'Somebody Messed up, Right?' Texas Senate Ads Appeared During NFL Games Nationwide. Here's Why.
Texas PAC spent more than $100 million on the race and bought a national Fox window that reached millions of nonvoters, trackers said.
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Ken Paxton ads invade NFL broadcasts nationwide as GOP scrambles to save Texas seat
NFL fans from Philadelphia to Virginia got an unexpected crash course in Texas politics on Sunday, as ads backing Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton aired during games far outside the Lone Star State, leaving many viewers puzzled.Viewers tuning in for afternoon games were hit with a string of pro-Paxton spots, reported the Houston Chronicle. In one, Angela Paxton, the Texas attorney general's soon-to-be ex-wife, urged viewers to back "the Repu…
Why Ken Paxton ads aired during NFL games across the country on Sunday
Credit: Texas PACIf you watched an early NFL game on Fox on Sunday and wondered why you were suddenly learning about Texas’ U.S. Senate race, you weren’t alone. Texas PAC, a super PAC affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune that has poured well over $100 million into boosting Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign, ran multiple ads during Fox’s 1 p.m. ET window, including a spot featuring Paxton’s estranged wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, urging…
“Let’s talk about the elephant in the room”
Donate to Democratic candidate Adam Frisch. Donate to Palmer Report. Palmer Report is leading the way in taking back our country from Donald Trump. Donate nowLast week Donald Trump spent quite a bit of time stringing random words together while standing behind a podium, and he only ended up saying one coherent thing the entire time: “Ken Paxton is a pain in the ass.” It was a rare lucid moment from Trump, who accurately assessed just what a pro…
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