'I won't vote for Ken Paxton': Former GOP official breaks with party in ad to play during Texas Republican convention

[In It to Win It]

https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2026/06/11/former-gop-official-says-he-won-t-vote-for-paxton-in-ad

The former, top elected Republican in Tarrant County (Texas’ largest red county) is putting out on an ad urging Republicans not to vote for Ken Paxton. Ad will air tomorrow on the radio in Houston, where the Texas GOP is holding is convention.

— Robert Downen (@robertdownen.bsky.social) 2026-06-12T00:15:18.525Z

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Let the bloodletting begin.

Republicanism or MAGAsm? Who own's the Brand?

[SheltieLover]

4. ...

[RandySF]

2. They say that early on

Then crawl back.

[pat_k]

3. Don't vote for Ken Paxton is good.

Too bad he doesn't go all the way and endorse Talarico, but I guess that's just a bridge too far.

[Cha]

11. Right? Maybe some will stay home?

[SheltieLover]

5. Funny how not a word is mentioned about the new owner of Zorro: Don Huffines, running for TX Comptroller against Dem

Sara Eckhart.

Huffines is scum. His son works in tsf's admin as Office of Cabinet Affairs (May 2026-).

[niyad]

6. He is indeed scum. Wonder how much evidence that backhoe

destroyed?

[SheltieLover]

7. All of it, if Huffines had his way! 🤬

[niyad]

8. Very true!

[SheltieLover]

9. ...

Great minds...

[state of stupid]

10. I have been saying for quite a while that there is no real republican party.

The start of the party purification began way back in his first run in 2016. That is when the
RINOs started calling real republicans RINOs. The ignorant faithful swallowed it hook, line,
sinker and anything else you care to toss into that bucket. There are very few real Republicans
left at the National level.
There are a few at the state level that still have real republicans serving, but even they try to pick
and choose the hills they are willing to die on!
Sorry for the rant, but I just get tired of seeing people still calling it the Republican party and not
the RINO party or the Trump Cult of Stupidity.
As far as Ken (phony Christian, thief, con artist, a$$hole to the max, and the man who always runs
within the top three of persons, I would like to stick his head in a bucket of Trump's Finest Blend
three times and pull it out twice) Paxton, there is not enough money or treasure is this universe
or any or all alternate universes that could get me to vote for that SOB!!!

[Blue Owl]

12. A Pox on Paxton

He’s the PLAGUE