{"id":2607554,"date":"2026-05-27T18:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senatorial-committee-quietly-tries-to-cover-up-its-past-attacks-on-ken-paxton\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:04:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T22:04:37","slug":"republican-senatorial-committee-quietly-tries-to-cover-up-its-past-attacks-on-ken-paxton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-senatorial-committee-quietly-tries-to-cover-up-its-past-attacks-on-ken-paxton\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senatorial Committee Quietly Tries to Cover Up Its Past Attacks on Ken Paxton"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Frepublican-senatorial-committee-quietly-tries-to-cover-up-its-past-attacks-on-ken-paxton%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=2607554&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>After Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton won his Senate runoff by a wide 28-point margin, the NRSC (the Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign committee) <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >removed previous website posts attacking<\/a> him, including one from July 10 criticizing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/say-what-leftists-ignoring-science\/\" title=\"SAY WHAT? Leftists Ignoring Science\">extramarital affair<\/a> and another titled \u201cKen Paxton\u2019s Lies and Incompetence Keep Piling Up,\u201d both of which now appear to be broken (\u201c404\u201d) pages.  <\/p>\n<p>In its statement about the runoff results,the NRSC did not mention Paxton or his opponent directly,instead turning to criticism of the Democratic nominee,State Rep. James Talarico, calling his views \u201cradical left\u201d and citing claims about God being \u201cnonbinary\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-broadening-pro-america-coalition\/\" title=\"The Broadening Pro-America Coalition\">open-borders immigration<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p>the article also argues that Donald Trump\u2019s endorsements strongly influence the GOP, noting that other incumbents who lost after Trump backed their challengers include Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The National Republican Senatorial Committee quietly deleted several posts attacking Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton after he won his Senate runoff race on Tuesday in a landslide.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate Republicans\u2019 campaign arm, which backed ousted Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn, removed a <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260216013024\/https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/uncategorized\/nrsc-statement-on-angela-paxtons-decision-to-divorce-ken-paxton-2-2025-07-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> from July 10 which criticized Paxton\u2019s extramarital affair while married to Republican Texas State Sen. Angela Paxton. The page on the website takes readers to a \u201c404\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/uncategorized\/nrsc-statement-on-angela-paxtons-decision-to-divorce-ken-paxton-2-2025-07-10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">page<\/a>, which includes a photograph of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and states, \u201cYou\u2019re As Lost As They Are!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat Ken Paxton has put his family through is truly repulsive and disgusting. No one should have to endure what Angela Paxton has, and we pray for her as she chooses to stand up for herself and her family during this difficult time,\u201d NRSC communications director Joanna Rodriguez said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Another <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20260212121956\/https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/press-releases\/ken-paxtons-lies-and-incompetence-keep-piling-up-2025-07-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">statement<\/a> from July 2025 included the header, \u201cKen Paxton\u2019s Lies and Incompetence Keep Piling Up,\u201d and is currently a \u201c404\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/press-releases\/ken-paxtons-lies-and-incompetence-keep-piling-up-2025-07-24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Paxton defeated Cornyn by a landslide 28-point margin in a runoff race Tuesday after receiving President Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement on May 19. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/georgia-senate-runoff-in-dead-heat\/\" title=\"Georgia ... in Dead Heat\">race advanced<\/a> to a runoff after neither candidate received a majority of the votes during the March 3 primary.<\/p>\n<p>The NRSC did not mention either Paxton or Cornyn in its statement about the runoff results, instead pivoting to criticizing the Democratic nominee, State Rep. James Talarico.<\/p>\n<p>\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,\u201d NRSC regional press secretary Samantha Cantrell said. \u201cHe is the most dangerous flank of the far left. Texas isn\u2019t swapping brisket for open borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The NRSC did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Talarico said on a podcast in May 2023 that he loved transgender kids when asked to name something he loved other than his family and friends. He also said that God is non-binary and that the biblical account of Jesus\u2019 conception justified abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s endorsements have proven his hold on the party, given that Republican Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy also lost their primaries after Trump backed their opponents. Cassidy voted to convict Trump during his 2021 impeachment trial related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol incursion, while Massie voted against the \u201cBig Beautiful Bill,\u201d opposed the Iran war, and spearheaded the push to release the files surrounding Jeffrey Epstein.<\/p>\n<p>On , Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/116631542989338692\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">accused<\/a> Cornyn of being \u201cvery disloyal\u201d to him and of not fighting hard enough to pass his agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKen\u2019s opponent was VERY disloyal to me, as President, and didn\u2019t fight hard enough for the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT \u2014 VOTER I.D., PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP, NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS (with exceptions for Military, Illness, Disability, or Travel!). 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