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John Cornyn US Inactive

TEXANS FOR SENATOR JOHN CORNYN INC.

ad creative

The Crook And The Fool

Ken Paxton sides with Tucker Carlson over MAGA

Ad copy

While President Trump and MAGA stand firmly with Israel and fight to end Iranian terrorism, Ken Paxton is siding with Tucker Carlson, the same man President Trump called a low-IQ fool. Paxton accepts Carlson's endorsement while turning his back on the President. The crook and the fool stand for nothing.

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Performance proxies

Overall score47.9/100
Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff.43.1 · 83.1 · 0.8 · 64.8
Spend rangeUSD 2,500–2,999
Impressions175,000 – 199,999
CPM (≈ $/1k impr)USD 14.66
Est. audience size100,001 – 500,000
Days live4 (2026-04-10 → 2026-04-14)
Created2026-04-09
Creative variants1 body · 1 headline
Platformsfacebook, instagram
Languagesen
CandidateTX — John Cornyn
Surfaced by“senate:John Cornyn”

🧠 AI analysis

Issueforeign policy defense
Framingattack opponent
Message typepersuasion
Emotional appealanger
Production tiersemi pro
Who picturedopponent
Symbolsnone
Call to actionlearn more
Standout elementDark video thumbnail with bold 'The Crook And The Fool' headline anchoring the attack
TacticThe ad weaponizes Trump's own insult against Tucker Carlson to paint Paxton as both disloyal to the MAGA base and aligned with a man Trump himself dismissed, creating a double-disloyalty attack.

Where it ran (delivery by region)

Texas100.0%
Unknown0.0%

Who saw it (delivery)

18-24 · female 0.2%
45-54 · male 5.4%
65+ · male 26.4%
65+ · female 30.3%
55-64 · unknown 0.1%
55-64 · male 11.3%
55-64 · female 10.5%
45-54 · unknown 0.1%
45-54 · female 4.3%
18-24 · male 0.7%
35-44 · unknown 0.0%
35-44 · male 4.1%
35-44 · female 2.7%
25-34 · unknown 0.0%
25-34 · male 2.4%
25-34 · female 1.1%
18-24 · unknown 0.0%
65+ · unknown 0.3%

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