John Cornyn held a fundraiser in Dallas with George W. Bush for every Republican Senate candidate in the country except Ken Paxton.
Posted by Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov, Checked
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Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica TarlovSep 30, 2026
The record supports the core event: Cornyn hosted a Dallas fundraiser on Sept 21, 2026 with George W. Bush as special guest, and Paxton was excluded. The claim's scope is overstated, however: the fundraiser benefited six Republican Senate candidates (Alaska, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Ohio, plus Minnesota's Tafoya), not every Republican Senate candidate in the country.
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What was said
… Ah, but I think there is a 0% chance that Trump isn't made aware of this. Um, I think there will be bluster about it. Um, it's really the funding issue, because Ken Paxton has not been able to fundraise well on his own. John Cornyn, historically an enormously productive fundraiser for himself and for the party. Um, you know, big shot across Ken Paxton's bow that last week or the week before, Cornyn did a fundraiser with George W. Bush, and they fundraised for every other Republican Senate candidate in the country except Ken Paxton, and they did it in Dallas. Um, I'm wondering, and I don't think it's going to happen, um, but we have seen some pretty high level defections to supporting Democrats in Texas. …
Raging Moderates with Scott Galloway and Jessica Tarlov · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The fundraiser benefited six GOP Senate candidates through the Maintain the Majority committee, so the claim that Cornyn and Bush raised money for every other Republican Senate candidate in the country is an overstatement of scope.[1][2][3][4]
Supports. Multiple outlets report that Cornyn hosted a fundraiser in Dallas with George W. Bush as a special guest, and that Paxton, the Texas GOP Senate nominee, was left out.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Context. Coverage places the event on Monday, September 21, 2026, about a week or more before the September 30 post, consistent with the claim's 'last week or the week before' framing. The post's wording is faithfully extracted, so the overstatement is the post's own.[2][3][6]
Sources
7 sources: 1 tier 3, 5 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Ken Paxton snubbed from Texas GOP fundraisers as polls spell trouble: reportrawstory.com · tier 3 · cited for: contradicts
- 2Former President Bush and Sen. Cornyn take part in fundraiser for battleground Senate candidates -- without Paxtonabcnews.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 3Bush and Cornyn leave out Paxton as they raise cash for Senate ...inquirer.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports, context
- 4Paxton snubbed from Texas fundraising event with George W. Bush ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 5John Cornyn, George W. Bush raise money for Republican Senate ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 6Bush, Cornyn Raise GOP Cash, Leave Paxton Out - Yahooyahoo.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 7George W. Bush raising money for prominent Republicans-except Ken Paxtonchron.com · not rated · cited for: supports
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