Trump’s fight for Texas: “It’s crucial”

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Trump’s fight for Texas: “It’s crucial”

Trump has been traveling across the country for days on his campaign tour. For the third time in a month he is now in Texas, where his Republicans are particularly worried about their Senate seat.

US President Donald Trump has in view of a closely contested Senate race in the former Republican stronghold Texas campaigned again for his party’s candidate, Ken Paxton. “Vote for Ken. Get him in there,” he demanded at a campaign rally in San Antonio, Texas. “This is so important. It’s crucial.” Trump’s speech was repeatedly interrupted by protests, and the police led several people away.

The US President’s trip to Texas was his third to the state within a month – a circumstance that shows how much his Republicans there are currently worried about their Senate seat. Most polls recently saw Paxton’s Democratic opponent James Talarico at an advantage in Texas. The race is considered one of those that could be decisive for the outcome of the Senate elections. If Democrat Talarico wins, he would be the first Democratic senator from Texas in more than three decades.

In San Antonio, Trump continued the message that he has been spreading across the country for days on his campaign tour: “Imagine if I were on the ballot.” The US President hopes to encourage more Republicans to vote. But to what extent the Republican candidates also perceive this as support is another question.

The news portal “Axios” recently reported on an audio recording in which Paxton’s statements can be heard at a closed-door meeting last month. Paxton is said to have told donors and lobbyists that Trump’s war against Iran and the resulting rise in fuel prices is making his election campaign more difficult. The war is in USA unpopular, and Trump’s popularity ratings have been in the basement for a long time.

In less than a month, on November 3rd, Americans will re-elect around a third of the senators and the entire House of Representatives in the general election. Trump’s Republicans currently hold a slim majority in both chambers of Congress. If they lose even one of the two chambers, Trump will have to expect significantly more resistance to his policies.