President Donald Trump has preemptively blamed Senator John Cornyn and political strategist Karl Rove for allegedly hindering Ken Paxton's prospects in the Texas Senate race.
Publicly spinning a potential electoral defeat for the Republican party, Trump accused Cornyn and Rove of working to make the race difficult for Paxton. Texas has historically been a Republican stronghold, having not elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1988, making any potential loss a significant blow for the party.
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