This week, President Donald Trump solidified his grip on the Republican Party and kept it in his MAGA image when his endorsed candidate Attorney General Ken Paxton beat Sen. John Cornyn in the runoff for Texas’s Republican primary for Senate.
Trump endorsed Paxton despite his numerous scandals and the fact that Republicans pleaded with Trump to endorse the four-term incumbent Cornyn. Now, Republicans will need to spend an inordinate amount of money in Texas to stop Paxton from losing to Democratic nominee James Talarico - a loss that could help turn the tide in Democrats’ favor in control of the Senate.
