Trump called Cornyn 'very disloyal.' Now a 5-term Texas Senator is fighting for his career | Fortune

Texas voters will see limited appearances from U.S. Senate runoff candidates John Cornyn and Ken Paxton on Monday if they avoid screens. No public campaign events were scheduled for Cornyn or Paxton on the final day before Tuesday’s runoff. Their nomination fight continues through advertising exceeding $109 million, largely funded by Cornyn’s side. Cornyn planned an annual non-campaign event in San Antonio for service academy-bound high school graduates, with his last campaign event held in Corpus Christi on Friday. Paxton held final events in the Austin area and San Antonio on Thursday, relying on his campaign and a super PAC to emphasize Trump’s May 19 endorsement. Trump reaffirmed support for Paxton and criticized Cornyn as insufficiently loyal, posting that Paxton was loyal to him while calling Cornyn very disloyal.

"There were no public campaign events scheduled for Sen. John Cornyn nor state Attorney General Ken Paxton on the final day of their more than yearlong quest for the GOP nomination. Instead, their fight for Tuesday's runoff continues as it has for months - intense and unabated - through advertising that has topped $109 million, heavily from Cornyn's side."

"Paxton headlined his last events Thursday in the Austin area and in San Antonio, content to let his campaign and a super PAC carry his primary message: that President Donald Trump endorsed him on May 19. Trump's announcement and accompanying dismissal of Cornyn, who has had an awkward public relationship with the president, came on the second day of early voting, which ended Friday."

"Though the candidates were quiet over the weekend, Trump reaffirmed his support for Paxton on Sunday, and disparaged Cornyn as insufficiently loyal to him. Paxton, Trump posted on social media, "was also very loyal to your favorite President, ME," while calling Cornyn "VERY disloyal to me.""

"Following Trump's call for retribution, Republican voters in Indiana and Kentucky have also chosen GOP primary challengers over incumbent GOP officeholders who have crossed the president or opposed his agenda. For a contest that is expected to draw a fraction of Texas' 18.7 million voters, the two candidates' campaigns and"

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