Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) on Tuesday said the Republican Party will need President Donald Trump’s help on the funding front in the Texas Senate race, emphasizing how critical the seat is to maintaining the party’s majority in the chamber.

Speaking with Fox News’s Martha MacCallum, Thune was asked about GOP donors looking to the president to spend money to support Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, as some donors feel Paxton’s primary competitor, Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), was the better choice.

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