While Senator John Cornyn (RINO-TX) is trying to move closer to President Trump and the MAGA movement as the Texas GOP Senate runoff gets underway, his opponent is not letting him off the hook so easily.
As TGP readers know, Cornyn surprisingly finished slightly ahead of Texas Attorney General and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton in the initial vote on Tuesday, with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) far behind.
This led Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to heap pressure on Trump to endorse Cornyn. Trump announced on Wednesday that he will soon make an endorsement in the ferocious and bloody battle between Paxton and Cornyn.
He also made it clear that the person who did not receive his coveted stamp of approval should drop out.
“I will be making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don’t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE! Is that fair? We must win in November!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
But no endorsement has yet come, leading some to speculate that Trump is having second thoughts, particularly as the SAVE Act, a highly critical election security bill, languishes in the Senate. This is largely because Senate Republicans are refusing to support either abolishing the filibuster or using a talking filibuster to pass the SAVE Act.
Perhaps concerned about these factors, Cornyn is doing everything possible to get in Trump’s good graces. After seeing a Fox News report claiming that he was opposed to using the talking filibuster to get the Save Act across the finish line, Cornyn took to X to claim it’s all fake news and officially endorsed the talking filibuster for the first time.
“Contrary to fake news in the twitterverse: I have supported the Save America Act from day one, Cornyn wrote. “I will happily support the ‘talking filibuster’ if that’s what it takes to pass this into law.”
This is a welcome and sudden change, as Cornyn did indeed express skepticism in an interview with NBC News last month about whether using the talking filibuster to pass the SAVE Act was a wise choice.
“My understanding is it would require 51 votes to table amendments. So, No. 1, you need 51 senators on the floor, and you need all of them willing to vote to table the amendment. That obviously can be problematic from a number of standpoints,” Cornyn said.
“One, you might not be able to defeat them. And secondly, this process could go on for literally weeks, if not months, and still not be successful.”
Noting Cornyn’s previous hesitation, Paxton mockingly replied that he had made Cornyn more conservative in just a few short days than he had been in his entire Senate career.
Paxton also noted that Cornyn is still opposed to abolishing the filibuster to get the SAVE Act to Trump’s desk.
“I made Cornyn more conservative in the last 3 days than he’s been in the last 24 years,” Paxton wrote. “Yet, flip-flop Cornyn’s still too cowardly to support abolishing the filibuster to get it done and to call out his best friend McConnell for opposing the bill.”
“The President deserves better.”
I made Cornyn more conservative in the last 3 days than he’s been in the last 24 years.
Yet, flip-flop Cornyn’s still too cowardly to support abolishing the filibuster to get it done and to call out his best friend McConnell for opposing the bill.
The President deserves better. https://t.co/NTkZBr4S63
— Attorney General Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) March 7, 2026
The SAVE Act is an absolutely critical measure that requires every American to show ID to cast a ballot. It also requires proof of citizenship BEFORE registering to vote.
Democrats are in meltdown mode because, should the measure pass, they will find stealing elections far more challenging.
Paxton on Thursday said he would consider dropping his Senate bid if the SAVE Act passed the Senate and was signed into law by Trump.
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