Tillis says Trump endorsing Paxton over Cornyn was ‘colossal mistake’

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Latest midterm polling shows Democrats with increasing chances of flipping House, Senate

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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) on Sunday blasted President Trump for endorsing Ken Paxton (R) over Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the Texas Senate Republican primary earlier this year. 

“In the case of Cornyn, he made a colossal mistake,” Tillis told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

The North Carolina Republican added, “John Cornyn’s a great member of the U.S. Senate. Paxton has his challenges. We would not be spending tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in Texas if........

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