"The Texas Senate race "is bigger than Cornyn v. Paxton, bigger than Bush v. Trump, bigger than Establishment v. Grassroots - it's this and more," said former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. "It's MAGA versus everything they hate, everything that has screwed their country, every wrong they believe needs to be righted - and righted now.""
"Top Republicans fear that if Paxton winds up being the GOP nominee he could lose in November to state Rep. James Talarico, who's trying to become the first Texas Democrat to win a statewide race in 32 years."
"Pro-Trump influencers have highlighted footage of the senator saying Trump had been "reckless" in the wake of the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, of him in 2023 calling Trump "irrelevant," and that the probe into the Trump campaign's ties to Russian interference in the 2016 election was needed to "get to the bottom of what exactly happened.""
Texas Republicans face a critical Senate runoff between incumbent John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Party leadership strongly prefers Cornyn, viewing him as significantly more electable than the scandal-stained Paxton. Republicans worry that nominating Paxton could result in a general election loss to Democrat James Talarico, potentially jeopardizing the GOP's Senate majority. Trump's endorsement remains undecided but highly influential. MAGA supporters and pro-Trump influencers actively campaign for Paxton, criticizing Cornyn's past statements about Trump. Trump appears to be leveraging the race, using Republican hopes for his Cornyn endorsement to pressure Senate colleagues on voter ID and anti-transgender policies.
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