Chuck Todd

Considering how competitive this primary is in, but that may be just driven by rank and file could be driven by donors.

But either way, it's a big get for Paxton because it kind of like he hasn't gotten many endorsements.

He seems to me like an illegitimate candidate for office, given that he was impeached, although he never was not convicted.

But the stuff around him is really some ugly stuff.

So I am mildly surprised.

that they went with him, though I know that as far as the type of way he wants to pursue conservative – that pugilistic, aggressive nature of politics is something I think that appeals to Turning Point, the Turning Point crowd a little bit.

But I thought maybe they wouldn't want to be associated with what is Paxton's really questionable morals and ethics on that one.

But look, that's –

Either way, Republicans do have a mess on their hands in Texas.

And the only thing that they've got going for them in Texas is that the Democrats have a bit of a mess.

And the last thing they need is a racially divisive primary on that side.

And it's, Tallarico's trying to calm the waters there after he was quoted as insulting Colin Allred, a former Senate candidate who's now running for a congressional seat.

And it, you know, Allred, I think,

There was some hope pre slight from Tallarico that Allred would have supported Tallarico.

I think ideologically he fit there, but now he's a Jasmine Crockett supporter.

So you do have that mess there.

The other interesting development over the week is Alexander Vindman, the retirement retired army lieutenant colonel.

kicked off his Florida Senate bid.

He's of course, um, was, uh, he was the whistleblower that helped launch the first impeachment on Trump when it came to, uh, the quid pro quo that Trump was demanding, uh, from Zelensky, um, uh, during, uh, 2018, 2019.

Um,