2026-09-05T19:05:11.955Z / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：卡安妮塔·艾耶、帕特里克·斯维泰克、弗雷德里卡·舒滕
更新于25分钟前
更新时间：2026年9月5日，美国东部时间下午3:34
发布时间：2026年9月5日，美国东部时间下午3:05
2022年10月22日，得克萨斯州众议员、美国总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在得克萨斯州罗布斯顿的“拯救美国”集会上迎接美国总统唐纳德·特朗普。布兰登·贝尔/盖蒂图片社/档案照片
唐纳德·特朗普总统的超级政治行动委员会已开始动用其巨额资金库投入中期选举，日前披露将斥资总计1000万美元广告费用，支持得克萨斯州联邦参议员候选人肯·帕克斯顿。
共和党人长期以来一直在等待“让美国再次伟大”公司（MAGA Inc.）采取行动，他们越来越焦虑，因为在这场可能决定哪个政党控制国会的激烈竞选中，共和党在资金投入上落后对手。帕克斯顿目前正与民主党人詹姆斯·塔拉里科展开激烈角逐，今年夏天的数周时间里，塔拉里科几乎独占了电视广告时段。
截至7月底，“让美国再次伟大”公司手头持有超过4亿美元现金。周五，特朗普承诺将动用其监管的高达5亿美元的外部竞选资金。
“我们将投入大量资金，因为我们不想失去我们的国家，”他在椭圆形办公室对记者说道。
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/politics/maga-inc-ken-paxton-trump
“让美国再次伟大”公司支持共和党人肯·帕克斯顿的广告
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“让美国再次伟大”公司推出的首批支持帕克斯顿的广告之一，将这位共和党人塑造为直面得州民众面临的生活成本上涨问题的候选人，提出了降低民众税务负担的提案。
“高税收派”塔拉里科想要掏空得州民众的口袋，“让美国再次伟大”公司发言人亚历克斯·普法伊费尔在周六的一份声明中说道。“‘让美国再次伟大’公司将确保得州民众了解塔拉里科的激进政策，并选举肯·帕克斯顿进入美国参议院。”
塔拉里科的竞选团队随即回击，称这些说法不实，并将其称为共和党人对这场胶着选情感到焦虑的表现。
“由亿万富翁资助的暗钱团体正在抹黑詹姆斯·塔拉里科，因为他们害怕我们正在打造的、旨在修复这个腐败不堪的政治体系的民众运动，”竞选团队发言人JT·恩尼斯在周六晚些时候的一份声明中说道。“詹姆斯曾为得克萨斯州历史上规模最大的财产税减免法案投下赞成票，他始终投票支持为得州工薪阶层减税。”
加上与亿万富翁埃隆·马斯克结盟的超级政治行动委员会新增的广告支出，涌向帕克斯顿的共和党资金浪潮可能会改变这场选战的格局。这场选举对共和党在11月中期选举后保住参议院多数席位的希望至关重要。民主党人只需净增四个席位就能拿下参议院多数控制权。
“让美国再次伟大”公司向帕克斯顿注入资金的举动，距离共和党人齐聚得州举行一场旨在吸引共和党选民的独特中期代表大会仅数天之遥。
今年早些时候，特朗普在初选中支持帕克斯顿，而非时任参议员约翰·康林，这一决定引发了人们的担忧：让饱受争议的帕克斯顿在大选中吸引选民，可能需要付出高昂代价。
目前担任得克萨斯州总检察长的帕克斯顿多年来面临一系列丑闻，包括2023年州众议院就贿赂和腐败指控发起的弹劾投票。州参议院随后对所有指控作出无罪裁决。上月末，得克萨斯州州议员塔拉里科推出了首个针对帕克斯顿的负面广告，攻击他的腐败指控相关问题。
美国有线电视新闻网此前曾报道，全国共和党参议员委员会和参议院领导基金——两者在初选中都坚定支持康林——曾寄望于“让美国再次伟大”公司在大选中牵头支持帕克斯顿。
本文已更新，补充了最新细节。
Trump’s PAC wades into midterms with $10 million ad buy to boost Ken Paxton
2026-09-05T19:05:11.955Z / CNN
By Kaanita Iyer, Patrick Svitek, Fredreka Schouten
Updated 25 min ago
Updated Sep 5, 2026, 3:34 PM ET
PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2026, 3:05 PM ET
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton greets US President Donald Trump at the ‘Save America’ rally in Robstown, Texas, on October 22, 2022.
Brandon Bell/Getty Images/File
President Donald Trump’s super PAC has started spending its massive war chest on the midterm elections, disclosing ad buys totaling $10 million in support of Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton.
Republicans had long awaited action from MAGA Inc., growing anxious over being outspent in tough races that could determine which party controls Congress. Paxton is in a tight contest against Democrat James Talarico, who had the airwaves largely to himself for weeks this summer.
MAGA Inc. had more than $400 million in cash on hand at the end of July. On Friday, Trump vowed to spend as much as $500 million in outside money that he oversees.
“We’re going to spend a lot of money because we don’t want to lose our country,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/politics/maga-inc-ken-paxton-trump
MAGA Inc. ad in support of Republican Ken Paxton
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One of the first pro-Paxton ads from MAGA Inc. casts the Republican as confronting the rising costs Texans face with proposals to reduce their tax bills.
“High Tax Talarico wants to take money out of Texans’ pockets,” MAGA, Inc. spokesman Alex Pfeiffer said in a statement on Saturday. “MAGA Inc. is going to ensure Texas knows about Talarico’s radical policies and elects Ken Paxton to the U.S. Senate.”
Talarico’s campaign shot back, calling the claims untruthful and a sign of GOP anxiety over the tight race.
“Billionaire-backed dark money groups are lying about James Talarico because they’re scared of the people-powered movement we’re building to fix this broken, corrupt political system,” campaign spokesperson JT Ennis said in a statement later on Saturday. “James was proud to vote for the largest property tax cut in Texas history and has consistently voted to cut taxes for working Texans.”
Together with new spending from a super PAC aligned with billionaire Elon Musk, a wave of Republican cash to aid Paxton could change the contours of a race critical to the GOP’s hopes of retaining control of the chamber after November’s midterm elections. Democrats need to net just four seats to win the Senate majority.
The influx of money from MAGA Inc. to help Paxton comes just days before Republicans are scheduled to convene in Texas for a one-of-a-kind midterm convention aimed at engaging GOP voters.
Trump’s decision earlier this year to back Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in the primary election had raised concerns about the high price of making the controversial Paxton more appealing to voters in the general election.
Paxton, who currently serves as Texas’ attorney general, has faced a long list of scandals over the years, including a 2023 impeachment vote by the state House of Representatives over allegations of bribery and corruption. The state Senate later acquitted him of all the charges. Late last month, Talarico, a Texas state representative, unveiled his first negative ad about Paxton, attacking him over the allegations of corruption.
CNN previously reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee and the Senate Leadership Fund, both of which strongly backed Cornyn in the primary, had looked to MAGA Inc. to take the lead in backing Paxton in the general election.
This story has been updated to include new details.
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