Texas politics may have just produced the political equivalent of a Craigslist trade: one Senate campaign for one election integrity bill.
According to a Daily Mail report, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says he’d consider dropping out of the GOP Senate runoff against John Cornyn – but only if Senate Republicans agree to scrap the filibuster and pass the SAVE America Act, a bill pushed by President Donald Trump that would require proof of citizenship and voter ID to vote in federal elections.
The offer comes after neither candidate cleared 50% in the Texas Republican primary, sending the race to a runoff that could become a nasty political cage match.
Paxton framed the proposal as a way to advance Trump’s agenda faster, accusing Cornyn of refusing to support ending the filibuster to pass the legislation.
Whether the deal actually happens is another story. Abolishing the filibuster will probably be about about easy as getting the senators to agree on ICE policy.
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