‘I have seen enough’: Sen. John Cornyn endorses Trump after New Hampshire win

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former President Donald Trump scored a second electoral victory Tuesday night in the fight to become the Republican presidential nominee again and picked up an endorsement from another Texan in the U.S. Senate.

Sen. John Cornyn posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, that he’s now supporting Trump in his bid to return to the White House. This came a week after his colleague, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, announced he would also back the former president.

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“I have seen enough,” Cornyn wrote Tuesday night. “To beat Biden, Republicans need to unite around a single candidate, and it’s clear that President Trump is Republican voters’ choice.”

Cornyn said the country cannot handle four more years of Joe Biden as president, highlighting wins that he felt came during Trump’s term. He added he would work to elect a Republican majority in the U.S. Senate and get Trump back in the White House later this year.

“I am proud of our accomplishments in President Trump’s first term, including the confirmation of 234 federal judges, including three members of the United States Supreme Court; passing historic tax reform, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; unleashing our energy potential; and ushering in the best economy for all Americans in my lifetime,” Cornyn said.

He previously expressed concerns about Trump’s influence in the Republican Party after some high-profile candidates he endorsed, like Herschel Walker in the Georgia Senate race, lost in 2022. At that time, Cornyn told reporters that Trump is “less relevant all the time.” He also criticized Trump’s call to terminate parts of the U.S. Constitution.

The Republican presidential primary currently has two candidates remaining: Trump and Nikki Haley, his former United Nations ambassador and the former governor of South Carolina. He finished ahead of her in the New Hampshire primary, where she campaigned hard after losing the Iowa caucuses against the former president.

Haley vowed to her supporters Tuesday night that she would stay in the race. However, Trump used his victory speech to tear into her over why she’s still running.

The next nominating contest is in Nevada followed by Haley’s home state of South Carolina, where early polling shows Trump with a lead.

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