{"id":2795,"date":"2026-08-31T18:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2795"},"modified":"2026-08-31T18:07:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:07:24","slug":"trump-faces-calls-to-spend-in-texas-as-dems-blitz-republicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2795","title":{"rendered":"Trump Faces Calls To Spend In Texas As Dems Blitz Republicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p><span>As Democrat James Talarico outspends Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton by tens of millions of dollars in the Texas Senate race, some Republicans are pushing for more help from President Donald Trump to defeat the leftist candidate in a race that appears surprisingly competitive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2793\">Here\u2019s How George Santos Landed Kalshi\u2019s First-Ever Lifetime Ban<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Recent filings show Talarico raised about $31.6 million in the latest fundraising quarter to Paxton\u2019s $9.3 million, a total in line with the Democrat\u2019s major cash advantage throughout the race. The stark contrast in fundraising and polls showing a close race in a historically solid red state have led some Republicans to seek the president\u2019s aid.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Over the weekend, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) declared that GOP Senate campaign arms have no money budgeted to support Paxton, who defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn in one of the most expensive primary elections in history.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe in the Senate don\u2019t have the money budgeted for Texas. We need help from the president. The president says he has $850 million in his campaign account. That\u2019s a lot of jack,\u201d Kennedy told Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich on Sunday. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the president is going to spend $100 or $200 million in Texas. But he hasn\u2019t committed to it yet. But in the meantime we\u2019ve got a race, and I\u2019m not going to play act and say that we don\u2019t.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kennedy was referring to recent comments made by Trump, who vowed to spend big to back Republican candidates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWell, I\u2019ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it\u2019s about $850 million,\u201d Trump <\/span><span>said<\/span><span>. \u201cI\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for \u2014 and my own money \u2014 but I\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>MAGA Inc., a political action committee aligned with the president, has over $400 million in the bank, according to campaign filings. <\/span>A Republican operative familiar with MAGA Inc. plans told The Daily Wire that the group \u201cwill spend on competitive races\u201d and is \u201ccommitted to retaining our majorities in the House and Senate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Talarico, who has attempted to brand himself as a moderate despite his history of far-Left advocacy in the Texas legislature, has had his campaign coffers boosted by out-of-state Democratic donors in wealthy Massachusetts enclaves like Nantucket and Martha\u2019s Vineyard.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2791\">Mike Rogers Slams Abdul El-Sayed\u2019s \u2018Apology\u2019 To Jews As Political Theater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere\u2019s no sense bubble wrapping it. We got a race in Texas,\u201d Kennedy said on Sunday. \u201cMoney is an issue. Mr. Talarico has been raising bucket loads of money from California, Hollywood, all the beautiful people who partied with Harvey Weinstein.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The calls for help in Texas for Trump\u2019s assistance have grown as other major GOP fundraising arms, including the Senate Majority Leader John Thune-aligned Senate Leadership Fund and the Republican National Senatorial Committee, have done little to support Paxton.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Some donors have said they don\u2019t plan on spending in Texas because they are bitter over the outcome of the GOP primary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe message to Trump world is, \u2018you broke it, now you own it. You gotta spend some of your money to defend him because we\u2019ve got bigger fish to fry,\u2019\u201d one unnamed donor told POLITICO.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Last week, Trump traveled to Texas, where he attended a fundraiser for the National Republican Committee and rallied in support of Paxton, whom he endorsed in the primary. <\/span><span>\u201cI\u2019m going to help Ken Paxton, and I\u2019m going to spend a lot of time in Texas,\u201d Trump said ahead of the event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In recent weeks, MAGA Inc. has been stepping up its campaign presence, backing Senator Darline Graham\u2019s successful race in the South Carolina Republican primary with an $800,000 ad buy. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance will be campaigning in Michigan at a MAGA Inc. event for Republican Mike Rogers. Rogers is running against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to replace outgoing Democrat Senator Gary Peters.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2789\">Deporting Milo Yiannopoulos Is Part Of Trump Admin\u2019s Latest Pivot To Turbocharge Removals<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Democrat James Talarico outspends Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton by tens of millions of dollars in the Texas Senate race, some Republicans are pushing for more help from President Donald Trump to defeat the leftist candidate in a race that appears surprisingly competitive.\u00a0Recent filings show Talarico raised about $31.6 million in the latest fundraising quarter to Paxton\u2019s $9.3 million, a total in line with the Democrat\u2019s major cash advantage throughout the race. The stark contrast in fundraising and polls showing a close race in a historically solid red state have led some Republicans to seek the president\u2019s aid.\u00a0Over the weekend, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) declared that GOP Senate campaign arms have no money budgeted to support Paxton, who defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn in one of the most expensive primary elections in history.\u00a0\u201cWe in the Senate don\u2019t have the money budgeted for Texas. We need help from the president. The president says he has $850 million in his campaign account. That\u2019s a lot of jack,\u201d Kennedy told Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich on Sunday. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the president is going to spend $100 or $200 million in Texas. But he hasn\u2019t committed to it yet. But in the meantime we\u2019ve got a race, and I\u2019m not going to play act and say that we don\u2019t.\u201dKennedy was referring to recent comments made by Trump, who vowed to spend big to back Republican candidates.\u00a0\u201cWell, I\u2019ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it\u2019s about $850 million,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for \u2014 and my own money \u2014 but I\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates.\u201dMAGA Inc., a political action committee aligned with the president, has over $400 million in the bank, according to campaign filings. A Republican operative familiar with MAGA Inc. plans told The Daily Wire that the group \u201cwill spend on competitive races\u201d and is \u201ccommitted to retaining our majorities in the House and Senate.\u201dTalarico, who has attempted to brand himself as a moderate despite his history of far-Left advocacy in the Texas legislature, has had his campaign coffers boosted by out-of-state Democratic donors in wealthy Massachusetts enclaves like Nantucket and Martha\u2019s Vineyard.\u201cThere\u2019s no sense bubble wrapping it. We got a race in Texas,\u201d Kennedy said on Sunday. \u201cMoney is an issue. Mr. Talarico has been raising bucket loads of money from California, Hollywood, all the beautiful people who partied with Harvey Weinstein.\u201d\u00a0The calls for help in Texas for Trump\u2019s assistance have grown as other major GOP fundraising arms, including the Senate Majority Leader John Thune-aligned Senate Leadership Fund and the Republican National Senatorial Committee, have done little to support Paxton.\u00a0Some donors have said they don\u2019t plan on spending in Texas because they are bitter over the outcome of the GOP primary.\u00a0\u201cThe message to Trump world is, \u2018you broke it, now you own it. You gotta spend some of your money to defend him because we\u2019ve got bigger fish to fry,\u2019\u201d one unnamed donor told POLITICO.\u00a0Last week, Trump traveled to Texas, where he attended a fundraiser for the National Republican Committee and rallied in support of Paxton, whom he endorsed in the primary. \u201cI\u2019m going to help Ken Paxton, and I\u2019m going to spend a lot of time in Texas,\u201d Trump said ahead of the event.\u00a0In recent weeks, MAGA Inc. has been stepping up its campaign presence, backing Senator Darline Graham\u2019s successful race in the South Carolina Republican primary with an $800,000 ad buy. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance will be campaigning in Michigan at a MAGA Inc. event for Republican Mike Rogers. Rogers is running against Democrat Abdul El-Sayed to replace outgoing Democrat Senator Gary Peters.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump Faces Calls To Spend In Texas As Dems Blitz Republicans - Blue Route Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blueroutejournal.com\/?p=2795\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trump Faces Calls To Spend In Texas As Dems Blitz Republicans - Blue Route Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"As Democrat James Talarico outspends Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton by tens of millions of dollars in the Texas Senate race, some Republicans are pushing for more help from President Donald Trump to defeat the leftist candidate in a race that appears surprisingly competitive.\u00a0Recent filings show Talarico raised about $31.6 million in the latest fundraising quarter to Paxton\u2019s $9.3 million, a total in line with the Democrat\u2019s major cash advantage throughout the race. The stark contrast in fundraising and polls showing a close race in a historically solid red state have led some Republicans to seek the president\u2019s aid.\u00a0Over the weekend, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) declared that GOP Senate campaign arms have no money budgeted to support Paxton, who defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn in one of the most expensive primary elections in history.\u00a0\u201cWe in the Senate don\u2019t have the money budgeted for Texas. We need help from the president. The president says he has $850 million in his campaign account. That\u2019s a lot of jack,\u201d Kennedy told Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich on Sunday. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the president is going to spend $100 or $200 million in Texas. But he hasn\u2019t committed to it yet. But in the meantime we\u2019ve got a race, and I\u2019m not going to play act and say that we don\u2019t.\u201dKennedy was referring to recent comments made by Trump, who vowed to spend big to back Republican candidates.\u00a0\u201cWell, I\u2019ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it\u2019s about $850 million,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for \u2014 and my own money \u2014 but I\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates.\u201dMAGA Inc., a political action committee aligned with the president, has over $400 million in the bank, according to campaign filings. A Republican operative familiar with MAGA Inc. plans told The Daily Wire that the group \u201cwill spend on competitive races\u201d and is \u201ccommitted to retaining our majorities in the House and Senate.\u201dTalarico, who has attempted to brand himself as a moderate despite his history of far-Left advocacy in the Texas legislature, has had his campaign coffers boosted by out-of-state Democratic donors in wealthy Massachusetts enclaves like Nantucket and Martha\u2019s Vineyard.\u201cThere\u2019s no sense bubble wrapping it. We got a race in Texas,\u201d Kennedy said on Sunday. \u201cMoney is an issue. Mr. Talarico has been raising bucket loads of money from California, Hollywood, all the beautiful people who partied with Harvey Weinstein.\u201d\u00a0The calls for help in Texas for Trump\u2019s assistance have grown as other major GOP fundraising arms, including the Senate Majority Leader John Thune-aligned Senate Leadership Fund and the Republican National Senatorial Committee, have done little to support Paxton.\u00a0Some donors have said they don\u2019t plan on spending in Texas because they are bitter over the outcome of the GOP primary.\u00a0\u201cThe message to Trump world is, \u2018you broke it, now you own it. You gotta spend some of your money to defend him because we\u2019ve got bigger fish to fry,\u2019\u201d one unnamed donor told POLITICO.\u00a0Last week, Trump traveled to Texas, where he attended a fundraiser for the National Republican Committee and rallied in support of Paxton, whom he endorsed in the primary. \u201cI\u2019m going to help Ken Paxton, and I\u2019m going to spend a lot of time in Texas,\u201d Trump said ahead of the event.\u00a0In recent weeks, MAGA Inc. has been stepping up its campaign presence, backing Senator Darline Graham\u2019s successful race in the South Carolina Republican primary with an $800,000 ad buy. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance will be campaigning in Michigan at a MAGA Inc. event for Republican Mike Rogers. 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The stark contrast in fundraising and polls showing a close race in a historically solid red state have led some Republicans to seek the president\u2019s aid.\u00a0Over the weekend, Senator John Kennedy (R-LA) declared that GOP Senate campaign arms have no money budgeted to support Paxton, who defeated incumbent Senator John Cornyn in one of the most expensive primary elections in history.\u00a0\u201cWe in the Senate don\u2019t have the money budgeted for Texas. We need help from the president. The president says he has $850 million in his campaign account. That\u2019s a lot of jack,\u201d Kennedy told Fox News anchor Jacqui Heinrich on Sunday. \u201cI\u2019m hoping that the president is going to spend $100 or $200 million in Texas. But he hasn\u2019t committed to it yet. But in the meantime we\u2019ve got a race, and I\u2019m not going to play act and say that we don\u2019t.\u201dKennedy was referring to recent comments made by Trump, who vowed to spend big to back Republican candidates.\u00a0\u201cWell, I\u2019ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it\u2019s about $850 million,\u201d Trump said. \u201cI\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for \u2014 and my own money \u2014 but I\u2019ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates.\u201dMAGA Inc., a political action committee aligned with the president, has over $400 million in the bank, according to campaign filings. A Republican operative familiar with MAGA Inc. plans told The Daily Wire that the group \u201cwill spend on competitive races\u201d and is \u201ccommitted to retaining our majorities in the House and Senate.\u201dTalarico, who has attempted to brand himself as a moderate despite his history of far-Left advocacy in the Texas legislature, has had his campaign coffers boosted by out-of-state Democratic donors in wealthy Massachusetts enclaves like Nantucket and Martha\u2019s Vineyard.\u201cThere\u2019s no sense bubble wrapping it. We got a race in Texas,\u201d Kennedy said on Sunday. \u201cMoney is an issue. Mr. Talarico has been raising bucket loads of money from California, Hollywood, all the beautiful people who partied with Harvey Weinstein.\u201d\u00a0The calls for help in Texas for Trump\u2019s assistance have grown as other major GOP fundraising arms, including the Senate Majority Leader John Thune-aligned Senate Leadership Fund and the Republican National Senatorial Committee, have done little to support Paxton.\u00a0Some donors have said they don\u2019t plan on spending in Texas because they are bitter over the outcome of the GOP primary.\u00a0\u201cThe message to Trump world is, \u2018you broke it, now you own it. You gotta spend some of your money to defend him because we\u2019ve got bigger fish to fry,\u2019\u201d one unnamed donor told POLITICO.\u00a0Last week, Trump traveled to Texas, where he attended a fundraiser for the National Republican Committee and rallied in support of Paxton, whom he endorsed in the primary. \u201cI\u2019m going to help Ken Paxton, and I\u2019m going to spend a lot of time in Texas,\u201d Trump said ahead of the event.\u00a0In recent weeks, MAGA Inc. has been stepping up its campaign presence, backing Senator Darline Graham\u2019s successful race in the South Carolina Republican primary with an $800,000 ad buy. On Monday, Vice President JD Vance will be campaigning in Michigan at a MAGA Inc. event for Republican Mike Rogers. 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