Donald Trump has been a total disaster for Republicans in the US Senate race in Texas. Trump had the opportunity to endorse a candidate during the Republican Senate primaries. The president even held an event in Texas where he invited all three candidates running in the primaries but endorsed none of them.
No Republican received a majority of votes in the primaries, so the top two winners, Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, advanced to the runoff election in May.
Republicans have already spent $100 million in the Texas primaries, with another $100 million expected to be spent in the runoff. National Republicans are pressuring Trump to support Cornyn.
Trump tried to end the runoff by promising that he would support a candidate before the deadline for candidates to withdraw from the race, but in return Trump wanted a promise that the candidate who did not receive his support would drop out of the race.
Republicans were elated. Their nightmare was over. Trump would approve and end the Texas money pit primaries.
Senate Republicans heard that Trump was leaning toward supporting Cornyn, so they waited and waited and waited.
Trump disagreed, and the reason why will make your jaw drop.
