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Trump Opens Massive War Chest To Rescue Flailing Ken Paxton Campaign

<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div style&equals;"position&colon;relative" data-narration-container&equals;"true">&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The financial cavalry is finally arriving for Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in his closely watched Senate fight against Democrat James Talarico&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New FEC documents show MAGA Inc&period;&comma; President Donald Trump’s super PAC&comma; has opened its war chest for the first time in a competitive general election race&comma; committing &dollar;10 million to television and digital ads supporting Paxton and opposing Talarico in the Texas Senate race&period; The PAC had more than &dollar;400 million on hand as of July 31&comma; and Trump has vowed to spend as much as &dollar;500 million in outside money before Election Day&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div id&equals;"message-list&lowbar;1788641389&period;636399" aria-setsize&equals;"-1" aria-labelledby&equals;"primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-sender primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-message&lowbar;text primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-alt&lowbar;text primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-date&lowbar;time primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-reaction&lowbar;count primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-reply&lowbar;count primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-link&lowbar;count primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-attachment&lowbar;count primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-has&lowbar;draft&lowbar;reply primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-pinned&lowbar;state primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-edited&lowbar;state primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-later&lowbar;state primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-broadcast&lowbar;state primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-broadcast&lowbar;thread&lowbar;root&lowbar;message primary-D0BNYTGPSP7-1788641389&period;636399-translated&lowbar;state">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div aria-roledescription&equals;"message">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;High Tax Talarico wants to take money out of Texans’ pockets&period; MAGA Inc&period; is going to ensure Texas knows about Talarico’s radical policies and elects Ken Paxton to the U&period;S&period; Senate&period;” Alex Pfeiffer&comma; a spokesperson for MAGA Inc&period;&comma; told the Daily Wire&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The first advertisement features Paxton’s affordability agenda&comma; including his pledge to double the child tax credit&comma; tax breaks for medical expenses&comma; and a &dollar;50&comma;000 deduction for first-time homebuyers&period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While James Talarico has a record of raising taxes on working families&comma; my Protecting the Texas Promise Agenda cuts costs and makes life more affordable&period; Thank you&comma; President<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;realDonaldTrump" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&commat;realDonaldTrump<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&comma; for your support&period; Together we will win for Texas and America&comma;” Paxton said in reaction to the news&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote class&equals;"twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width&equals;"560">&NewLine;<p dir&equals;"ltr" lang&equals;"en">James Talarico means higher taxes for Texas&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;t&period;co&sol;EombE1nr5U" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">pic&period;twitter&period;com&sol;EombE1nr5U<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>— MAGA War Room &lpar;&commat;MAGAIncWarRoom&rpar; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;MAGAIncWarRoom&sol;status&sol;2096308363491422425&quest;ref&lowbar;src&equals;twsrc&percnt;5Etfw" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">September 5&comma; 2026<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">On Wednesday&comma; tech billionaire Elon Musk also threw more than &dollar;800&comma;000 behind Republicans in House and Senate races&comma; with nearly &dollar;250&comma;000 of that spending going toward Paxton’s Senate bid&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;docquery&period;fec&period;gov&sol;cgi-bin&sol;forms&sol;C00879510&sol;2010598&sol;se" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">FEC filings<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> show Musk’s America PAC&comma; the political group that spent hundreds of millions helping elect President Donald Trump in 2024&comma; reported more than &dollar;800&comma;000 in independent expenditures last month&comma; marking the opening burst of what is expected to become a &dollar;100 million to &dollar;200 million midterm spending operation by the world’s richest person&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The cavalry arrives for Ken Paxton&period; &num;TXSen&period; Elon Musk’s AMERICA PAC also poured money into Texas&period; Talarico is gonna have his hands full&comma;” journalist Eric Michael Garcia posted on X&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Musk plans to use his revived operation to prioritize door-knocking&comma; digital advertising&comma; and direct mail to energize conservative voters who typically skip midterms&comma;<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;musk-expected-to-spend-up-to-200m-to-boost-gop-in-midterms" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The Daily Wire<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> previously reported&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">Texas is expected to be a major focus of that drive&period; <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;polymarket&period;com&sol;event&sol;texas-senate-election-winner" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Polls and o<span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">ne prediction market<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> show a dead heat&comma; with Talarico holding a slight edge over Paxton&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The first burst of money is significant for Paxton&comma; who has struggled to raise cash following his bruising primary battle with ousted Sen&period; John Cornyn &lpar;R-TX&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m going to be making contributions to various campaigns of people that I think are good&comma; Republicans that I think are good&comma; people that I think are going to win and can win or are close to winning&comma;” Trump <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;johnnymaga&sol;status&sol;2095950393050083685&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">said<&sol;a> in the Oval Office Friday&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And this is money from MAGA Inc&period; This is my money&comma; that I control&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m going to spend whatever amount of money necessary to try and help us&comma;” Trump added&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">With control of both the House and Senate up for grabs&comma; Republicans face a competitive environment heading into Election Day&comma; including elevated gas prices&comma; the <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;live-updates-iranian-protests-intensify-as-citizens-demand-end-to-ayatollah-rule&quest;topStoryPosition&equals;undefined&amp&semi;author&equals;Daily&plus;Wire&amp&semi;category&equals;News&amp&semi;elementPosition&equals;1&amp&semi;row&equals;1&amp&semi;rowHeadline&equals;Top&plus;Stories&amp&semi;rowType&equals;Top&plus;Stories&amp&semi;title&equals;U&period;S&period;&plus;Hammers&plus;Iran&plus;After&plus;Tehran&percnt;E2&percnt;80&percnt;99s&plus;Attempt&plus;To&plus;Take&plus;Out&plus;American&plus;Troops" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">lingering conflict in Iran<&sol;a>&comma; and Trump’s sagging approval ratings&period; <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">The latest<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;realclearpolling&period;com&sol;polls&sol;state-of-the-union&sol;generic-congressional-vote" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">RealClearPolitics<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> polling average gives Democrats a roughly 5&period;7-percentage-point advantage on the generic congressional ballot&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">For months&comma; Senate Majority Leader John Thune &lpar;R-SD&rpar; has<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;x&period;com&sol;theblaze&sol;status&sol;2094940673623351334&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">urged<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> Trump to get involved while warning that Republican Senate campaign committees cannot afford to spend heavily in Texas’ costly media markets&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I worry about that&comma; for sure&comma;” Thune<&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;keloland&period;com&sol;news&sol;local-news&sol;thune-weighs-in-on-beef-iran-data-centers-save-act&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> <span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400">told<&sol;span><&sol;a><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon;400"> a local CBS affiliate about losing the Senate Republican majority in November&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I’m a realist&comma; and I just think you — I don’t ever try and sugarcoat things&period; I think it’s a competitive environment right now&period;”<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;platform&period;twitter&period;com&sol;widgets&period;js" charset&equals;"utf-8"><&sol;script><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><br &sol;>&NewLine;<br &sol;><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailywire&period;com&sol;news&sol;trump-opens-massive-war-chest-to-rescue-flailing-ken-paxton-campaign">Source link <&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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