Ken Paxton speaks during 2024 AmericaFest in Phoenix.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore Given the lackluster performance of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's U.S. Senate campaign, it scarcely seems like guy wants to spend energy repairing self-inflicted PR blunders.

Sign up Paxton got unwanted attention over the weekend when he fired off a tweet letting his followers know he'd be stumping Monday in suburban Houston with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz.