trump is going to endorse either Cornyn or Paxton and then demand that the other candidate drop out of the runoff. trump does not like elections. If trump endorses Paxton, I do not see Cornyn dropping out. If trump endorses Cornyn, Paxton may drop out but I would not count on it.
Disbelief as Trump tries to torpedo high-stakes GOP primary: 'Sure, why have people vote?'
Why "disbelief" when the authoritarian acts in accordance with his very well-known fundamental nature??! 🤦ðŸ½ðŸ¤¦ðŸ½ðŸ¤¦ðŸ½
www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-...
— br00t4c (@br00t4c.bsky.social) 2026-03-04T20:49:20.821Z
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-texas-2675554382/
President Donald Trump made it known on Wednesday that he wants to take a major election decision away from Republican voters in Texas — and the internet had serious reactions to his comments.
Trump has threatened to interfere in elections before, or flat out cancel them, but after a tight primary race in the Lone Star state between incumbent Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, the president promised an endorsement — but only on the condition that the loser of his choice drop out. A GOP runoff election was slated for May 26, as neither candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote.
"The Republican Primary Race for the United States Senate in the Great State of Texas, a State I LOVE and won 3 times in Record Numbers (the HIGHEST vote ever recorded, by far!!!), cannot, for the good of the Party, and our Country, itself, be allowed to go on any longer," Trump posted Wednesday. "IT MUST STOP NOW!"....
"Good thing there's nothing dictatorial-sounding about that," progressive political activist Carol Norris wrote on Bluesky.
"Sure, why have people vote?" Retired Professor Emeritus of Immunology and Genomic Medicine, Jim Hagman, Ph.D., wrote on X.
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