Sen. John Cornyn has a new TV ad citing the Ten Commandments to accuse primary opponent Attorney General Ken Paxton of violating the core moral rules of...
, Cornyn’s campaign invokes scripture and church imagery to accuse his rival of violating the core moral rules of Christianity. The ad, released Wednesday, opens with a narrator asking what a burner phone, an expensive pen and a cash machine have in common.
“They are symbols of Ken Paxton’s depravity,” the narrator says. “Paxton used the burner phone and an alias to hide his affair from the mother of his children. Now his wife’s divorcing him on biblical grounds.”As images of church pews and a cross appear on screen, a separate, deep voice intones a commandment: “Thou shalt not commit adultery.”left at a security checkpoint by another lawyer. Paxton returned the pen after law enforcement identified him through security footage.But the ad’s narrator calls it theft. The church scene returns and the same deep voice declares: “Thou shalt not steal.” The narrator also says Paxton’s net worth has shot up while in office and cites allegations he listed multiple properties as his principal residence toThe TV spot marks a further escalation in an already bruising runoff that has become the most expensive Senate primary in U.S. history. The Paxton campaign did not respond to an email requesting comment on the ad. He previously has denied allegations of wrongdoing in his personal life and public career.Paxton was impeached by the Republican-led Texas House before the state Senate acquitted him. The Cornyn ad closes with the narrator warning “Judgment Day” comes for everyone eventually and that Paxton now faces Texas voters.the race before saying he’d consider stepping aside if the Senate lifted the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act, which includes voter ID and other Trump priorities.Trump has since posted on social media about the importance of passing the legislation, and he has held off on the promised endorsement.on Wednesday, saying he had come around to the idea of changing the filibuster to pass the SAVE America Act and a homeland security spending bill. Democrats have been blocking the spending bill over funding for the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations.“Texas deserves better than someone who only does the right thing when desperately trying to save themself,” Paxton said. Cornyn told reporters Wednesday he previously defended the filibuster because it helped Republicans block Democratic proposals, such as expanding the Supreme Court and making Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico states. Pressed on whether the op-ed was aimed at securing Trump’s endorsement, Cornyn said his thinking had evolved. “Hopefully, the president likes what he sees,” Cornyn said. “But this has really been sort of an evolution in my own thinking. And I thought, rather than have it misunderstood, I’d just put it down in writing.”Joseph Morton covers the intersection of business and politics in the Washington Bureau. Before joining The News, Joseph worked for CQ Roll Call and the Omaha World-Herald. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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