How Trump Is Using the Paxton-Cornyn Race to Squeeze the Senate Over the SAVE Act

Scritto il 11/03/2026
da Shane Goldmacher

The president has yet to make an endorsement in the contest between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton as he tries to push the Senate to pass a bill requiring voters to show identification at the polls.President Trump is leveraging his potential endorsement in the Republican primary race for Senate between Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, and Senator John Cornyn to ratchet up the pressure on Senate Republicans to pass a bill that would impose strict voter ID requirements.