得州决选之际，总统近期已清除印第安纳、路易斯安那和肯塔基州的共和党批评者
2026-05-27 10:39:51 美东夏令时 / 福克斯新闻
作者：保罗·斯坦豪泽，福克斯新闻
2026年5月27日上午10:39 美东夏令时发布
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帕克斯顿感谢特朗普，击败塔拉里科赢得得州共和党初选
在接受福克斯新闻数字频道的首次胜选采访中，肯·帕克斯顿感谢了特朗普总统的背书，预测科尔宾的支持者“会转变立场”，并对被对手斥巨资碾压的担忧不屑一顾：“我依然在赢下选举。”
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得克萨斯州普莱诺市——得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在倾向保守的孤星州共和党联邦参议员提名初选中，击败任职多年的共和党议员约翰·科尔宾获胜后，将胜选归功于唐纳德·特朗普总统在最后时刻给予的支持。
“总统的背书是这个国家最具价值的背书，”帕克斯顿在周二的初选决选发表胜选演讲数分钟后，接受福克斯新闻数字频道独家采访时表示。
总统背书的强大影响力以及他对共和党前所未有的掌控力，在此次得州对决中再次彰显，但随着共和党试图在11月的中期选举中保住参众两院微弱多数席位，他的强势干预可能引发连锁反应。
尤其是在得州，帕克斯顿如今将在大选中与民主党新星、州众议员詹姆斯·塔拉里科展开较量。这场选举是少数几个可能决定共和党能否保住参议院53比47多数席位的关键选战之一。
观看：帕克斯顿胜选联邦参议员提名后对福克斯新闻数字频道的讲话
2026年5月26日，得克萨斯州普莱诺市，得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿在击败任职多年的共和党议员约翰·科尔宾赢得共和党联邦参议员提名后向支持者发表讲话。（阿曼达·马西亚斯/福克斯新闻数字频道）
周二晚间的重大新闻是，特朗普成功动用政治影响力，对违抗他的共和党人实施报复，并在共和党提名竞选中检验了其背书的威力。
特朗普背书的候选人在初选中占据主导，总统收紧对党内掌控
此次得州决选举行的三周前，特朗普清除了印第安纳州初选中的五名州参议员，这些议员反对他推动的国会选区重划计划。就在那一周半前，总统推动罢免路易斯安那州参议员比尔·卡西迪——此人在五年半前的第二次特朗普弹劾审判中投下了定罪票。本月，特朗普还助力击败了直言不讳的共和党批评者、肯塔基州众议员汤姆·马西的连任竞选。
在持续一年多、创下美国史上最昂贵参议院初选纪录的科尔宾与帕克斯顿之争中，特朗普此前数月一直置身事外，直到上周才在最后时刻为帕克斯顿背书。
“肯是真正的‘让美国再次伟大’战士，他始终为得州履职，也将在美利坚合众国参议院继续这么做，”特朗普在该州选举日整整一周前的社交媒体帖子中写道。
特朗普还表示：“约翰·科尔宾是个好人，我与他合作愉快，但在艰难时刻他并未支持我。”
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2026年5月26日，得克萨斯州奥斯汀市，得克萨斯州参议员约翰·科尔宾在争取连任提名败给得克萨斯州总检察长肯·帕克斯顿后向记者发表讲话。（埃迪·西尔/彭博社）
针对这位参议员过去对他的批评，特朗普补充道：“在这场后来成为共和党提名和总统职位历史性角逐的竞选里，约翰很晚才站出来支持我。”
科尔宾在决选前夜接受福克斯新闻数字频道采访时，强调了自己对总统及其议程的支持。
“特朗普总统称我是朋友、好人，我们在他两届任期内都密切合作，”这位参议员说道。
获得参议院多数党领袖约翰·图恩和全国共和党参议员委员会支持的科尔宾，反复辩称，如果帕克斯顿成为共和党候选人，该党将不得不投入数百万美元保住席位，防止席位易主，而且下议院的共和党候选人也将受到拖累。
这是因为帕克斯顿过去十年面临一系列丑闻和法律问题，民主党肯定会在大选中用来攻击他。2023年，得克萨斯州众议院投票弹劾帕克斯顿，但他最终在州参议院被判所有罪名不成立。
帕克斯顿目前还深陷离婚纠纷，他的妻子去年提交离婚申请，以“近期发现的事实”为由提出“基于圣经原则的离婚”。
“他因屡屡逃脱众所周知的丑闻和不当行为而变得越来越肆无忌惮，但如果他成为候选人并暴露在大选选民面前，尤其是无党派选民面前，我认为情况将非常艰难，”科尔宾预测道。
他还指出，塔拉里科在今年头三个月筹集了令人瞠目的2700万美元竞选资金，这位得州参议员称：“如果帕克斯顿成为候选人，民主党将涌入海量资金对抗他。相反……如果我是候选人……我们基本可以独自承担开支。我上次大选以10个百分点的优势获胜，我认为我可以同样击败像詹姆斯·塔拉里科这样极端左翼的对手。”
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2026年3月3日，得克萨斯州奥斯汀市，民主党联邦参议员候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科在初选夜向支持者发表讲话。（保罗·斯坦豪泽/福克斯新闻）
塔拉里科的竞选团队在周二胜选后立即在社交媒体上发布了帕克斯顿的入狱照，并配文：“他因投资欺诈面临三项重罪指控。他曾被自己的幕僚举报受贿。他因腐败被本党弹劾。”
“如今他成为了得克萨斯州联邦参议院的共和党候选人。我们将携手阻止他，”塔拉里科的竞选团队承诺。
民调显示，帕克斯顿与塔拉里科的对决将十分胶着——塔拉里科有望成为近40年来首位在得州赢得联邦参议院选举的民主党人。
民主党将帕克斯顿的胜选视为一份提前的圣诞礼物。
“这是全新的一天，我认为民主党人近30年来首次在这个我们深陷其中的黑暗州看到了曙光，”得州民主党战略家达拉斯·琼斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道。
一些共和党人担忧，特朗普在关键的共和党参议院初选中干预选情，可能会重演2022年的一幕：当时的前总统特朗普在共和党初选中强势发力，但他支持的部分候选人，包括佐治亚州的赫尔歇尔·沃克，在中期选举中败选，共和党未能夺回参议院多数席位。
“特朗普在2022年的大多数初选中都如愿以偿，但并未在大选中带来理想结果，”直言不讳的特朗普批评者、共和党顾问萨拉·朗威尔周二晚间在社交媒体上发帖称。
资深共和党战略家和传播专家瑞安·威廉姆斯告诉福克斯新闻数字频道：“总统已经表明，他将个人忠诚置于政治考量之上，哪怕这会危及一个安全席位。”
谈到今年的中期选举，作为执政党，共和党将面临传统的不利因素以及极具挑战性的政治环境，瑞安表示：“这就是共和党在这场本就艰难的中期选举前面临的处境。”
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但威廉姆斯强调：“共和党就是特朗普的政党，如果你违抗他，他会十倍奉还，击败你。随着时间推移，他在党内的掌控力越来越强，而非减弱。”
“到了这个地步，任何人如果不明白这一点，只要违抗总统，就会丢掉工作，”他补充道。
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Trump flexes his political muscle over GOP as Democrats see midterm opening in key red state
The Texas runoff follows the president’s purging of Republican critics in Indiana, Louisiana and Kentucky in recent weeks
2026-05-27 10:39:51 EDT / Fox News
By Paul Steinhauser, Fox News
Published May 27, 2026 10:39am EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/video/6396705921112
Paxton thanks Trump, targets Talarico after Texas GOP primary win
In his first post-victory interview with Fox News Digital, Ken Paxton thanked President Trump for his endorsement, predicted Cornyn supporters “will come around,” and dismissed concerns about being outspent: “Here I am still winning races.”
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PLANO, Texas – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, after trouncing longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn to capture the Republican Senate nomination in the right-leaning Lone Star State, credited the 11th hour support he landed from President Donald Trump for his win.
“The president’s endorsement is the most valuable endorsement in this country,” Paxton said in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital minutes after delivering his victory speech in Tuesday’s primary runoff election.
The brute force of the president’s endorsement power and the immense grip he has on the Republican Party was once again on display in the Texas showdown, but his heavy hand could cause repercussions as the party tries to hang onto its slim House and Senate majorities in the November midterms.
That’s especially the case in Texas, where Paxton now faces off against state Rep. James Talarico — a rising star in the Democratic Party — in a general election race that is among a handful that may decide if the Republicans hold their 53-47 majority in the upper chamber.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks to supporters after winning the Republican Senate nomination by defeating longtime GOP Sen. John Cornyn in a primary runoff election, in Plano, Texas, on May 26, 2026.(Amanda Macias/Fox News Digital)
Tuesday night’s major headline was Trump successfully flexing his political muscles to exert payback on Republicans who defy him, and testing the power of his endorsements in GOP nomination races.
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The Texas runoff election was held three weeks after Trump’s purging of five state senators in Indiana’s primary who opposed his push for congressional redistricting. That was just a week-and-a-half after the president pushed to oust Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana — who, five and a half years ago, voted to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial. Trump was also instrumental this month in sending vocal GOP critic Rep. Tom Massie of Kentucky down to defeat in his re-election bid.
After sitting on the sidelines for months in the more than year-long Cornyn-Paxton battle, which broke records as the most expensive Senate primary in the nation’s history, Trump gave a last-minute endorsement of Paxton last week.
“Ken is a true MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas, and will continue to do so in the United States Senate,” Trump wrote in a social media post exactly a week before election day in the Lone Star State.
And Trump said that “John Cornyn is a good man, and I worked well with him, but he was not supportive of me when times were tough.”
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Sen. John Cornyn of Texas speaks to reporters after losing his bid for renomination to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in Austin, Texas, on May 26, 2026.(Eddie Seal/Bloomberg)
Pointing to the senator’s past criticism of him, Trump added, “John was very late in backing me in what turned out to be a Historic Run for the Republican Nomination, and then, the Presidency.”
Cornyn, in a Fox News Digital interview on the eve of the runoff, emphasized his support for the president and his agenda.
“President Trump has called me a friend and a good man, and we’ve worked with him closely for both terms of office,” the senator said.
Cornyn, who was supported by Senate Majority Leader John Thune and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, repeatedly argued that if Paxton was the GOP’s nominee, the party would be forced to spend millions of dollars to keep the seat from flipping and that Republicans down-ballot will suffer.
That’s because Paxton has faced a slew of scandals and legal problems that have battered him over the past decade and that Democrats are sure to use against him in the general election. In 2023, the Texas House of Representatives voted to impeach Paxton, but he was eventually acquitted of all charges by the state Senate.
Paxton is also currently dealing with a very messy divorce, with his wife citing “biblical grounds” based on “recent discoveries” as she filed last year to end their marriage.
“He’s gotten more and more emboldened as he’s gotten away with all the scandal and mischief that now is very well known, but were he to be the nominee and be exposed to general election voters, especially independents, I think it’s going to be a very rocky time,” Cornyn predicted.
And pointing to Talarico, who hauled in an eye-popping $27 million in fundraising during the first three months of this year, the Texas senator said, “There will be an incredible tsunami of Democratic funds coming in against Paxton, were he the nominee. Conversely… if I am the nominee… we’ll be able to shoulder the burden pretty much on our own. I won my last general election by 10 points. I think I can do similarly against somebody who’s as far left and radical as James Talarico.”
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Democratic Senate candidate Rep. James Talarico speaks to supporters on primary night in Austin, Texas, on March 3, 2026.(Paul Steinhauser/Fox News)
Talarico’s campaign wasted no time in posting a mug shot of Paxton on social media after Tuesday’s victory, noting: “He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption.”
“Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him,” the Talarico campaign vowed.
Public opinion polls indicate a very competitive showdown between Paxton and Talarico – as Talarico tries to become the first Democrat in nearly four decades to win a U.S. Senate election in Texas.
Democrats see Paxton’s victory as an early Christmas gift.
“It’s a brand new day and I think what Democrats are seeing for the first time in almost three decades is a bright light in a dark place that we have been in this state,” Texas-based Democratic strategist Dallas Jones told Fox News Digital.
Some Republicans are concerned that Trump’s putting his thumb on the scales in key GOP Senate primaries could be a flashback to 2022, when then-former President Trump flexed his muscles in the GOP primaries, with some of his picks, including Georgia’s Herschel Walker, falling short in the midterms, as Republicans failed to win back the Senate.
“Trump got his way in most of the primaries in 2022 also. Didn’t portend great results in the general election,” vocal Trump critic and GOP consultant Sarah Longwell posted on social media Tuesday night.
Veteran Republican strategist and communicator Ryan Williams told Fox News Digital that “the president has shown that he puts personal loyalty over political considerations even when it puts a safe seat at risk.”
And pointing to this year’s midterms, when the GOP as the party in power will face traditional headwinds as well as an extremely challenging political climate, Ryan said, “That’s the situation Republicans find themselves dealing with heading into what should be a challenging midterm election.”
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But Williams emphasized that “the Republican Party is Trump’s party, and if you cross him, he’ll hit back at you ten times as hard and defeat you. He’s getting better at this as time goes on. His grip on the party has increased, not decreased.”
“Anybody at this point who doesn’t understand this will be out of a job if they cross the president,” he added.
Paul Steinhauser is a politics reporter based in the swing state of New Hampshire. He covers the campaign trail from coast to coast.