Trump aide w/ NC ties heads to TX to save hapless RINO Sen. John Cornyn

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Texas polls are showing incumbent US senator John Cornyn down sixteen points to Texas attorney general (and MAGA hero) Ken Paxton in the 2026 GOP primary. The  DC Establishment  — apparently concerned with the potential loss of a GOP fan of gun control and amnesty — is dispatching Chris LaCivita, who directed Pat McCrory‘s spectacular 2016 gubernatorial reelection campaign, to The Lone Star State to try and right the Cornyn ship.

Of course, LaCivita has quite a few wins under his belt.  He helped manage Donald Trump‘s 2024 campaign and has been acting as COO of the Republican National Committee since March 2024.

Paxton would be a reliable, dependable vote for the Trump agenda.  Cornyn likes to play the Tillis cross-the-aisle game.  Of course, he’s behaving right now — with a tough primary staring him down.  One would think the Trump Team would welcome Paxton to DC and cry less-than-zero tears over a Cornyn defeat.  

Here are more details on this latest move:

[…] Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is bringing on board Chris LaCivita, a controversial campaign aide to President Donald J. Trump’s 2024 campaign, hoping to keep the President out of what is shaping up to be a contentious and expensive U.S. Senate primary. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), an America First conservative and Trump ally, is challenging Cornyn for the U.S. Senate seat. He has been hammering the Senator for his voting record, failure to support Trump, and resistance to the America First agenda.[…]

It sounds like they have a problem in Texas very similar to the one we have HERE.

MORE:

[…] LaCivita is being tapped as a senior advisor for Texans for a Conservative Majority, a SuperPAC backing Cornyn’s re-election efforts. However, the long-time Republican political establishment operative continues to be viewed with skepticism—if not outright hostility—by many Make America Great Again (MAGA) supporters over his efforts to sideline some of President Trump’s most loyal and ardent allies. The National Pulse has extensively covered LaCivita’s efforts to undermine MAGA and MAGA-adjacent efforts during the 2024 presidential campaign.

Notably, LaCivita was one of the primary instigators in attacking Project 2025, a move that led to a slow hiring process for the incoming Trump administration. The ramifications are still playing out across key departmental roles.

As co-campaign manager during the 2024 race, LaCivita pushed the Trump campaign to cave to a Democrat campaign to demonize Project 2025. At the time, it was reported that LaCivita had also led efforts to force out Project 2025 director Paul Dans at the Heritage Foundation in what was little more than a turf war over management of the second Trump administration.

In another disturbing instance during the 2024 campaign, LaCivita backed the takeover of America PAC by former DeSantis campaign operatives, who had been accused of running the Florida governor’s primary bid into the ground. This came after LaCivita attempted to install attorney Charlie Spies—a man with ties to Jeb Bush—as chief counsel at the Republican National Committee (RNC). Spies was fired from the RNC after just two months on the orders of President Trump.

Additionally, LaCivita has been accused of being behind numerous campaign leaks. The National Pulse reported in November 2024 that the co-campaign manager was behind leaks to The Atlantic‘s Tim Alberta, attempting to blame young staffer Alex Breusewitz for comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s late-campaign Puerto Rico garbage joke at Madison Square Garden.

[…] Polling data consistently shows Paxton has a significant lead over Cornyn in the Texas Republican primary.