Cornyn threw us under the bus. Then he lied and said he wasn’t going to run again so people would quit talking about it. Now he’s running again and pretending like he did nothing wrong.

The NRA has done more to protect 2A and individual gun rights than any organization in the history of America. They got a black eye over fiscal issues, that they’ve addressed, but if you own guns and aren’t a member of the NRA…you’re just letting others carry your water for you. And I’ve noticed this about “ideological purists” on both sides…eventually, NO ONE is “pure” enough…and like crabs in a bucket they end up consuming one another.

The NRA supports gun control so I see why you support Cornyn. There’s much more to Cornyn being a RINO than gun rights.

I’m glad president trump deported lots and lots of illegal alien democrat voters in texas.

If he endorses Paxton, he permanently loses all influence and leverage over Cornyn, who then might well pull an Arlen Specter and defect to the Dems. OTOH, if he doesn’t endorse anyone (until, perhaps, the very last minute), he can keep Cornyn on the reservation (notice how Cornyn has tacked sharply to the right since the election).

Additionally, if it looks like Paxton is going to win, PDT can then quietly go to Cornyn and offer him a cushy ambassadorship or other administration post as a face-saving way for Cornyn to exit the race.

OTGH (kudos to those of you that catch that reference), if PDT endorsed Paxton early and yet more scandals about Paxton later emerge (he seems to have a never-ending stream of them), then Trump both alienates Cornyn and wastes political capital.