HUNT VALLEY, Md. (TNND) \u2014 Pennsylvania Democratic Senator John Fetterman on Tuesday questioned Republican support for Texas GOP Senator John Cornyn\u2019s reelection campaign.<\/p>\n
He suggested in a Fox News interview<\/a> that President Donald Trump and other Republicans haven\u2019t backed the incumbent, whom Fetterman called \u201creasonable,\u201d as much as they can. Cornyn is competing against state Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has been involved in several scandals, for the Senate Republican nomination.<\/p>\n \u201cThat would be money in the bank, but now \u2013 I don\u2019t know why, politically, I\u2019m not sure why the Republicans and the president wouldn\u2019t sit on that and just lock down Texas,\u201d Fetterman said.<\/p>\n Trump has not made an endorsement in the primary race<\/a>, which also includes Representative Wesley Hunt. The president told reporters on Monday that the election \u201chas a ways to go,\u201d but it will take place in less than two weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cJohn is a good \u2013 I like all three of ’em, actually. I like all three,\u201d Trump said. <\/p>\n \u201cThose are the toughest races. They\u2019ve all supported me, they\u2019re all good, and you\u2019re supposed to pick one, so we\u2019ll see what happens. But I support all three.\u201d<\/p>\n A poll <\/a>conducted by Emerson College last month found Paxton leading Cornyn by a one-point margin and ahead of Hunt, although no candidate was near the majority threshold to avoid a runoff. The survey also shows Cornyn performing better against his potential Democratic opponents<\/a>, U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett and state Representative James Talarico, than Paxton.<\/p>\n Cornyn said in a recent interview <\/a>that it would be very helpful of Trump to endorse him. Nobody but the president knows whether that will happen, though, the senator added.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m an ally of the president, so I think he appreciates that. But I also understand his reluctance in getting involved in a three-way primary, where he at best will alienate some of his other supporters,\u201d Cornyn said. \u201cAnd so, I think he wants to see me earn this nomination, and we\u2019re in the process of doing that right now.\u201d<\/p>\n Paxton has often shared Trump\u2019s compliments of him and released a campaign ad last week featuring the president\u2019s praise.<\/p>\n \u201c\u2019BRAVE. STRONG. TREMENDOUS GUY.\u2019 That\u2019s how President Trump describes me,\u201d Cornyn said in a social media post<\/a> announcing the ad.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a positive campaign about the facts and the results. I\u2019ll do the same in the U.S. Senate,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n Paxton has often attacked his Republican opponents, however, calling Cornyn selfish and historically unpopular in an X post<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n