US EditionRetiring GOP Senator Trashes Republican Party’s ‘Lazy and Unstrategic’ Handling of Bitter Senate Runoff
Senator Tillis blames delayed Trump endorsement and GOP infighting for the costly and acrimonious Texas Senate runoff, with over $128 million spent by Republican campaigns and PACs.
- Sen. Thom Tillis criticized the divisive Texas Senate runoff on Sunday, labeling the infighting as "lazy and unstrategic" during an interview on CNN's Inside Politics Sunday.
- The Texas Senate race between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has become the most expensive primary on record, burning through over $128 million.
- President Donald Trump is withholding a crucial endorsement in the runoff, reportedly angered because Senate Majority leader John Thune and other Republicans rejected his demands to gut the filibuster for the SAVE Act.
- Seeking to delay the endorsement, Paxton tweeted a "Hail Mary" pledge to drop out if leadership lifts the filibuster, while Cornyn publicly declared his willingness to ditch it to secure the bill's passage.
- Democrats are "loving the idea of a competitive runoff," Tillis warned, as the SAVE Act lacks the 60 votes needed to overcome a Democratic filibuster.
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