{"id":851,"date":"2026-05-27T17:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=851"},"modified":"2026-05-27T17:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T17:37:21","slug":"republicans-scrub-anti-paxton-attacks-from-the-internet-after-he-becomes-their-nominee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=851","title":{"rendered":"Republicans scrub anti-Paxton attacks from the internet after he becomes their nominee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<button><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\n<span><svg>\n<\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span>Summary<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span><svg><\/svg><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/button><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>The National Republican Senatorial Committee is deleting dozens of attacks against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he won the GOP Senate primary.<\/li>\n<li>The NRSC had called Paxton &#8220;Crooked Ken&#8221; and accused him of corruption and giving favorable treatment to an alleged child sex trafficker.<\/li>\n<li>The committee removed press releases, digital ads and social media posts criticizing Paxton as Republicans now rally behind their nominee.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<span>AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n            In the wake of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton\u2019s crushing victory over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the Republican Senate primary, Republican operatives are rapidly scrubbing from the internet months of attacks portraying Paxton as corrupt, dishonest and a threat to President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=849\">Alabama urges US Supreme Court to bring back GOP-friendly House map for midterm elections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            A CNN KFile review found the National Republican Senatorial Committee, an official campaign arm of the GOP, deleted at least two dozen press releases, digital ads and statements attacking Paxton \u2014 including posts labeling him \u201cCrooked Ken,\u201d criticizing his treatment of his then-wife during their divorce and accusing him of giving favorable treatment to an alleged child sex trafficker.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            In comments and posts dating from the past year, the NRSC often referred to Paxton as \u201ccrooked\u201d and said his \u201ccorruption\u201d would threaten Republicans\u2019 \u2014 and most importantly, Trump\u2019s \u2014 agenda.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Other deleted press releases pointed to a controversial deal Paxton\u2019s office made with an alleged sex trafficker which kept the man \u201cout of prison and off the sex offender registry.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cMore Texans are now victims of an alleged child sex trafficker because Crooked Ken Paxton gave this dirtbag the kid-gloves treatment,\u201d said NRSC Regional Press Secretary Nick Puglia in the since-purged press release. \u201cDemocrats and Paxton are already working together to threaten President Trump\u2019s Senate Majority, now it turns out Paxton was making the kind of plea deals for child sex traffickers that you\u2019d expect from a Democrat too.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            NRSC declined to comment to CNN and pointed to its statement following Paxton\u2019s win \u2014 which failed to name the nominee.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cA state President Trump won by nearly 14 points isn\u2019t going to elect James Talarico \u2014 a radical leftist who thinks God is nonbinary and that Texas should be a welcome mat for illegals. He is the most dangerous flank of the far left. Texas isn\u2019t swapping brisket for open borders,\u201d said NRSC regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Google\u2019s ad transparency database also showed at least two NRSC anti-Paxton video ads that have since been removed by the uploader, including one titled \u201cKen Paxton Has a Dark Secret\u201d and another accusing Paxton of \u201cHelping the Woke Left\u201d by giving nearly $1 million to gender-affirming programs. The ads are now labeled \u201cremoved by the uploader.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=845\">Witnessing violence leaves scars. How to cope with the aftermath of traumatic events<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n            The NRSC also removed a handful of ads against Paxton from its YouTube channel.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\nOne ad shows an image of Paxton as a Ken-like doll encased in a plastic box. The voiceover, according to a transcript, reads, \u201cIntroducing the all new Ken. He talks a big game about conservative values, but when it\u2019s time to deliver he drags his feet. \u2026 Ken doesn\u2019t stand up for conservatives, he stands in their way!\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\nAnother since-deleted ad, titled \u201cTexas Deserves Better Than Ken Paxton,\u201d depicts a bucolic crossroad with crickets chirping. It then cuts to a shadowy street while police sirens, broken glass and car alarms roar. \u201cSo, which Texas do you want to hear,\u201d a narrator says. It ends with a title card that reads, \u201cTexas deserves better than the sound of Ken Paxton\u201d and an image of Paxton with his fingers in his ears.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            The NRSC also deleted at least eight tweets from X about Paxton since 2025, including two posts that said he was \u201casleep\u201d at the wheel.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            \u201cInstead of protecting Texans, Ken Paxton has been asleep at the wheel. He\u2019s been using taxpayer dollars to give MILLIONS to leftist groups who: \u274cCoach illegals on how to evade ICE \u274cPush DEI hiring schemes \u274cOffer transgender resources to kids,\u201d the NRSC account tweeted in September 2025.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            And again in October 2025: \u201cKen Paxton is so asleep at the wheel he is treating Texas\u2019 taxpayer dollars like Monopoly money \u2014 funneling hundreds of millions to liberal organizations and candidates.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            Paxton\u2019s campaign has not responded to this claim, though as Texas\u2019 attorney general, he recently sued Harris County \u201cfor unlawfully allocating more than $1.3 million in public money to radical leftist organizations,\u201d according to a press release.\n    <\/p>\n<p>\n            CNN reached out to the Paxton campaign for comment but did not immediately hear back.\n    <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationtimess.com\/?p=829\">What to know about James Talarico\u2019s record and his past comments (no, he\u2019s not vegan)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the wake of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton\u2019s crushing victory over incumbent Sen. 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