Donald Trump was a complete disaster for Republicans in the U.S. Senate race in Texas.. Trump had the chance to support a candidate in the Republican Senate primary. The president even hosted an event in Texas where he invited all three candidates running in the primary, only to then not support any of them.
On primary night, no Republican received a majority of votes, so the top two finishers, Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, advanced to a runoff election in May.
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Republicans have already spent $100 million in the Texas primary, and another $100 million could be spent in the runoff. National Republicans are pressuring Trump to support Cornyn.
Trump tried to end the runoff by promising that he would support a candidate before the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race, but in return, Trump wanted a promise that the candidate who did not gain his support would leave the race.
The Republicans were delighted. Their nightmare was over. Trump would endorse and end the Texas money pit primary.
Senate Republicans heard that Trump was leaning toward supporting Cornyn, so they waited and waited and waited.
Trump did not approve, and the reason why will leave you speechless.