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President Donald Trump told the Washington Examiner that he does not regret endorsing Ken Paxton for Texas Senate, despite recent audio leaks showing Paxton criticizing his own campaign and questioning control over it. Trump emphasized Paxton’s credentials as a former attorney general and maintained that he has no regrets about supporting him. The race between Paxton and Democratic challenger James Talarico is considered a toss-up by the Cook Political Report. Trump plans to campaign for Paxton again in Texas, highlighting the continued importance of his endorsement.

Written by AI on 2026-10-07, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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President Donald Trump stated he has no regrets about endorsing Ken Paxton for the Senate, despite recent audio leaks where Paxton expressed doubts about his campaign. During an interview with the Washington Examiner while speaking in the Oval Office, Trump defended Paxton as “a great attorney general” and predicted he would be a "great senator." In one leaked audio clip, Paxton criticized the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention for negatively affecting his poll numbers, saying, "So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers.” Trump responded by calling the convention “amazing” and reaffirmed his support.

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“Ken Paxton was a great — he was considered the best, or certainly one of the few best, but the best attorney general of the whole country — and now I would have no regrets at all,” the president continued.

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2026-10-07 · Washington Examiner

Trump doesn’t regret endorsing Ken Paxton for Senate · assertive framing

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t regret his endorsement of Texas Senate nominee Ken Paxton, despite recent audio leaks of the candidate bemoaning the state of his campaign. asserted

candidate → say → campaign

I think he’ll be a great senator,” Trump told the Washington Examiner while speaking in the Oval Office. asserted

Trump → think → Office

president → consider → regrets

At least three audio recordings of Paxton have leaked to the press. asserted

recordings → leak → press

In the first recording, Paxton was heard telling donors and lobbyists that the Republican National Committee’s midterm convention hurt his poll numbers. asserted

convention → hear → numbers

“So to be honest with you, the numbers — when we did that convention — it dropped our numbers,” Paxton said, according to the New York Times. uncertain

Paxton → do → Times

“Everybody’s numbers dropped. asserted

numbers → drop → ?

Trump defended the convention as “amazing” in response to Paxton’s comments. asserted

Trump → defend → comments

Then another audio recording showed Paxton claiming that Washington controlled his Texas-based campaign. asserted

Washington → show → campaign

“I’ve never been in a race where I felt less control over the campaign and, like, what issues are going to matter because it’s all coming—you know—from D.C.,” Paxton said, according to Politico. uncertain

Paxton → feel → Politico

On Wednesday, Axios reported that Paxton told donors and lobbyists that the Iran war was dragging down his campaign. asserted

war → report → campaign

“It’s not tariffs. … asserted

It → ’ → ?

It’s the war, it’s gas prices, it’s diesel,” said Paxton in the leaked audio. asserted

Paxton → ’ → audio

“When it’s over $6 per gallon for diesel… people are feeling the pinch,” he continued. asserted

he → ’ → pinch

The Cook Political Report rates the Texas Senate race between Paxton and Democrat James Talarico as a toss-up. asserted

Report → rat → up

Trump will stump for Paxton in Texas Wednesday night, his second time in two weeks as the GOP furiously works to boost him. asserted

GOP → stump → him

Trump doesn’t regret endorsing Ken Paxton for Senate

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