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Blame is on Cornyn, Karl Rove 'if Ken Paxton loses,' Trump says
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President Donald Trump on Thursday said Sen. John Cornyn and Republican political strategist Karl Rove were "doing everything possible to make it hard" for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to win the upcoming U.S. Senate election.
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The criticism comes as Paxton is locked in a tight race with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and comes after Cornyn lost his bid for reelection in the primaries earlier this year.
President Trump is once again attacking Republican Sen. John Cornyn (Texas), now saying the lawmaker is not doing enough to support his state's GOP Senate candidate, Ken Paxton. He also called out Karl Rove, former President George W.
President Donald Trump is pinning the blame on Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and former White House adviser Karl Rove in the event that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ends up losing his Senate race next month.
President Donald Trump railed at Senator John Cornyn of Texas and longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove, accusing them of undermining Ken Paxton’s Senate campaign in the state, a crucial contest for Republican hopes of retaining control of the chamber.
President Trump is preemptively blaming Sen. John Cornyn and Karl Rove for "doing everything possible to make it hard for Ken Paxton" to win the Texas Senate race. Why it matters: The president is publicly spinning what would be a disaster for Republicans on election night.
A GOP loss in Texas would be a major blow for the US president and the Republicans Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump has accused fellow Republicans of “doing everything possible to make it hard” for Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee in the Texas Senate race.
With polling suggesting that state Rep. James Talarico (D) is leading Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the Texas Senate race, President Donald Trump took to […]
If the president genuinely believed Paxton was well positioned to win, he wouldn’t be looking for ways to shift the blame for this race away from himself.
President Donald Trump on Thursday said Sen. John Cornyn and Republican political strategist Karl Rove were "doing everything possible to make it hard" for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to win the upcoming U.S. Senate election.
Trump says John Cornyn and Karl Rove are undermining Ken Paxton as the Texas Senate contest tightens, urging Cornyn’s former supporters to unite behind the Republican nominee before the closely watched race against James Talarico.
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