Ken Paxton Says Trump’s Dallas Convention Cut His Poll Numbers
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 30
Ken Paxton Says Trump’s Dallas Convention Cut His Poll Numbers
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 30
Summary
An audio recording obtained by The New York Times captures Ken Paxton telling conservative donors and lobbyists that Trump’s midterm convention in Dallas hurt his standing in Texas’s Senate race.
Paxton said, “when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers,” adding that “everybody’s numbers dropped” and that the situation was “not good.”
The remarks came at a private Washington fund-raiser attended by roughly a dozen people, where Paxton was asked whether Trump had become “a little bit of a drag.”
Three people with knowledge of the event confirmed Paxton’s attendance, and two recalled the question while one also remembered his response about the convention’s negative political impact.
Did Ken Paxton’s leaked remarks reveal a bigger problem with splashy campaign events that generate headlines but fail to improve a candidate’s standing?