CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY MAY 28, 2026
GENERALLY, PRESIDENTS STAY OUT OF PRIMARY ELECTIONS FOR THE SAKE OF UNITY IN THE PARTY. LET THE VOTERS DECIDE. NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP. HIS LAST-MINUTE ENDORSEMENT OF TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL KEN PAXTON HELPED PAXTON DEFEAT INCUMBENT SENATOR JOHN CORNYN BY A WIDE MARGIN.
NOW COMES THE HEAVY LIFTING AND HEAVY SPENDING.
PAXTON WAS IMPEACHED BY THE REPUBLICAN LEGISLATURE. HE HAS SO MUCH PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL BAGGAGE AIRLINES WOULD CHARGE HIM DOUBLE.
AS A WALL STREET JOURNAL EDITORIAL NOTES, WHILE PAXTON IS A CONSERVATIVE CULTURE WARRIOR ON GENDER AND RACE – HIS OPPONENT JAMES TALARICO BELIEVES IN SIX GENDERS – WHEN IT COMES TO ECONOMICS HE’S STAKED OUT A RECORD OF ANTI-BUSINESS POPULISM.
REPUBLICANS, NOTES THE JOURNAL, WILL HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO SAVE PAXTON THAT MIGHT HAVE GONE TO BETTER CANDIDATES IN MICHIGAN, NEW HAMPSHIRE OR IOWA. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS NOT LEARNED FROM TWO OTHER ELECTIONS IN WHICH HE INSERTED HIMSELF AND ALLOWED DEMOCRATS TO WIN. THAT WOULD BE THE 2021 GEORGIA RUNOFF AND ENDORING UNELECTABLE CANDIDATES IN 2022. HOPEFULLY, THE THIRD TIME WILL NOT BE A CHARM FOR DEMOCRATS, OR THE PRESIDENT CAN FORGET ADVANCING HIS AGENDA FOR HIS REMAINING TIME IN OFFICE. I’M CAL THOMAS.
