Ken Paxton speaks during 2024 AmericaFest in Phoenix.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Gage Skidmore Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for Texas' U.S. Senate race, was caught talking shit about President Donald Trump on a hot mic, according to audio obtained by the New York Times.

Specifically, Paxton said at a private donor dinner last Thursday that Trump's Dallas midterm convention - a first-of-its-kind event dubbed "Trump-a-palooza" - hurt not only Paxton's polling but other GOP candidates' chances for victory.