While Senator John Cornyn (RINO-TX) is trying to move closer to President Trump and the MAGA movement as the Texas GOP Senate runoff gets underway, his opponent is not letting him off the hook so easily.

As TGP readers know, Cornyn surprisingly finished slightlyaheadof Texas Attorney General and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton in the initial vote on Tuesday, with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX) far behind.

This led Senate Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune, to heap pressure on Trump to endorse Cornyn. Trumpannouncedon Wednesday that he will soon make an endorsement in the ferocious and bloody battle between Paxton and Cornyn.

He also made it clear that the person who did not receive his coveted stamp of approval should drop out.

“I will be making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don’t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE! Is that fair? We must win in November!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

But no endorsement has yet come, leading some to speculate that Trump is having second thoughts, particularly as the SAVE Act, a highly critical election security bill, languishes in the Senate. This is largely because Senate Republicans are refusing to support either abolishing the filibuster or using a talking filibuster to pass the SAVE Act.

Perhaps concerned about these factors, Cornyn is doing everything possible to get in Trump’s good graces. After seeing a Fox News report claiming that he was opposed to using the talking filibuster to get the Save Act across the finish line, Cornyn took to X to claim it’s all fake news and officially endorsed the talking filibuster for the first time.

“Contrary to fake news in the twitterverse: I have supported the Save America Act from day one, Cornyn wrote. “I will happily support the ‘talking filibuster’ if that’s what it takes to pass this into law.”

This is a welcome and sudden change, as Cornyn did indeed express skepticism in an interview with NBC News last month about whether using the talking filibuster to pass the SAVE Act was a wise choice.

“My understanding is it would require 51 votes to table amendments. So, No. 1, you need 51 senators on the floor, and you need all of them willing to vote to table the amendment. That obviously can be problematic from a number of standpoints,” Cornyn said.

Source: The Gateway Pundit