Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he announced his primary challenge.
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00:05I've been a supporter of the president during his first term of office,
00:11and that's continued during his current term.
00:14But we're going to end up spending hundreds of millions of dollars, potentially,
00:20on this race in Texas because we can't lose the seat in Texas.
00:25And that is money that can't be used in places like Michigan, New Hampshire, and Georgia in the midterm elections.
00:38Mr. Paxton has a checkered background.
00:41He is a con man and a fraud, and I think the people of Texas know that.
00:48But this is what will be litigated during the course of this campaign.
00:54I am not going to turn over the Senate seat that was once held by Sam Houston to somebody like him.
01:02We will fight this to the end, and we will win.