{"id":2502475,"date":"2025-10-23T17:56:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunt-and-cornyn-quarrel-over-who-is-fake-maga\/"},"modified":"2025-10-23T17:56:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T21:56:48","slug":"hunt-and-cornyn-quarrel-over-who-is-fake-maga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunt-and-cornyn-quarrel-over-who-is-fake-maga\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunt and Cornyn quarrel over who is &#8216;fake MAGA&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhunt-and-cornyn-quarrel-over-who-is-fake-maga%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2502475&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator John cornyn and Representative Wesley Hunt,both republicans from Texas,are clashing over who is the genuine MAGA (Make America Great Again) candidate ahead of the Texas GOP primary.Cornyn, the incumbent senator, has been challenged not only by Hunt but also by texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cornyn&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >campaign criticized hunt<\/a> in a new ad, calling him a &#8220;fake MAGA&#8221; candidate, highlighting Hunt&#8217;s past vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary and accusing him of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-anatomy-of-a-stolen-election-the-fraud-cannot-stand\/\" title=\"The Anatomy of a Stolen Election \u2013 The Fraud Cannot Stand\">missing votes<\/a> in the House. Hunt fired back, labeling cornyn as the &#8220;fake MAGA&#8221; candidate due to Cornyn&#8217;s perceived willingness to compromise and move on from former President Trump. recent polls show Cornyn and Paxton almost tied, with Hunt trailing behind. The primary battle remains heated as each candidate vies to position themselves as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-top-four-takeaways-from-one-on-one-clash-between-haley-and-desantis\/\" title=\"Key takeaways from Haley vs. DeSantis clash in Republican debate\">true conservative choice<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Hunt and Cornyn quarrel over who is &lsquo;fake MAGA&rsquo; ahead of Texas GOP primary<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2235111\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Cornyn<\/a> (R-TX) and Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3838111\/wesley-hunt-texas-senate-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wesley Hunt<\/a> (R-TX) engaged in a sparring match this week over who the true MAGA candidate in the Texas GOP primary is.<\/p>\n<p>An already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-dems-reject-bernie-acolyte-in-heated-primary\/\" title=\"Ohio Dems Reject Bernie Acolyte in Heated ...\">heated primary<\/a> between the incumbent Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was joined by Hunt earlier this month. Despite trailing Cornyn significantly, the Senate Republican blasted his new challenger in an ad, accusing him of having no principles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3861443\/eric-adams-endorse-cuomo-help-avoid-mamdani-nyc-mayorship\/\">Eric Adams to endorse Cuomo to help avoid Mamdani NYC mayorship<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3860137\/daniel-cameron-skirts-obamacare-subsidies-bid-replace-mitch-mcconnell\/\">Daniel Cameron tiptoes around Obamacare subsidies in bid to replace McConnell<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3860923\/cuomo-sliwa-mamdani-final-nyc-mayoral-debate\/\">Cuomo and Sliwa turn up heat on Mamdani in final NYC mayoral debate before early voting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Texans for Sen. John Cornyn, Inc. created a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.realwesleyhunt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> website<\/a> devoted to taking down Hunt, featuring the ad at the top of the page.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wesley Hunt says he&rsquo;s MAGA, but the facts tell a different story,&rdquo; the new minute-long political ad said.<\/p>\n<p>The ad pointed to Hunt&rsquo;s admitted vote for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary, a move Hunt claimed was intended to prolong the primary and sow chaos among the Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In 2008, Wesley Hunt supported Hillary Clinton &mdash; long before pretending to be MAGA,&rdquo; text on the website supporting the ad read. &ldquo;Real conservatives don&rsquo;t back the Clinton machine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The ad also criticized his voting record, bashing him over missed votes during his House tenure.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s more to come &hellip; unlike Wesley Hunt missing House votes, you won&rsquo;t want to miss this,&rdquo; the website concluded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Texans deserve better than fake MAGA Wesley Hunt,&rdquo; the ad concluded.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt was quick to respond, bashing Cornyn with the same label.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s ironic being called &lsquo;Fake MAGA&rsquo; by a Senator running in the wrong Texas Primary, because his record reads like a registered Democrat,&rdquo; Hunt said in a statement. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s ironic being called &lsquo;Fake MAGA&rsquo; by a man who told the press America was ready to move on from President Trump.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>He went on to accuse Cornyn of trying to undermine Trump behind the scenes, pointing to Trump&rsquo;s own harsh words about him.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Because when it mattered most, John Cornyn didn&rsquo;t fight. He folded. He compromised. He surrendered to the Left,&rdquo; Hunt said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3838111\/wesley-hunt-texas-senate-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WESLEY HUNT LAUNCHES TEXAS SENATE CAMPAIGN, CHALLENGING CORNYN AND PAXTON<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texasstandard.org\/stories\/john-cornyn-ken-paxton-tied-poll-texas-senate-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll<\/a> found Cornyn and Paxton evenly matched after Hunt entered the race, with Paxton at 34% and Cornyn at 33%. Hunt trailed with a distant 22%. Cornyn was able to erase Paxton&rsquo;s massive lead after a scandal involving alleged infidelity and corruption while he was attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to Cornyn for a response.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hunt, Cornyn clash over &#8216;fake MAGA&#8217; in Texas GOP race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2502476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-con64bpdd-1761250490561.jpg?1761239345&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[22362,65789,58936,10223,65790],"class_list":["post-2502475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-cornyn","tag-fake-maga","tag-gop-conflict","tag-hunt","tag-political-quarrel"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image-collage-con64bpdd-1761250490561.jpg?1761239345&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2502475"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2502479,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2502475\/revisions\/2502479"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2502476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2502475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2502475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2502475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}