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唐纳德·特朗普 总统 初选 国会新闻 参议院领导层
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德克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿（左）和参议员约翰·科恩
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总统唐纳德·特朗普周三宣布，他将在得克萨斯州共和党参议院初选中支持现任参议员约翰·科恩与州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿，并要求他不选择的候选人退选。
“必须立即停止！”总统在Truth Social上就初选活动写道。“我们有一个容易击败的‘激进左翼对手’，我们必须完全专注于迅速、果断地击败他！ 约翰和肯都表现出色，但还不够好。现在，这场竞选必须做到完美无缺！ ”
特朗普补充说，他会要求另一位候选人“立即退出竞选！”
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总统做出这一宣布之前，他在得克萨斯州共和党这场激烈且代价高昂的初选中已保持中立数月，现在该初选已确定将进入一场艰苦的决选。
随着特朗普做出决定，参议院顶级共和党人加大了劝说总统支持科恩的力度。他们指出，周二的结果显示科恩领先于帕克斯顿，这证明他能赢得12周的决选。
- 关键竞选
- 参议院：得克萨斯州
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| 候选人 | 百分比 | 票数 |
| — | — | — |
| 约翰·科恩* 共和党 | 41.9% | 903,948 | 领先26,118票 |
| 肯·帕克斯顿 共和党 | 40.7% | 877,830 |
| 韦斯利·亨特 共和党 | 13.5% | 291,803 |
- 预估98% 的选票已统计
- 更新于刚刚
- 现任议员
- 晋级决选
“如果总统早日表态支持，将为所有人节省大量资金，”参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩在谈及决选时表示，全国共和党人预计将在决选中投入数千万美元支持现任议员。
图恩补充说，共和党人急于避免“我们这边长达10周的激烈竞选，这会让我们无法专注于民主党人”。
图恩和其他共和党参议员推动特朗普全面支持科恩的最新行动，比过去几个月更具紧迫性。共和党初选的胜者将对阵民主党领导层本不想在11月面对的对手：[州参议员詹姆斯·塔拉利科]。
这位36岁的神学院学生开展了一场旨在争取温和派选民脱离共和党的竞选活动，被广泛认为比排名第二的自由派激进派议员贾斯敏·克罗克特更对共和党构成威胁。
“当然，这无济于事，”图恩在提及塔拉利科的名字时表示，“这就是为什么如果总统能表态支持，将非常有帮助。”
共和党人还担心，塔拉利科和全国民主党人可能在竞选中占据另一优势，因为塔拉利科无需参加决选。
参议院第二号人物约翰·巴雷索强调，该党需要团结在科恩身后，以应对周二初选中高于预期的民主党投票率，这已引起共和党内部的警惕。他坚持认为，只有科恩能击败热情高涨的民主党选民。
“实际上，参加初选的民主党人比共和党人多，这表明得克萨斯州的民主党人很有动力，”巴雷索说。“约翰·科恩将为共和党和得克萨斯州人民赢得这场竞选。我完全支持他。”
“我们现在是时候作为共和党团结起来，让约翰·科恩重新回到这里，”犹他州参议员约翰·柯蒂斯补充道。
至于他自己，帕克斯顿表示希望能与科恩“在资金上更接近”，并警告提名科恩将导致“六年更多的……一个将与我们信仰的价值观背道而驰的人”。周二晚上，得克萨斯州总检察长在接受电台采访时与亨特交谈，并表示希望这位国会议员能通过鼓励其支持者在决选中支持帕克斯顿阵营“给我们一点助力”。
“他的决定是他的决定，我尊重这一点，我当然希望他能帮助我们击败约翰·科恩，”帕克斯顿周三在接受《克里斯·萨尔塞多秀》采访时说。
至少有一位在竞选中保持中立的共和党人周三表示，他打算继续保持这一立场。参议员泰德·克鲁兹告诉记者，他不会在5月的决选中支持科恩或帕克斯顿。
“约翰·科恩是我的好朋友，肯·帕克斯顿也是我的好朋友。我之前支持过他们两人，之前也与他们共同竞选，正如我在竞选开始时所说，我将不参与这场竞选。我相信得克萨斯州的选民，”克鲁兹说。
当被追问是否会在决选期间继续保持中立时，他回答：“是的。”
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Trump promises to endorse either Cornyn or Paxton – and to push the other to drop out
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, left, and Sen. John Cornyn.
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President [Donald Trump] announced Wednesday that he would be endorsing in Texas’ Republican primary for US Senate between incumbent John Cornyn and state Attorney General Ken Paxton – and demanding that the candidate he doesn’t choose drop out.
“IT MUST STOP NOW!” The president wrote on Truth Social of the primary race. “We have an easy to beat, Radical Left Opponent, and we have to TOTALLY FOCUS on putting him away, quickly and decisively! Both John and Ken ran great races, but not good enough. Now, this one, must be PERFECT! “
Trump added that he would ask the other candidate “to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE!”
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The president’s announcement comes after months of staying neutral in the nasty Texas GOP primary that is now set to become a bruising and expensive [runoff election].
As Trump decides, top Senate Republicans ramped up a furious push to persuade the president to endorse Cornyn. They pointed to Cornyn leading Paxton after Tuesday’s results, which they say proves that he can win the 12-week runoff.
- Key Race
Senate: Texas
| CANDIDATE | PERCENT | VOTES |
| — | — | — |
| John Cornyn* Republican | 41.9% | 903,948 26,118 ahead |
| Ken Paxton Republican | 40.7% | 877,830 |
| Wesley Hunt Republican | 13.5% | 291,803 |
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98%
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Updated just now
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Advances to runoff
“If the president endorses early, it saves everybody a lot of money,” Senate Majority Leader John Thune said of the runoff, where national Republicans are expected to spend tens of millions to support the incumbent.
Thune added that Republicans are eager to avoid “10 weeks of a spirited campaign on our side that keeps us from spending time focusing on the Democrats.”
This latest push by Thune and other GOP senators to get Trump fully behind Cornyn carries more urgency than in past months. The winner of the GOP primary will face off against the one Democrat that party leaders hoped they would not face in November: [state Sen. James Talarico].
The 36-year-old seminarian has run a campaign designed to pry moderate voters away from the GOP and is widely considered a greater threat to Republicans than liberal firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who came in second place.
“Of course, it’s not helpful,” Thune said of Talarico’s name at the top of the ticket for Democrats, before adding: “Which is why if the president can weigh in, it would be enormously helpful.”
Republicans also fear Talarico and national Democrats could have another edge in the race, since Talarico isn’t facing a runoff.
Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 2 Senate Republican, stressed that the party needed to rally behind Cornyn as they work to combat higher-than-expected Democratic turnout in the primary on Tuesday, which has raised alarm bells across the GOP. He insisted that only Cornyn can beat a highly motivated Democratic electorate.
“There were actually more Democrats that voted in the primary than Republicans that voted in the primary, which shows that the Democrats in Texas are motivated,” Barrasso said. “John Cornyn wins that race for the Republicans and for the people of Texas. I support him fully.”
“It’s time for us to come together as a Republican Party and let’s get John Cornyn back here,” added Sen. John Curtis of Utah.
For his part, Paxton has said he hopes to get “closer on the money” with Cornyn and warned nominating him would lead to “six more years of … a guy that’s going to work against the values that we believe in.” In a radio interview, the Texas attorney general spoke with Hunt on Tuesday night and has said he hopes the congressman will “give us a little lift” by encouraging his supporters to side with the Paxton camp in the run-off.
“His decision is his decision, and I respect that, and I’m certainly hopeful that he’ll help us to beat John Cornyn,” Paxton said Wednesday in an interview with The Chris Salcedo Show.
At least one Republican who has stayed neutral in the race said Wednesday he intends to maintain that position. Sen. Ted Cruz told reporters that he will not be endorsing Cornyn or Paxton in May’s runoff.
“John Cornyn is a good friend of mine, Ken Paxton is a good friend of mine. I have endorsed both of them previously, I’ve campaigned with both of them previously, and as I’ve said from the beginning of this race, I’m staying out of the race. I trust the voters of Texas,” Cruz said.
Pressed on if he’ll remain neutral through the runoff, he said, “Yes.”
CNN’s Arlette Saenz, Alison Main and Morgan Leason contributed to this report.
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