{"id":74059,"date":"2026-05-27T07:05:03","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/paxton-hails-trumps-endorsement-as-most-powerful-force-in-politics-after-texas-runoff-win-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T07:05:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T12:05:03","slug":"paxton-hails-trumps-endorsement-as-most-powerful-force-in-politics-after-texas-runoff-win-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/paxton-hails-trumps-endorsement-as-most-powerful-force-in-politics-after-texas-runoff-win-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Paxton hails Trump\u2019s endorsement as \u2018most powerful force in politics\u2019 after Texas runoff win \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Victor who secured Republican nomination for Senate seat praises president after defeating incumbent Cornyn<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\"><strong>Sign up to the Breaking News US email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump has congratulated Ken Paxton in a social media post, while also praising his defeated runoff opponent John Cornyn.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump wrote on Truth Social:<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Ken Paxton on such a tremendous win, and to John Cornyn for having run a strong and powerful race but, more importantly, having had a truly great career.<\/p>\n<p>John will remain my friend for a long time to come, as we both watch Ken become a fantastic, common sense Senator, one who is respected by all.<\/p>\n<p>His opponent, Alfred E. Neuman, may be the worst TEXAS candidate I have ever seen. A strong Open Borders advocate, he is WEAK ON CRIME, believes there are 6 genders, is insulting to Jesus Christ, will never support the Military, was a big Mask Wearer until recently, and is a Vegan who dislikes meat, not exactly a good way to be if you\u2019re wanting to win an Election in Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Jasmine Crockett, a very low IQ individual, who is no relation to the legendary frontiersman, Davy Crockett, would have been a far better choice for the Dumocrats. I will do some nice, big, beautiful rallies for Ken. Texas, this will be FUN!<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/may\/27\/donald-trump-republicans-texas-primary-midterms-iran-redistricting-latest-news-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor who secured Republican nomination for Senate seat praises president after defeating incumbent Cornyn Sign up to the Breaking News US email Donald Trump has congratulated Ken Paxton in a social media post, while also praising his defeated runoff opponent John Cornyn. Trump wrote on Truth Social: Congratulations to Ken Paxton on such a tremendous &#8230; <a title=\"Paxton hails Trump\u2019s endorsement as \u2018most powerful force in politics\u2019 after Texas runoff win \u2013 US politics live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/27\/paxton-hails-trumps-endorsement-as-most-powerful-force-in-politics-after-texas-runoff-win-us-politics-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Paxton hails Trump\u2019s endorsement as \u2018most powerful force in politics\u2019 after Texas runoff win \u2013 US politics live\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74059"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74059\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}