🗞️ Story file #530
Trump blames Cornyn and Rove if Paxton loses Texas Senate race
Oct 15, 7 PM ET to Oct 17, 1 PM ET · 1 outlet not rated for lean
- 15outlets carried it
- 🫏6 · 2 · 6🐘left · center · right
- 1.7 dayson the front pages
- 15front pages at once, at its peak
- 6 sof TV captions
- 2 of 2parts of a saga
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- Oct 15, 7 PM ETfirst on a front page: Politico
- Oct 16, 6 PM ETpeak: on 15 front pages
- Oct 17, 9 AM ETfirst on TV: MSNOW
📰 Spread
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📌 linked by aggregators: Political Wire Google News
💬 quoted: “TalaFREAKO” “Doing Everything Possible” “hurting Texas” “if Ken Paxton loses” “They are hurting Texas” 2
🗣️ only one side says: 🐘 karl rove 🐘 trump accuses
✏️ 4 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)
- Bloomberg (4 wordings): “Trump Says Cornyn, Rove to Blame If Paxton Loses Senate Race” → “Trump Seeks Culprits With Texas Senate Seat, Others in Peril”
- The Guardian (2 wordings): “Trump attacks fellow Republicans for ‘hurting Texas’ during senate election race” → “Trump attacks Republicans for ‘hurting Texas’ as Paxton struggles against surging Talarico”
- Townhall (3 wordings): “Trump Says He Will Blame These People If Ken Paxton Loses Texas Senate Race Jeff Charles” → “Ken Paxton Trump Says He Will Blame These People If Ken Paxton Loses Texas Senate Race Jeff Charles”
- Washington Examiner (3 wordings): “Trump preemptively blames Cornyn and Rove should Paxton lose Texas Senate race” → “Trump preemptively blames Cornyn and Rove should Paxton lose”
Every outlet's first headline (15), left to right by AllSides rating
HuffPost
Trump Tries To Shift Blame To Cornyn, Rove Just In Case Paxton Loses Oct 16, 12 AM ET
The Guardian
Trump attacks fellow Republicans for ‘hurting Texas’ during senate election race Oct 16, 7 AM ET
Axios
Trump names scapegoats as Republicans sweat in Texas Oct 15, 9 PM ET
CNBC
Trump says 'if Ken Paxton loses' Texas Senate race, blame Cornyn and Karl Rove Oct 15, 11 PM ET
Mediaite
Trump Starts Blame Game For Ken Paxton Losing, Points Finger at John Cornyn and Karl Rove Oct 15, 5 PM ET
Politico
Trump lashes out at Republicans as Ken Paxton struggles in Texas Oct 15, 7 PM ET
Bloomberg
Trump Says Cornyn, Rove to Blame If Paxton Loses Senate Race Oct 15, 7 PM ET
The Hill
Trump berates Cornyn, Rove for not backing Paxton: ‘They are hurting Texas’ Oct 15, 6 PM ET
Just the News
Trump claims Cornyn, Karl Rove would be partly to blame if Ken Paxton loses Texas Senate seat Oct 15, 7 PM ET
The Washington Times
Trump accuses Sen. Cornyn, Karl Rove of sabotaging Ken Paxton in Texas Oct 15, 6 PM ET
Washington Examiner
Trump preemptively blames Cornyn and Rove should Paxton lose Texas Senate race Oct 15, 6 PM ET
PJ Media
Trump Accuses Cornyn, Rove of Sabotaging Paxton Oct 16, 6 PM ET
The Gateway Pundit
Trump UNLOADS on Toxic RINOs Cornyn and Karl Rove for Efforts to Sabotage Ken Paxton and Assist ‘TalaFREAKO’ Oct 15, 7 PM ET
Townhall
Trump Says He Will Blame These People If Ken Paxton Loses Texas Senate Race Jeff Charles Oct 16, 4 PM ET
The Washington Sun
Trump Blames Cornyn for ‘Doing Everything Possible’ to Make Sure Paxton Loses Oct 15, 6 PM ET
📡 Broadcast
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📺 On TV
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🧶 Retelling
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🦗 Nobody's retelling it online yet, as far as the daily reports of the last week can tell.
🗣️ names in it: Donald Trump Ken Paxton John Cornyn Karl Rove Texas Republican Party
🔎 Checking
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🧵 Persistence
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