch Society doesn't mean he's a "lib". He's a right of center Republican.

Which is WAYYYYY better than Talarico.

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Bingo! Cornyn is what I would call a pragmatist. Cruz is what I would call an idealogue. Regardless, they have voted pretty much the same. Where have they differed?

• Cornyn votes in favor of bipartisan omnibus packages designed to keep the government operating. Cruz tends to oppose those.
• Cruz wants to connect foreign aid to domestic border security and disconnect humanitarian aid from foreign aid packages that have provided military assistance to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan. Cornyn supported those as is..
• Cornyn supported the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Cruz did not.
• Cornyn voted to certify the 2020 Electoral College results. Cruz objected.

Pragmatist vs. idealogue. None of that make Cornyn a 'lib".

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Your point is EXACTLY what makes Cornyn a lib. He will vote in line, but try like hell to kill conservative measures BEFORE they come to a vote. He can and has inflicted tons of damage to our party. And, with a slim majority, he can kill alot.

He votes when he has to. His true nature is what he does BEHIND the scenes. He's not just a lib, he's LYING about what he supports.

Take the save act most recently. He was only going to vote "yes" if Trump endorsed him. LOL, let's makie a deal. Not because he believes in it, but he wants his power.

But even then, he wasn't going to vote to kill the filibuster, or even make it a talking one. So, he knew it would be defeated so he could vote "yes" to make voters like you believe he's voting for the right. He's not conservative. He's not interested in the save act actually passing. Nope. He wants it dead. He worked with Thune to ensure it's dead.

**** that guy. Lying lib. Get that ****wad out of office.

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Don't know if I would fault someone for being hesitant to nuke the filibuster... I like the strategy (don't remember who proposed it) that republicans should try to make the filibuster a constitutional amendment and if the democrats don't vote for it then nuke it to push the save act. If the filibuster is nuked the supreme court will be packed next time the dems get control of the senate.

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TEXAS SENATE RACE: When you step into the voting booth today, don't forget that Cornyn pushed the Russia hoax. Pushed the J6 coup lie. Opposed Trump in 2024. Built open border loopholes. Begged Obama for amnesty. Send John Thune a clear message that we're not going to put up with… pic.twitter.com/pqHkLXfZPY

— @amuse (@amuse) May 18, 2026

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TEXAS SENATE RACE: When you step into the voting booth today, don't forget that Cornyn pushed the Russia hoax. Pushed the J6 coup lie. Opposed Trump in 2024. Built open border loopholes. Begged Obama for amnesty. Send John Thune a clear message that we're not going to put up with UniParty BS anymore.

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He's been in the senate nearly 24 years and without looking people can't name anything meaningful he's done that is good for Texas. In baseball terms, he's a replacement level player at best. Texas deserves much better.

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“I think that ship has finally sailed,” say Sen. John Cornyn regarding a Trump runoff endorsement. He adds that he would welcome a campaign visit by the president in the fall campaign. pic.twitter.com/ar48j9ByFI

— John C. Moritz (@JohnnieMo) May 18, 2026