Trump's Silence in Texas Senate Race Keeps Race Close

0:00On April 7th, President Trump promised to pick aside in the Texas Republican Senate runoff between Senator John Cornyn and Attorney General Ken. Paxton, but more than a month later, he's still sitting on the fence. After the March primary, he posted on Truth Social that he'd endorsed one candidate soon and urged the other to drop out for the good of the party, but the withdrawal deadline came and went without a word from him. That silence is fired up the feud, splitting the Texas GOP between Cornyn's establishment backers with big donors and Paxton's MAGA grassroots crew, who shine in low turnout runoffs like this, May 26th showdown. Analysts say the no-endorsement drag is keeping the race razor close with Paxton holding a slight edge in early polls and outside spending already. Topping $100 million from the primary set to climb even higher. Trump's hands-off approach leaves donors guessing on where to pour cash, while the nasty infighting could weaken whoever wins and give Democrat James. Telleriko, a real shot come, November.

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