The president has been torn between Texas GOP runoff candidates Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
President Donald Trump, 79, has kept his cards close to his chest when it comes to endorsing a candidate in the upcoming GOP runoff in Texas. The president has apparently been asking everyone he can about what they think of incumbent Senator John Cornyn and his rival, disgraced Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Trump recently admitted that his “base is with Paxton,” sources told thebetween the Republican establishment and his MAGA base when it comes to the Texas race. While it seemed that Trump would back Cornyn, who GOP leaders believe is more electable than Paxton, the commander-in-chief has been hesitant to go against MAGA, which may be like kicking the hornet’s nest.Matt Mackowiak, senior advisor to the Cornyn campaign, emphasized the senator’s alignment with the president in a statement to The Daily Beast. “Sen. Cornyn has voted with President Trump 99.3% of the time he’s been in office,” Mackowiak said in an email. “He’s voted for every single Trump nominee, and helped deliver three new Supreme Court Justices. He was the Senate Majority Whip, responsible for counting votes, in the first term. And he’s the strongest GOP nominee in the general election, which will help the GOP pick up five new House seats. We have a plan to win the runoff and we are executing it.”Trump has been at odds with his base at various points throughout the start of his second term. In addition to disagreeing aboutMAGA support for Paxton has put the president in a bind, as the attorney general’s trail of scandals has called his electability into question. Paxton had beenfor corruption, with one allegation stating he requested $3.3 million in state funds to settle a whistleblower lawsuit filed by former employees. He was laterFormer U.S. President Donald Trump listens as Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks during a rally in Robstown, Texas, U.S., October 22, 2022.Additionally, Paxton was criticized for having an affair with a married mother of seven. In the run-up to the Republican primary, Cornyn ran ads attacking Paxton as aof the GOP runoff if the president’s beloved SAVE Act, which would impose restrictive voting requirements, was passed through the Senate. The SAVE Act has been blocked by a Democratic filibuster, prompting the president and his allies to push for its getting rid of it. Cornyn, a longtime defender of the filibuster, hadU.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Sen. Christopher Murphy , Senate Majority Whip Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Dianne Feinstein listen during a meeting with bipartisan members of the Congress at the Cabinet Room of the White House February 28, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Trump held a meeting with lawmakers to discuss school and community safety.Trump promised on March 6 that he would make a decision soon, but he has not yet made a decision. He said on Truth Social at the time that he would be “asking the candidate that I don’t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE!” In lieu of a real endorsement, Trump and the White House have noted multiple times that they believe either candidate can win against Democratic senate candidatefor either Cornyn or Paxton to withdraw from the ballot, so the runoff will be moving forward as planned. The election will be held on May 26.
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