REPORT: Trump Expected to Endorse Ken Paxton in Texas Senate Runoff Against RINO John Cornyn
After a strong showing of support for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton at CPAC in Dallas, Texas, this week, it is expected that Trump may finally make an endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate Primary runoff between Paxton and RINO incumbent John Cornyn.
Paxton is the clear MAGA favorite, while Cornyn, backed by the RINO establishment, is depending on a Trump endorsement to even have a shot.
The two contenders advanced to a May 26 runoff after each received roughly 40% of the vote in the March 3 Primary. According to the final results, Rep. Wesley Hunt received 13.5% of the vote.
Over 50% of GOP primary voters voted against Cornyn.
And it appears the National Republican Senatorial Committee is abandoning Cornyn and is reportedly not providing him with strong financial backing as Trump weighs his options.
Per Politico:
MAGA world is taking a victory lap — and fresh comfort — in the receipts: A lack of significant spending and polling so far by not only Cornyn’s campaign, but also the NRSC and One Nation, the Senate Leadership Fund-aligned nonprofit. It amounts to a pattern the MAGA cohort reads as Washington making peace with a matchup between Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, their anointed candidate, and Texas Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.
Now, Trump may not give an endorsement at all. Or if he does, he may endorse Paxton after the SAVE Act debate in the Senate is over, three sources tell POLITICO.
“Nothing is dead,” said a source familiar with the president’s thinking. “It’s all just stasis at the moment.”
“It’s looking like he may not endorse at all,” another White House official said. “But it doesn’t seem like he has made up his mind.”
But the endorsement equation in Texas amid the SAVE Act saga is still very much vexing Trump, according to five Republicans in and around the White House. The president, who will not be in attendance at this year’s CPAC, is “being patient” and “trying to exact” a policy win, another person said.
The report further notes that Paxton was spotted speaking with Trump on Friday of last week, where the two discussed the runoff. “It was a positive meeting,” one source told Politico.
Additionally, the Washington Post reports that Trump stated over the weekend that the MAGA “base is with Paxton,” according to a source with knowledge of the comment.
This comes after Trump previously announced that he would be announcing his endorsement in the race and asking one of the candidates to drop out.
However, Paxton declared he would not drop out of the race even if Trump endorsed Cornyn, saying Cornyn “has not represented the people of Texas well.”
“I’m staying in this race. I owe it to the people of Texas,” Paxton said.
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