Trump claims Cornyn, Karl Rove would be partly to blame if Ken Paxton loses Texas Senate seat

President Donald Trump slammed Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn and Karl Rove on Thursday, stating it would be their fault and the fault of people like them if state Attorney General Ken Paxton fails to win Cornyn's Senate seat next month. 

The criticism comes as Paxton is locked in a tight race with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico and after Cornyn lost his bid for reelection in the primaries earlier this year.

The president also claimed  the pair are doing their best to make it difficult for Paxton to defeat Talarico and are thereby hurting the state and the country. 

"John Cornyn who, after my Endorsement, lost the Primary to Ken by a very wide margin, and Karl Rove, who shouldn’t be allowed to spew his jealousy on FoxNews, should be ashamed of themselves," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "They are hurting Texas and, more importantly, hurting the United States of America.

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