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Republicans Panic About the Senate After Trump’s Texas Endorsement

May 20, 2026Left

President Trump’s decision to endorse Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate race has left many Republicans fuming.Paxton, Texas’s scandal-plagued attorney general, is in a runoff in the state’s Republican primary against incumbent John Cornyn, who has the support of many of his Senate colleagues. Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska reportedly told The Hill that she…

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