A MAGA Victory in Texas, and the Trump Administration’s New Ebola Plan
- Ken Paxton defeated Senator John Cornyn in Texas’s Republican primary, marking a major victory for the MAGA movement and a rebuke to the GOP establishment.
- President Trump’s endorsement proved decisive in Paxton’s nearly 30-point win, despite being outspent by $80 million in ads.
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