Thom Tillis: Ken Paxton a ‘failure,’ would be anchor on GOP Senate

Senate Thom Tillis: Ken Paxton a ‘failure,’ would be anchor on GOP Senate Comments: by Max Rego - 05/24/26 10:33 AM ET Comments: Link copied by Max Rego - 05/24/26 10:33 AM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Sunday criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), whom President Trump endorsed over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the Senate GOP runoff in the Lone Star State. “He is a failure. He doesn’t deserve to be in the U.S. Senate,” Tillis told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” Trump on Tuesday endorsed Paxton, a firebrand conservative who filed litigation in support of the president’s push to overturn the 2020 election.

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