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Trump’s grip on the Republican party has never been tighter. Will Democrats take Texas from its grasp?
The US president’s backing of Maga extremists turns off the very voters Republicans need to win over in the midterms Donald Trump gave it a minute. At 9.01pm it was confirmed that the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton – a hardliner backed by the US president – had triumphed over the incumbent John Cornyn in the state’s Republican primary runoff for the US Senate . By 9.02pm, Trump had started celebrating on social media. Continue reading...
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According to The Guardian’s source item, Trump’s grip on the Republican party has never been tighter. Will Democrats take Texas from its grasp?, The US president’s backing of Maga extremists turns off the very voters Republicans need to win over in the midterms Donald Trump gave it a minute. At 9.01pm it was confirmed that the Texas attorney general, Ken Paxton – a hardliner backed by the US president – had triumphed over the incumbent John Cornyn in the state’s Republican primary runoff for the US Senate . By 9.02pm, Trump had started celebrating on social media. Continue reading…
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- Trump’s grip on the Republican party has never been tighter. Will Democrats take Texas from its grasp?The Guardian - 2026-05-27T15:48:41+00:00
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