Matt Boyle

Because the conventional wisdom was, oh, because you've got all these also-ran candidates out there too, right?

And so nobody was going to get to 50%.

on March 3rd anyway.

So it was always gonna go to a runoff and the conventional wisdom was always that it was gonna be Paxton versus Cornyn and it would be another $150 million between the primary and the runoff.

That's out the window now.

We could see a scenario here where there's a runoff

between any combination of the three, right?

So we could see Paxton Hunt, we could see Hunt-Cornyn, we could see Paxton-Cornyn, right?

Like so- But hang on one second.

Well, they're certainly trying, Steve.

They're desperately trying.

But I think Trump's been very apprehensive to do that.

But that being said, I also challenge that conventional wisdom that Cornyn's the better candidate in the general election.

Look, the Democrats are very likely going to dominate Jasmine Crockett, who's a radical, crazy crackpot.

as their candidate.

And so again, what you're gonna see here is that I think Paxton or Hunt actually does better in a general election against them.

And so those very same donor class Republicans are blowing money that could be used to help Mike Rogers up in Michigan,

or, you know, DeFoya in Minnesota or Sununu up in New Hampshire, you know, Whatley in North Carolina, et cetera.

They're blowing this money in Texas on a primary for a candidate who's weaker in a general election.

So I think it's going to be a total defenestration of the donor class on March the 3rd.