Tillis: Paxton Is a Failure, ‘He Doesn’t Deserve to Be in the U.S. Senate’

On Sunday, on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) criticized Trump-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), saying he did not deserve to win.

Host Jake Tapper said, “I wonder, you mentioned how the president was attacking you as a RINO, in addition, of course, the president defeated and pushed to defeat Senator Bill Cassidy in his Republican primary in Louisiana not long ago. And now the president’s endorsing the ethically challenged Ken Paxton in his race against incumbent Republican Senator John Cornyn. And there’s a chance that Cornyn is going to lose his primary on Tuesday. Is there going to be pushback, not just from you, but from Cassidy and Cornyn, Senator McConnell, when it comes to all sorts of things, the ballroom, the anti-weaponization fund, anything else?”

Tillis said, “Well, number one, I hate that Bill Cassidy lost. He’s a great American,