Senate Republicans recently announced that they have no plans to spend party money to help conservative Ken Paxton win the U.S. Senate race in Texas.
"We in the Senate don't have the money budgeted for Texas. We need help from the president," said Senator John Kennedy (R-LA).
Republican Leader John Thune (R-SD) later confirmed the plan to abandon Paxton financially and deflected responsibility to the president. "I'm hoping the White House will become engaged; Texas is an incredibly expensive state," Thune said.
What makes this so infuriating is that the Senate GOP spent over $100 million attacking Ken Paxton in the Republican primary.
They had plenty of money to spend on Texas when they were trying to defeat a conservative, but when it comes to defeating a Marxist like James Talarico, they’ve got nothing.
You would think that since they spent so much against the party's eventual nominee, they would feel some obligation to help him now.
This race is competitive because they hurt Paxton in the primary. It should be on them, not President Trump, to clean up their mess. You break it, you own it.
Sadly, that's not going to happen.
You may hear party leaders say they "hope" Ken Paxton wins and they "hope" President Trump helps him, but they have closed their wallets and are quietly rooting for him to lose.
They don't want another conservative in the Senate who will hold them accountable, and they would love to tell everyone that Ken Paxton was a bad candidate who cost them the majority, even though they're the ones who kneecapped and left him for dead.
TAKE ACTION
Conservatives are right to be mad about this, but being mad won't change it. We need to take immediate action.
Please support Ken Paxton with a direct contribution today.
SCF will pay all processing fees and transfer 100% of your contribution directly to his campaign.
Nothing will do more to defeat the feckless GOP establishment than electing true conservative fighters to the U.S. Senate.
This is how we must respond. We must win even with the odds stacked against us. We do it because it's our legacy. We love this country and don't give up; we don't back down.
Thank you for considering this request and for doing so much to help fight for America's future.