“I have worked closely with President Trump through both of his Presidential terms and voted with him more than 99% of the time. He has consistently called me a friend in this race. It is now time for Texas Republican voters to decide if they want a strong nominee to help our GOP candidates down ballot and defeat Talarico in November, or a weak nominee who jeopardizes everything we care about. I trust the Republican voters of Texas,” tweeted freshly-doomed Senator John Cornyn on Tuesday under a half hour after the Orange God Emperor ended Cornyn’s career in a lengthy post.
Emphasis added on the “He has consistently called me a friend in this race,” because lol.
Various Capitol Hill reporters tweeted quotes like “You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to figure out the pathway for Paxton is there, but it’s more uphill, and it will cost more,” from Senator Lindsey Graham, stone-faced silence from Roger Wicker, Lisa Murkowski calling Texas all but lost, and Leader John Thune saying it’s Trump’s decision and nothing else to Punchbowl’s Andrew Desiderio.
“If you know John Thune, that counts as pretty deep anger,” Desiderio wrote of the South Dakotan.