“Ken Paxton not only outraised ‘Little John’ Cornyn by $2.1 million in Q2, but Paxton’s campaign committee raised more than any other in-cycle GOP Senate incumbent across the country last quarter. ‘The fundraising numbers paint a very clear picture. The movement to fire John Cornyn has more enthusiasm right now than any other Senate campaign in America,’ said Ken Paxton. ‘There’s nothing about the lies that ‘Little John’ fed the media on Monday that can change the fact that his campaign committee couldn’t even raise $1 million last quarter, let alone the $3.9 million he claimed. I’d encourage every reporter in America right now to reach out to John Cornyn to ask him this simple question: Are you really that bad at math or did you purposely mislead the public about the truth?'” says Texas Attorney General Ken “Picasso-face” Paxton’s campaign in a press release.
National Zero on Tuesday erroneously presented and/or misunderstood NOTUS’s reporting on the totals. The $3.9 million number cited by Cornhole’s campaign for Q2 was probably mostly cash coming from the Senate GOP’s coffers. Actual regular donations to Cornyn came in at $803,953, far short of Paxton’s $2,908,591. So yeah, the “grassroots” situation for Cornhole in this very serious primary challenge appears to be actually considerably worse than initially understood.