GOP begs Trump to endorse Cornyn as president teases decision

Senate Republicans are renewing pleas for President Donald Trump to endorse Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in his primary runoff following Tuesday’s elections, fearing the nomination of Attorney General Ken Paxton (R-TX) would throw the Texas Senate seat into jeopardy against Democratic nominee James Talarico.

Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), who’s long lobbied Trump privately and publicly to throw his support behind Cornyn, said if the president “endorses early, it saves everybody a lot of money” and more than two months of extra primary campaigning, “that keeps us from spending time focusing on the Democrats.”