GOP Rift Grows Over Cornyn’s Senate Seat as Trump Pressured to Take Sides
6th April 2025
CNN, a Voice of the Crust.
Republicans are growing anxious about an emerging Texas primary engulfing one of their longest-serving senators, fearful that a hugely expensive intraparty feud will have major ramifications across the map in next year’s midterms.
And they want President Donald Trump to stop it.
Behind the scenes, Senate GOP leaders have personally asked Trump to back Sen. John Cornyn, who has occupied his seat for more than two decades and narrowly lost his bid to become Senate majority leader last fall.
John Cornyn is the Mitt Romney of Texas. The fact that he has a primary challenger who could win is all you need to know.