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Trump allegedly delaying Texas Senate endorsement to gain support for SAVE America Act

Paxton said he would leave the Senate race if the Senate passed the SAVE America Act, then said he would remain in the race despite pressure to withdraw.

Trump allegedly delaying Texas Senate endorsement to gain support for SAVE America Act
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Sources close to the White House say President Donald Trump delayed endorsing John Cornyn or Ken Paxton in Texas’s Senate runoff after Paxton said he would leave the race if the Senate passed the SAVE America Act. Paxton later said he would stay in the race despite Trump’s pressure for the unendorsed candidate to withdraw.

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Ken Paxton
R · TX

Texas attorney general and Senate candidate whose conditional campaign pledge is reported to have affected Trump’s endorsement timing

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose reported delay in endorsing a Texas Senate candidate is the story’s central development

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John Thune
R · SD · SEN

Senate majority leader mentioned in a source’s account of Trump’s frustration with Senate Republicans

John Cornyn
R · TX · SEN

Incumbent Texas senator and candidate in the runoff whom sources said Trump had been prepared to endorse

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Trump Delays Endorsement in Texas Senate Runoff

Outlets agree that Trump has not endorsed in the Texas Republican Senate runoff and that Paxton said he would consider leaving the race if the Senate passed the SAVE America Act. Center outlets emphasize the leaked, stalled prospect of a Cornyn endorsement and how Paxton's offer shifted attention to the SAVE Act and filibuster. Right-leaning outlets cast Trump's delay as pressure on Senate Republicans to pass the act and highlight Cornyn's shift on the filibuster, with some framing the bill as an election-integrity measure.

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