Sen. John Cornyn looked outright dejected on Wednesday. It made sense — a day earlier, President Donald Trump had endorsed his nemesis, ultra-MAGA Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
Next week, Texas will hold its runoff for the Republican Senate primary, which has turned intensely personal. Paxton has made a point of saying Cornyn, the incumbent, insufficiently supported the president, while Cornyn has pointed to Paxton’s messy divorce, alleged affairs and being impeached by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature.
