Rep. Wesley Hunt, right, blasted Sen. John Cornyn, left, over his alleged anti-President Donald Trump voting record. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images / Allison Robbert/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
"I've gotten into this race to give the true conservative Texan an option," Hunt continued. "And that's going to be between me and Ken Paxton, because, unfortunately for John Cornyn, he's not going to make it. This party has left him."
Cornyn punched back at Hunt’s claims in a statement to Fox News Digital, calling the congressman a "show horse."
"Senator Cornyn has voted with President Trump 99.3% of the time he’s been in the White House," Cornyn campaign senior advisor Matt Mackowiak told Fox News Digital. "Is Wesley Hunt calling President Trump liberal? Wesley Hunt voted for Hillary Clinton in 2008 and didn’t vote for Trump in November 2016."
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Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 15, 2024. (Mike Segar /Reuters)
Hunt also pointed to several Truth Social posts that then-former President Donald Trump posted in 2023 describing how "RINO" and "hopeless" John Cornyn joined Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., in "trying to cobble together a series of massive concessions for Cryin’ Chuck Schumer and the Lunatic Left."
Trump also hit Cornyn on gun control, saying on June 22, 2022, that "RINO Senator John Cornyn of Texas" will "go down in history as the first step in the movement to TAKE YOUR GUNS AWAY."
Hunt would be the first Black statewide elected official if he were to defeat Cornyn and another primary contender, the sitting state Attorney General Ken Paxton, in the primary.
When asked what a historic win such as that means for the race, Hunt told Fox News Digital that being the first Black statewide elected official is "not important to me."
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"What's most important to me is the fact that I am an American and people are going to vote for me because of the way I view conservatism, the way I view Texas, and they're going to judge me not based on the color of my skin, but by the content of my character," Hunt explained.
Paxton could not be reached for comment.
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston
Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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