r/PoursTea • u/Veshaad Timendi Causa Est Nescire • 5d ago

Spotlight On Media Outlets What's the matter Paxton? šŸ”?

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u/CaptainBlotto 5d ago

I have no idea how this race is even close.

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u/slowpoke2018 5d ago

The R before a name is more powerful than common sense, unfortunately

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u/Zilch1979 5d ago

It turns out, branding is far more powerful of a force in human minds than almost anything else.

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u/PhatCatTax 5d ago

If only we had a way to counter brainwashing... like I dunno, free access to quality education. But that cant possibly why Republicans have attacked education for 50 years. That's just evil

oh wait, they are evil. almost forgot

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u/SilverKnight88 3d ago

The worst part is the people voting for a lot of this had access to the best or most well funded version of the American education system. Those same people spent years telling people ā€œI never used calculus why even learn it!ā€ And also decried degrees in Ethics and Political science, calling them useless. They had all the privilege and spent their entire adult lives trying to make sure no one else ever got the same privileges.

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u/Prior_Internal7728 5d ago

MAGA loves their epsteinicans.

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u/AFerociousPineapple 3d ago

Well because thereā€™s no mandatory voting itā€™s not only that but people would also not vote for the other guys because he has a D before his name, so they will just not turn up at all if they donā€™t like either person. Which hey I get it, but then youā€™re choosing to not have a say, and imo you yanks who donā€™t vote should stfu about your lives not improving.

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u/Lostgreenapple 3d ago

How can this change no to letter?

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u/Openended100 2d ago

What to stop someone from saying they are republican and once voted in follow democrat policy

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u/slowpoke2018 2d ago

Honesty?

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u/KPGamer2024 2d ago

Technically nothing. Practically, it would require years of politics, acting as a republican, voting as one, being one. And once they do it, they likely never get elected again. And theres a chance they get recalled by the constituant, though how that would work IDK, varys by the location I would guess. Far as I know its never been done.

Could end up in court, not like its illegal for someone to sue for doing it.

Be neat to see. If just to see what the hell happens.

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u/[deleted] 5d ago

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u/Strange_Explorer_780 5d ago

Itā€™s the same with Darlene Nordone (now using Graham)- as long as she has an R with her chosen name and will swear to do whatever Trump wants then thatā€™s all they need to know about her.

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u/SirEnzyme 5d ago

They should just burn down one of Paxton's. He's got at least 14 to spare.

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u/Hobo_Hungover 4d ago

Texas...Republicans...Benghazi...trans bathrooms...Putin...bots...Hillary's emails...Hunter's laptop...my mom voting for what her husband tells her...lack of critical thinking skills...public school teacher buying supplies for their students...Ilhan Omar getting her house raided by Homeland Security weeks before the Midterm Election...Elon Musk spending 249 Million South African rand, sorry, $USD so far to influence the election...Jan 6th...Epstein file release that surreptitiously doesn't release an outstanding amount of files for some reason...it's like it's rigged.

Just remember, boot straps! That's the way.

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u/stryker_cast 4d ago

I stumbled up a thread full of Texans talking about Talarico, and was fucking aghast at their reasoning for supporting Paxton.

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u/jimmyxs 4d ago

Those are stupid and hateful ppl hooks. Nobody in touch with basic cognitive functioning would make decisions based on that.

Perfect for the base.

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u/jc83po 5d ago

Texas is as Texas does.

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u/Aggressive_Trick_654 5d ago

"That's what my mumma used to say."

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb 5d ago

Look me in the eyes when you say that about Texas

(āš†_ ā—‰)

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u/lilb1190 5d ago

I honestly think I could beat Paxton in a debate and I would be a terrible candidate

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

My dog Savage is smarter than 90% of the GOP party and 110% smarter than the MAGA cult

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u/Lexibee86 5d ago

I'd vote for your dog far before I'd vote for any republican. #Savage2030

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u/lilb1190 5d ago

"Savage, what is your take on the state of the economy"

"Ruff!"

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u/AltonBParker 5d ago

"Mr. Savage, what is the impact of the increased cost of living on the average American citizen?"

"Awooooooo!!"

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

Let me admire myself in the damn mirror so I can at least think

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u/Lexibee86 5d ago

Well said, Savage. We'll have more from our candidates after these commercials centered around delicious meats.

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

Let me get some rest, damn canā€™t a dog get a break once in a while

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u/Lexibee86 5d ago

Man, this is exactly how I feel everytime I think about the economy. Savage nailed it.

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u/patsully98 5d ago

/u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 and Savage walk into a bar. ON4 says to the bartender, ā€œHey, if Savage here talks to you, can I get a free beer?ā€ Bartender says, ā€œHell yeah, if that dog can talk Iā€™ll buy you a beer.ā€

ON4 says to Savage, ā€œSavage, what goes on top of a house?ā€
Savage: Roof! Roof!
ON4: Savage, whatā€™s your take on the economy?
Savage: Ruff! Ruff!
ON4: ā€œSavage, whoā€™s the greatest Yankee of all time?
Savage: Ruth! Ruth!

Bartender says, ā€œAw get outta here with that bullshitā€ and kicks them out. They get outside and ON4 looks down at Savage, and Savage looks up at ON4 and says, ā€œDiMaggio?ā€

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

Savage says our economy was doing just great before we got a ā€œchildā€ in the White House and it will take me yrs to straighten out

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

Hmm, the state of the economy will take me ā€œ2 weeksā€ to get this taken care of

Woof Woof

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

Hmmm, gotta think about thatā€¦. Get back with me in 2 weeks

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u/Viidia 5d ago

I am a dog if it means not being or voting Republicans!

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u/Careless-Hour-1319 5d ago

Savage in 2028

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

This is my running mate, if he would put down the damn paper

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u/lebowtzu 5d ago

No stacks of classified documents. I think I can support this.

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

The classic documents are in safe hands right now

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u/WolverineFar8226 5d ago

Savage looks better than paxton

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u/Odd-Neighborhood4214 5d ago

It doesnā€™t take much to be better than that love of garbage

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u/Im_with_stooopid 4d ago

When your dog sits he probably doesn't poop himself either.

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u/MrHodgeToo 5d ago

The sad thing is Texans are so uneducated theyā€™re going to vote for Paxton despite everything that informs them he is the worst choice for them on every front.

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u/WhatANoob2025 5d ago

I have no idea how ANY race in the US is not 99:1, yet here we are.

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u/stolenfires 4d ago

Conservatives believe in a hierarchy where the people at the top get to tell their lessers what to do. And they gravitate to this system, because even if say, their boss gets to tell them what to do, they can go home and tell the wife what to do, who tells the kids what to do, who grow up aspiring to be the person who gets to tell other people what to do.

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u/Left--Shark 4d ago

Mate Republicans are not conservatives at this point, that's the Democrats. Republicans are at best reactionaries but realistically outright facists. Rest is on point though.

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u/chiclets5 4d ago

Here is how;

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u/RobertBevillReddit 2d ago

That doesnā€™t affect statewide races, as much as I agree with it

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u/LoFriedBurgers 4d ago

I honestly believe Texas would vote for a cross burning klan president, as long as they said they hate gays and want all borders shut down.

Votes in Texas are less about helping the citizens and more about hurting folks that look and life differently.

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u/chiclets5 4d ago

I've seen this reaction in more people than I care to. So sad that a third of our country actually is voting because of this.

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u/The_Rope_Daddy 5d ago

Texas voted for Ted Cruz TWICE! I'm impressed they come so far that they're even considering a Democrat.

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u/Vyntarus 4d ago

I voted for Ted Cruz the first time he ran because he promised to not do any of the garbage he has done since taking office.

I was a fool, but like W said... you can't get fooled again.

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u/SbMSU 5d ago

Stupidity. Thatā€™s how.

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u/Responsible-Humor985 4d ago

Too many people treat politics like sports teams.

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u/Chewsdayiddinit 4d ago

Because trump has made all the closeted racists and bigots comfortable to show who they are.

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u/Thin-Competition3018 5d ago

Paxton has nothing for Talarico. He cannot have a policy debate. He cannot have cultural debate, he certainly cannot have a moral debate.
The best move for a crooked politician like Paxton is to stay as far away from ever meeting James Talarico, because, if they ever meet - - he will resemble politically just like his does in real life.

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u/Quick_Team 5d ago

It'll come off like the first (or one of the first) televised debates where Nixon went up against JFK and Nixon just looked old, sickly, sweaty and exhausted in comparison to the younger, well reste, healthier, smiling opponent

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u/Aromatic-Aide1119 5d ago

Do you want to know how I know there isn't a God? Because if there is, this race wouldn't be this close because a good and just God would not let someone so corrupt be an option at the ballot box.

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u/Independent_Tax_5088 5d ago

Then Trump as president must really lock that belief in for you.

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u/ComradeJohnS 5d ago

it really does. especially when he started selling his chrump bibles and didnā€™t burst into flame.

or the literal golden statue of him at a church.

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u/TheBlanc0ne 5d ago

Paxton looks like half his soul has already left his body and the other half is clawing to get out

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u/Playful-Sleep-6750 5d ago

His face looks like hes always actively taking a shit

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u/AlkaiserSoze 4d ago

I always felt his face looks like he was constantly choking down a ham sandwich.

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u/holiday1326 5d ago

Paxton always looks like he permanently has to keep one eye on lookout for a raid due to all of the crimes and fraud he has committed.

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u/techman710 5d ago

Seeing Paxton sweat as he gives monosyllabic answers would be hilarious. He would answer every question by blaming boys in girls sports. He has no personality and even Republicans hate him.

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u/Rough_Common6857 Drama Llama šŸŽ­ 5d ago

Paxton is just evil. You can see it in his eyes.

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u/AsideLost 5d ago

Honest question. Did Paxton have a stroke or something? Like why he got a wonky eye?

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u/Levintry 5d ago

He had his eye hit with a small object when he was a kid and his right eye got elbowed so hard it fractured his skull, this was during a college basketball game

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u/Fkna666519 5d ago

Someone should just invite Ken to a talk show and surprise him with Talarico as a special guest and just debate.

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u/plump_wizard Humanitarian ā™„ļø 5d ago

Paxton would get absolutely destroyed. If you have seen the footage of him on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives it is apparent he can easily hold his own during a debate. Plus the man was a middle school teacher ... haha ... that is not an easy job.

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u/goatbiryani48 4d ago

This is incredibly unclear lol, you gotta work on your pronoun antecedents

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 4d ago

What exactly are you trying to say here??

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u/PiterDeV 5d ago

Paxton hoping to god he never has to appear on a debate stage with someone not willing to put up with his parroting of maga bs and empty rhetoric.

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u/redsandsfort 5d ago

Is Paxton as crooked as everyone says?

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u/Greenman8907 5d ago

Even more crooked than you can imagine. Heā€™s the most corrupt candidate running for office this midterm.

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u/PetalumaPegleg 5d ago

Much worse tbh.

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u/Pirateship906 4d ago edited 4d ago

I like to go hiking.

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u/BummedCPA 4d ago

Bro looks like he's wearing an Edgar suit.Ā 

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u/Fiveofthem 4d ago

ā€œSugar, in waterā€

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u/Malodoror 5d ago

Oh shit! Absolutely dog walked!

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u/Reasonable_Film_4348 5d ago

Why does it look like he's doing that chameleon eye thing where they look two different directions and having a stroke?

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u/Aggravating_Bat3618 4d ago

The details he requires:

Complete control over all questions and needs them approved by his team and needs them three days in advance

Exceptā€¦Talarico does not also get to see the questions in advance.Ā 

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

Yeah it's kind of crazy that Paxton hasnt been run out of town on a rail by now. The fact that Texans may actually elect him is pretty damning. Good luck all you people who moved there because TAXES BAD.

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u/FunkyDiscount 4d ago

Paxton always look like he's mid-shart

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u/ToothbrushWilly 5d ago

Him and $ need to have their šŸ‘€ checked

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u/Physical_Noise_8484 5d ago

I would love a debate and let Talarico ask why Im seeing his dumb ass in a political ad in Colorado?

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u/Arctimon 5d ago

It's funny because even Trump has said they should debate. Paxton is to the point where he's an inch away from fleeing the state to avoid debating Talarico.

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u/SnickSnitch 5d ago

If I were Talarico, I would absolutely get that out there as much as possible. "Your boy Trump wants us to debate, so why you running bro?"

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u/UnluckyText 4d ago

He is in Dubai, so....

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u/Quirky_Reporter_8067 5d ago

Send me location..

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u/NemODevO 5d ago

He looks like a can of assholes

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u/jkra0512 5d ago

I see Paxton has an eye for details...

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u/Luc1ddr3am09 5d ago

To admit that a Republican is wrong... Well, clutch my pearls! That's shameful and dreadful! (Most southern Belle accent) /s

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u/StrongAntelope8665 4d ago

Maybe Talarico should send him an edible arrangement of just berries.

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u/Scandy_Man 4d ago

Itā€™s rigged. Iā€™m calling it now.

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u/Automatic_Bus_7634 4d ago

Why does he always look cartoonishly drunkĀ 

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u/-James-Hawk- 4d ago

Can someone ELI5 this for me ? Itā€™s been 3-4 days since those name popped on my feed. I figured this must be some kind of local American Election with a MAGA against a democrat, but Iā€™m not grasping why itā€™s as popular as it is (pardon my english, itā€™s not my first language)

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u/MediaOrca 4d ago

Election is for Senator of Texas.

Important because it may flip the seat from Republican controlled to Democrat controlled.

Popular because Paxton is such an awful candidate itā€™s abhorrent heā€™s even in the running, and that also makes it so the Democratic candidate actually has a reasonable chance to win.

And itā€™s not just heā€™s awful cause he has different political views. Heā€™s so bad he was once impeached by his own party for corruption.

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u/-James-Hawk- 4d ago

Thank you for this explaination kind stranger !