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Trump is holding key endorsement hostage as GOP primary heats up: report

Mar 10, 2026Far Left

President Donald Trump is delaying a pivotal endorsement in the Texas Republican Senate primary as he seeks to pressure GOP lawmakers to pass his high-priority voting restrictions legislation, according to a new report in Politico.Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and MAGA firebrand Ken Paxton, the state’s attorney general, are both vying for Trump’s backing in the…

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The Texas Senate Republican primary is heating up after neither John Cornyn nor Ken Paxton secured a majority of the vote, and President Trump — who previously declined to endorse either candidate — may be about to make a decision.And that decision will likely be influenced by Paxton’s announcement that if the Senate passes the long-awaited SAVE Act, he…

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