{"id":691,"date":"2026-05-27T05:07:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=691"},"modified":"2026-05-27T05:07:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T05:07:50","slug":"you-can-just-smell-the-fear-cnn-analyst-comes-unglued-at-gop-pundit-over-paxtons-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propertyrelocationusa.com\/?p=691","title":{"rendered":"‘You can just smell the fear!’ CNN analyst comes unglued at GOP pundit over Paxton’s win"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A CNN analyst laughed off attacks on a Texas Democrat’s chances of winning a Senate seat.<\/p>\n

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Pundit Paul Begala sniffed the air as CNN conservative commentator Scott Jennings listed off the problems with Rep. James Talarico (D-TX), who will challenge Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for a Senate seat in November.<\/p>\n

“You know what I’m smelling, Scott?” Begala said, as Jennings blasted Talarico’s views on transgender identity, theology, and eating meat.<\/p>\n

Jennings’s attack on Talarico’s chances in Texas irked Begala, who became stirred in his seat. Begala could smell “fear, panic, your stinking panic,” he told Jennings.<\/p>\n

“You guys fear this guy,” Begala said about Talarico. “He’s more popular than Trump in Texas, brother!”<\/p>\n

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Jennings demanded of Begala, “Can you explain his position?”<\/p>\n

“You know what I’m not for?” Begala said. “I’m not for $6.89 hamburgers, okay? James actually eats beef, but he can afford to. Most Texans can’t anymore.”<\/p>\n

Begala accused Paxton of becoming “a millionaire” despite having “a government salary.” <\/p>\n

“How does that happen?” Begala demanded. “He can afford a hamburger. This is what it’s going to be about. You want it to be about woke. I want it to be about broke.”<\/p>\n

Jennings tried to ask Begala, “Are you a normal person?”<\/p>\n

Begala repeated, “I can smell the fear,” while waving his hands in the air as if to soak in the aroma.<\/p>\n

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