{"id":2604142,"date":"2026-05-18T17:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornyn-claims-trump-wont-endorse-in-texas-senate-runoff\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:43:29","slug":"cornyn-claims-trump-wont-endorse-in-texas-senate-runoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornyn-claims-trump-wont-endorse-in-texas-senate-runoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornyn claims Trump won&#8217;t endorse in Texas Senate runoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcornyn-claims-trump-wont-endorse-in-texas-senate-runoff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2604142&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. John Cornyn saeid he doesn\u2019t expect President Donald Trump to endorse him in his May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jasmine-crockett-backs-christian-menefee-over-al-green\/\" title=\"Jasmine Crockett backs Christian Menefee over Al Green\">26 primary runoff<\/a> against Attorney General Ken Paxton, adding that he\u2019d welcome a Trump visit in the fall if he wins. Cornyn and Paxton have spent months trying to secure Trump\u2019s backing, and Trump has suggested an endorsement could come \u201crelatively soon.\u201d cornyn leads the two-month contest going into the runoff, but since neither candidate topped 50% in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/roe-referendum-pro-life-democrat-appears-poised-to-defeat-squad-backed-candidate-in-texas-runoff\/\" title=\"Roe Referendum? Pro-Life Democrat Appears Poised To Defeat \u2018Squad...-Backed Candidate in Texas ...\">initial primary<\/a>, the race is headed to this runoff, with the winner set to face Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"965\">John Cornyn<\/a> (R-TX) said at a rally on Monday that he does not believe President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4\">Donald Trump<\/a> will make an endorsement in his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >competitive primary runoff<\/a> against Attorney General <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ken-paxton\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"4370\">Ken Paxton. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnnieMo\/status\/2056412787748847981\">I think that ship has finally sailed<\/a>,\u201d Cornyn said when asked about Trump intervening in the contest, according to the <em>Austin American-Statesman<\/em>. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4572488\/ed-gallrein-thomas-massie-kentucky\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Who is Ed Gallrein? 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Trump told reporters last week that an endorsement was looming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll make a decision,\u201d Trump told reporters at the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. \u201cMaybe, relatively soon.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4565305\/cornyn-legislation-rename-us-route-287-after-trump\/\">CORNYN INTRODUCES LEGISLATION TO RENAME US ROUTE 287 AFTER TRUMP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cornyn and Paxton have been locked in a tight runoff for the past two months.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn won 42% of the vote to Paxton\u2019s 40.5% in the primary. Since neither candidate got more than 50%, the contest went to a runoff as required by Texas law. The winner will face Democratic Texas state Rep. James Talarico.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cornyn says Trump likely won\u2019t endorse in his runoff vs. Paxton<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2604145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-qwbifonf9-1772733350422-e1772735730694.jpg?1779124304&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[32319,45064,79800,37104],"class_list":["post-2604142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-donald-trump","tag-john-cornyn","tag-senate-runoff","tag-texas-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/image-collage-qwbifonf9-1772733350422-e1772735730694.jpg?1779124304&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2604142"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2604147,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2604142\/revisions\/2604147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2604145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2604142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2604142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2604142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}