Trump Withholds Support in Battle Over Texas Senate Seat

Senator John Cornyn during a Get Out the Vote campaign event in Schertz, Texas, on March 2.Photographer: Christopher Lee/Bloomberg

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By Joe Lovinger

March 17, 2026 at 11:03 PM UTC

Updated on

March 18, 2026 at 12:16 PM UTC

It’s been nearly two weeks since President Donald Trump vowed to quickly end a brutal Republican Senate runoff in Texas, saying the GOP had to unify to defeat an emboldened Democratic Party that increasingly sees control of Congress within reach.

It hasn’t happened.