Fox Host Stunned By Network Poll In Texas Senate Race, Asks ‘How is That Possible?’

Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt spoke to conservative firebrand Clay Travis on Friday morning about the network’s latest polling, which shows Democrat James Talarico up by an astonishing seven points in Texas over Republican Ken Paxton.

“Joining me now, Fox News contributor and OutKick founder Clay Travis. Clay, if you look at that Fox News poll, he’s ahead by seven points in the state of Texas. How is that possible?” Earhardt asked, stunned.

“Texans have to wake up. I think sometimes when you have seen Republicans win for generations, a lot of people out there just don’t think at all that Democrats are capable of winning in the state. Now, I watch a lot of football. I watch a lot of sports. Every single game that I am watching, I am seeing Republican ads dominating,” Travis replied, adding:

I think that Republicans have held their proverbial, you know, cash until the last moment, and they now are delivering overwhelming amounts of dollars into the playing field. I believe Ken Paxton is going to win. I think that Texans are waking up to the fact that they need to get out and vote both for this race and also for the governor’s race. But certainly there are a lot of battlegrounds out there and a lot of people who need to be aware that maybe in states where traditionally Republicans have won very, very easily, there’s a lot of Democrat enthusiasm and money on the ground.

“So, yeah, you might be right about the money with the Republicans now, because there’s a $122 million ad blitz that was announced recently. But Talarico raised $68.6 million. That’s how much he had back in June, compared to Paxton’s $9.2 million. So that allowed him to spend all this money on TV and get ahead of it, because he essentially was unopposed at that point,” Earhardt offered.

“Yeah, look, I think this is important. Texans know this. James Talarico is trying to tell them that he will be a normal, moderate voice,” Travis replied, adding:

Meanwhile, he is going out to California, he’s going to New York, he’s going to Illinois, and he’s telling everybody, “Hey, I’m gonna be your ally. I’m going to make sure that Donald Trump can’t get anything done.” He’s telling all the left-wingers who are giving him money that he’s their guy. He’s tellin’ all the Texans, “Oh, I am just a moderate voice here.”

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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