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Texas: Trump arrives in Lubbock for second stop of dual campaign swing, boosting GOP support for Paxton
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In Short: President Donald Trump arrived in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday to rally support for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
President Donald Trump arrived in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday for the second stop of a dual campaign swing across Texas aimed at boosting Republican support in a competitive U.S. Senate race.
The decision to visit Lubbock and Corpus Christi reflected Republican priorities to defend a statewide winning streak that has held since 1994. Although West Texas has long delivered large conservative margins, recent polling showing a tight contest and some primary results pointed to possible turnout challenges for Paxton in the region.
In his remarks, Trump emphasized energy policy and cultural issues, urging strong West Texas turnout. He argued that Paxton’s election is critical to preserving a conservative majority in Washington. Building on his Corpus Christi comments, Trump criticized Talarico for being far too liberal for Texas while praising Paxton as a defender of border security, traditional values, and state interests.
Trump unveiled a proposed rule in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday at a campaign rally meant to boost Senate candidate Ken Paxton just a week before the midterm elections. The president announced the rollback that would save energy producers and consumers $45 billion, while unlocking 210 million barrels of oil.
Talarico responded with his own West Texas campaigning, including stops in the Midland and Amarillo areas, and held a competing rally the same evening at the Fiesta Center in Lubbock to appeal to more moderate and independent voters.
At every stop, Talarico has argued that, for too long, the wealthy and their donations have corrupted politics, and that this corruption has fueled the affordability crisis. Talarico was in Amarillo, where he assailed a 'broken, corrupt' political system.
The campaign marathon is a bet that while Trump is broadly unpopular, he still holds sway over the GOP's most loyal voters — a bloc whose participation in the elections will be critical. The strategy is facing its fiercest test in Texas, where Talarico has capitalized on the difficult political environment for Republicans and Paxton's history of ethical and legal problems.
National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez praised President Trump for his support of border security, saying no previous president has provided the same level of backing during his 29 years working to secure the border.
Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has joined Trump's effort to stop Talarico's advance. Trump argued that Paxton was a 'good man' and that Musk's support would bolster Paxton's campaign.
Trump's stop seeks to mobilize core Republican voters, and the strategy is facing its fiercest test in Texas, where Talarico has capitalized on the difficult political environment for Republicans and Paxton's history of ethical and legal problems.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the travel plans, said Rubio 'needs time with the president on all kinds of issues' and that 'being on the plane with him gives him a chance to talk to him about these items.'
That parallels the Texas governor's race, where Democrat Gina Hinojosa is waging a spirited campaign against GOP Gov. Greg Abbott.
What's confirmed
- President Donald Trump arrived in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday for the second stop of a dual campaign swing across Texas aimed at boosting Republican support in a competitive U.S. Senate race.
- The decision to visit Lubbock and Corpus Christi reflected Republican priorities to defend a statewide winning streak that has held since 1994. Although West Texas has long delivered large conservative margins, recent polling showing a tight contest and some primary results pointed to possible turnout challenges for Paxton in the region.
- In his remarks, Trump emphasized energy policy and cultural issues, urging strong West Texas turnout. He argued that Paxton’s election is critical to preserving a conservative majority in Washington. Building on his Corpus Christi comments, Trump criticized Talarico for being far too liberal for Texas while praising Paxton as a defender of border security, traditional values, and state interests.
- Trump unveiled a proposed rule in Lubbock, Texas, on Tuesday at a campaign rally meant to boost Senate candidate Ken Paxton just a week before the midterm elections. The president announced the rollback that would save energy producers and consumers $45 billion, while unlocking 210 million barrels of oil.
- Talarico responded with his own West Texas campaigning, including stops in the Midland and Amarillo areas, and held a competing rally the same evening at the Fiesta Center in Lubbock to appeal to more moderate and independent voters.
- At every stop, Talarico has argued that, for too long, the wealthy and their donations have corrupted politics, and that this corruption has fueled the affordability crisis. Talarico was in Amarillo, where he assailed a 'broken, corrupt' political system.
- The campaign marathon is a bet that while Trump is broadly unpopular, he still holds sway over the GOP's most loyal voters — a bloc whose participation in the elections will be critical. The strategy is facing its fiercest test in Texas, where Talarico has capitalized on the difficult political environment for Republicans and Paxton's history of ethical and legal problems.
- National Border Patrol Council President Paul Perez praised President Trump for his support of border security, saying no previous president has provided the same level of backing during his 29 years working to secure the border.
- Elon Musk, the world's richest man, has joined Trump's effort to stop Talarico's advance. Trump argued that Paxton was a 'good man' and that Musk's support would bolster Paxton's campaign.
- Trump's stop seeks to mobilize core Republican voters, and the strategy is facing its fiercest test in Texas, where Talarico has capitalized on the difficult political environment for Republicans and Paxton's history of ethical and legal problems.
- That parallels the Texas governor's race, where Democrat Gina Hinojosa is waging a spirited campaign against GOP Gov. Greg Abbott.
What's still developing
- "Talarico is lunatic left," Musk wrote on his social media platform, X, to his 241 million followers, part of a drumbeat of attacks he's posted against the candidate in the race's final days.
- Beyond Texas, he swung through Mississippi, Michigan, Georgia, Florida and Iowa over the past week, and his next stops are Ohio, South Carolina, Florida, Kansas and Iowa again.
- WATCH: Candidates enter final week of campaigning with control of Congress at stake Trump is entering the final week of his last midterms in a frenzied push to shore up Republican strongholds against unusually competitive Democratic candidates.
- "It's an honor to work for the greatest country in the world, for the greatest president in the history of the United States of America," he said before exiting.
- Like Trump and Paxton, he'll later appear in Lubbock.