Trump endorses attorney general Ken Paxton in Texas Senate primary
US president calls Paxton an ‘America First Patriot’ and ‘MAGA Warrior’ ahead of runoff against John Cornyn
Donald Trump has endorsed the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, in the state’s Republican primary, bolstering his bid to unseat the incumbent US senator, John Cornyn.
The US president praised Paxton, who has pitched himself as a political warrior for Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, as an “America First Patriot” in a post on social media on Tuesday.
The intervention, which comes ahead of next week’s May primary runoff, comes despite warnings from other leading Republicans that Conryn would be a stronger candidate in November’s general elections.
Democrats have nominated the Texas state representative, James Talarico, as their candidate for Senate.
“Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
But Paxton has been embroiled in a series of controversies. He was acquitted in a 2023 impeachment trial on corruption charges. He also reached a deal in 2024 to end a long-running securities fraud case.
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Basically “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. What matters is whether anything changes because of it.
Considering “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
On one hand donald Trump has endorsed the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, in the state’s Republican primary, bolstering his bid to unseat the incumbent US senator, John Cornyn. But at the same time the US president praised Paxton, who has pitched himself as a political warrior for Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, as an “America First Patriot” in a post on social media on Tuesday.
America First is in a tough spot here, curious how they navigate it.
What stands out is the US president praised Paxton, who has pitched himself as a political warrior for Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, as an “America First Patriot” in a post on social media on Tuesday. That is the part worth paying attention to.
What stands out is donald Trump has endorsed the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, in the state’s Republican primary, bolstering his bid to unseat the incumbent US senator, John Cornyn. That is the part worth paying attention to.
The fact that the US president praised Paxton, who has pitched himself as a political warrior for Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, as an “America First Patriot” in a post on social media on Tuesday really puts things into perspective.
John Cornyn has been pushing this agenda for a while now.
When you look at “Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, the implications are hard to ignore.
Considering uS president calls Paxton an ‘America First Patriot’ and ‘MAGA Warrior’ ahead of runoff against John, it raises some real questions about what happens next.
If donald Trump has endorsed the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton, in the state’s Republican primary, bolstering his bid to unseat the incumbent US senator, John Cornyn, then the bigger picture starts to look very different.
Still waiting to hear what America First actually plans to do about it.
In other words democrats have nominated the Texas state representative, James Talarico, as their candidate for Senate. Curious to see how this develops.
What stands out is democrats have nominated the Texas state representative, James Talarico, as their candidate for Senate. That is the part worth paying attention to.
When you look at the US president praised Paxton, who has pitched himself as a political warrior for Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, as an “America First Patriot” in a post on social media on Tuesday, the implications are hard to ignore.