Trump says he hasn’t heard audio of Ken Paxton discussing polling dip post-midterm convention

By Mabinty Quarshie

Published September 30, 2026 5:32pm ET

President Donald Trump denied hearing leaked audio of Ken Paxton, the Republican Texas Senate nominee, complaining that the Republican National Committee midterm convention did not help boost his campaign against Democrat James Talarico.

“Well, I haven’t heard that, but I can tell you that the convention was amazing, as you probably know,” Trump told reporters Wednesday afternoon when asked about the audio. “We had 107 million views.”