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Trump celebrates Ken Paxton’s victory and congratulates ‘friend’ John Cornyn on ‘truly great career’

May 27, 2026Center Right

President Donald Trump congratulated Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on his career in the Senate as he took to Truth Social to celebrate Ken Paxton‘s win in the Texas Senate GOP runoff. “Congratulations to Ken Paxton on such a tremendous win, and to John Cornyn for having run a strong and powerful race but, more importantly,…

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