- John Cornyn’s landslide loss has people wondering if he’ll start openly breaking with Trump — like other recently defeated GOP senators have — now that his political future is different.
- A small group of Republicans has already pushed back on key Trump priorities (from Iran to controversial settlement funds), and that friction could gum up the White House’s narrow Senate majority.
- Cornyn said he’ll keep picking fights “case-by-case” and stay involved, while his victor, Ken Paxton, promises to be a strong backer of Trump’s “America First” agenda.
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