Paxton responds to Cornyn calling him ‘lazy’: ‘They don’t know my schedule’

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Today's Top Stories - August 31, 2026

Today's Top Stories - August 31, 2026

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Sunday pushed back on Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) calling him a “lazy” campaigner.

“John Cornyn doesn’t know my schedule. He doesn’t know how many hours I’m putting in every day, 18 hours a day,” Paxton told host Jacqui Heinrich on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing.”

Paxton, who beat Cornyn by more than 27 points in May’s Texas Senate GOP runoff, added he has been “driving all over the state,” raising money and trying his “best to connect to as many voters as possible.”

The Republican nominee continued, “They don’t know my schedule. It’s completely fabricated.”

Earlier this month, Cornyn told The Texas Tribune that while he supports........

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