Trump’s Iran strike rocks Texas Senate race as Dems demand ‘war powers,’ GOP applauds president
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SAN ANTONIO, TX - With hours to go until primary day in Texas, the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran is the latest flashpoint in Lone Star State's high-stakes and combustible Senate showdown.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn and his two primary challengers are rallying around President Donald Trump's decision to launch the attacks, which are now in their second day and resulted in the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three American military members were also killed in the fighting.
But the two Democrats vying for their party's nomination in a bid to try and flip the long-held Republican seat in right-leaning Texas are condemning the airstrikes on Iran.
This year's Senate showdown in Texas is one of a handful across the country that could determine if Republicans hold their majority in the chamber in the midterm elections. The GOP currently controls the chamber 53-47.
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"I think the President did the right thing. It's amazing to me that President Trump is the only president in my lifetime that is willing to take this kind of decisive action in order to stop the halt of terrorism and also radical Islam," Cornyn said Sunday in a Fox News Digital interview.
Cornyn praised the operation, saying "this was well planned and was very decisive." But he added, "There's still a lot more to be done, and unfortunately, Iran still has a lot of ability to inflict casualties on people in the region."
The senator's top primary rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, thanked Trump for his "courageous leadership."
Paxton, a MAGA firebrand and longtime Trump supporter who has survived a slew of scandals over the past decade, said in a social media post that "President Trump's Operation Epic Fury is yet another overwhelming and historic military success. Khamenei's been killed and the terroristic regime threatening our troops and nation has been decimated."
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Rep. Wesley Hunt, the Army veteran turned MAGA rising star, also praised the president, saying, "Trump did it again. PEACE THROUGH AMERICAN STRENGTH!"
"Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is DEAD, and now the people of Iran have a chance to be free," added Hunt, a West Point graduate who flew Apache helicopters during his Army service who is in his second term representing a safe Republican district in the Houston-area.
Trump, whose clout over the GOP remains immense, has stayed neutral to date in the Republican primary. All three candidates, who have sought the president's endorsement, were in attendance Friday as Trump held …
We're watching the same failure loop.
SAN ANTONIO, TX - With hours to go until primary day in Texas, the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran is the latest flashpoint in Lone Star State's high-stakes and combustible Senate showdown.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn and his two primary challengers are rallying around President Donald Trump's decision to launch the attacks, which are now in their second day and resulted in the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three American military members were also killed in the fighting.
But the two Democrats vying for their party's nomination in a bid to try and flip the long-held Republican seat in right-leaning Texas are condemning the airstrikes on Iran.
This year's Senate showdown in Texas is one of a handful across the country that could determine if Republicans hold their majority in the chamber in the midterm elections. The GOP currently controls the chamber 53-47.
FOX NEWS LIVE UPDATES ON THE ATTACK ON IRAN
"I think the President did the right thing. It's amazing to me that President Trump is the only president in my lifetime that is willing to take this kind of decisive action in order to stop the halt of terrorism and also radical Islam," Cornyn said Sunday in a Fox News Digital interview.
Cornyn praised the operation, saying "this was well planned and was very decisive." But he added, "There's still a lot more to be done, and unfortunately, Iran still has a lot of ability to inflict casualties on people in the region."
The senator's top primary rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, thanked Trump for his "courageous leadership."
Paxton, a MAGA firebrand and longtime Trump supporter who has survived a slew of scandals over the past decade, said in a social media post that "President Trump's Operation Epic Fury is yet another overwhelming and historic military success. Khamenei's been killed and the terroristic regime threatening our troops and nation has been decimated."
IRAN'S NEAR HALF CENTURY WAR ON AMERICANS
Rep. Wesley Hunt, the Army veteran turned MAGA rising star, also praised the president, saying, "Trump did it again. PEACE THROUGH AMERICAN STRENGTH!"
"Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is DEAD, and now the people of Iran have a chance to be free," added Hunt, a West Point graduate who flew Apache helicopters during his Army service who is in his second term representing a safe Republican district in the Houston-area.
Trump, whose clout over the GOP remains immense, has stayed neutral to date in the Republican primary. All three candidates, who have sought the president's endorsement, were in attendance Friday as Trump held …
Trump’s Iran strike rocks Texas Senate race as Dems demand ‘war powers,’ GOP applauds president
We're watching the same failure loop.
SAN ANTONIO, TX - With hours to go until primary day in Texas, the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran is the latest flashpoint in Lone Star State's high-stakes and combustible Senate showdown.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn and his two primary challengers are rallying around President Donald Trump's decision to launch the attacks, which are now in their second day and resulted in the killing of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Three American military members were also killed in the fighting.
But the two Democrats vying for their party's nomination in a bid to try and flip the long-held Republican seat in right-leaning Texas are condemning the airstrikes on Iran.
This year's Senate showdown in Texas is one of a handful across the country that could determine if Republicans hold their majority in the chamber in the midterm elections. The GOP currently controls the chamber 53-47.
FOX NEWS LIVE UPDATES ON THE ATTACK ON IRAN
"I think the President did the right thing. It's amazing to me that President Trump is the only president in my lifetime that is willing to take this kind of decisive action in order to stop the halt of terrorism and also radical Islam," Cornyn said Sunday in a Fox News Digital interview.
Cornyn praised the operation, saying "this was well planned and was very decisive." But he added, "There's still a lot more to be done, and unfortunately, Iran still has a lot of ability to inflict casualties on people in the region."
The senator's top primary rival, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, thanked Trump for his "courageous leadership."
Paxton, a MAGA firebrand and longtime Trump supporter who has survived a slew of scandals over the past decade, said in a social media post that "President Trump's Operation Epic Fury is yet another overwhelming and historic military success. Khamenei's been killed and the terroristic regime threatening our troops and nation has been decimated."
IRAN'S NEAR HALF CENTURY WAR ON AMERICANS
Rep. Wesley Hunt, the Army veteran turned MAGA rising star, also praised the president, saying, "Trump did it again. PEACE THROUGH AMERICAN STRENGTH!"
"Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is DEAD, and now the people of Iran have a chance to be free," added Hunt, a West Point graduate who flew Apache helicopters during his Army service who is in his second term representing a safe Republican district in the Houston-area.
Trump, whose clout over the GOP remains immense, has stayed neutral to date in the Republican primary. All three candidates, who have sought the president's endorsement, were in attendance Friday as Trump held …
