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Leaked audio: Paxton says Trump's midterm convention ‘dropped our numbers’
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Senate in the Lone Star State, said that the GOP’s midterm convention in Dallas hurt him politically. “So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers.
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Both outlets center on the leaked audio and Paxton’s reported claim that the Dallas GOP convention hurt his numbers. The Hill foregrounds Paxton’s own wording and identifies him as the Texas attorney general and Senate nominee, while 60 Minutes frames the item as a report on the leak and adds that the comments were reportedly made to donors. Only 60 Minutes mentions strategists Tricia McLaughlin and Chuck Rocha joining the discussion.
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