A threat to Trump?
While Democrats have worried for months about independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stealing votes from President Joe Biden in November, Donald Trump is worried too.
Kennedy has been becoming more of a regular on right-leaning Fox News and Newsmax and has made the rounds in the conservative podcast world, including interviews with Ben Shapiro and Glenn Beck.
Trump's campaign was already starting to message against Kennedy, but over the weekend Trump used a key part of his speech in Dallas at the National Rifle Association's annual meetings to warn conservatives against voting for the son of former U.S. Attorney General Bobby Kennedy.
"Don't think about it," Trump said of gun owners considering a vote for Kennedy. "Don't waste your vote."
He called RFK a radical left and an enemy of the NRA and spent several minutes talking about Kennedy's environmental politics. Fact-checkers have already looked into some of Trump's claims.
"We can't waste any votes," Trump said.
Is the concern real? A new Quinnipiac University Poll released on Wednesday showed Biden leading Trump 41 percent to 38 percent with Kennedy picking up 14 percent. In limited Texas polling, Kennedy has bounced between 9 percent and 12 percent.
That would be the best showing for a third-party candidate since Ross Perot won more than 20 percent of the vote in Texas in 1992. Incumbent George H.W. Bush carried Texas over Democrat Bill Clinton by just over 3 percentage points — the closest presidential election in Texas since 1976.
 | Jeremy Wallace, Texas politics reporter |
Who's up, who's down
Up: Tony Gonzales.
The San Antonio Republican is getting some last-minute help in his re-election campaign from actor Matthew McConaughey. "Look, Tony is a true Texan. He served 20 years in the Navy. He shows up in the good times, but he also shows up in the tough times," the Academy Award winner said. Gonzales's district stretches from San Antonio to El Paso and includes Uvalde, where McConaughey was born.
Down: Uvalde.
The city of Uvalde has agreed to a $2 million settlement with 19 families of victims killed or injured in the 2022 Robb Elementary mass shooting. Lawyers for the families announced the agreement during a press conference and that the city also agreed to "stipulations and commitments intended to help the families and larger Uvalde community continue to heal from the tragic shooting."
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