The GOP Paid Influencers To Threaten Texas Senators

Mike Allen reports at Axios:

National Republicans organized an under-the-radar campaign of outside conservative pressure on the Texas senators designed to neutralize mainstream media coverage, top strategists tell me. This outside unofficial team operated independently of the Paxton legal operation — like “a super PAC without the money,” a top GOP strategist said. Pro-Paxton forces also paid social media influencers to defend the attorney general.

Steve Bannon was a big Paxton backer on his WarRoom podcast. Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk was vital, the strategist said: “He had his people posting senators’ office numbers and was giving them out on his show. Driving the senators absolutely crazy.” Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, also a Trump ally who presided over the trial, received $3 million this summer from a pro-Paxton group called Defend Texas Liberty PAC.

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