David French
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Look, there are personal friends of mine who used to work in his AG's office and quit and protest.
because of the conduct in this office.
It was insiders.
And when I tell you insiders, I'm not talking like squished Republicans or whatever, but like people are very thoughtful.
Senior, very thoughtful, very conservative Texans said no.
I mean, he was impeached, almost convicted.
And then you have John Cornyn, who I don't think anyone would call him a squish.
I mean, there's some resentment that he signed onto a gun control bill, but he signed onto measures that were extremely popular, just extremely popular.
And so, you know, the idea that John Cornyn's a squish and he needs to be supplanted by the most corrupt politician not named Donald Trump in America, it's absurd.
And then I think with the Democrats, you almost have, it's like a
The platonic form of the choice, how do you fight Trumpism?
Is it, you know, is it going to be the populist, pugilistic, you know, Jasmine Crockett, I'm going to kind of walk out there and punch you in the face rhetorically?
Or is it going to be like the walking TED Talk, you know, James Tallarico?
I mean, yes, seminarian.
They're very contrasting styles, very contrasting.
And here's the interesting thing.
If Ken Paxton wins, I think Tallarico could probably beat him.
And I think Jasmine Crockett might be able to beat him.
I think if Cornyn wins, then the dynamic shifts very dramatically.
But it really is one of the, it's just what, which way, primary voter, which way?