President Donald Trump on Thursday said Sen. John Cornyn and Republican political strategist Karl Rove were "doing everything possible to make it hard" for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to win the upcoming U.S. Senate election.

What they're saying: On Truth Social, Trump said the pair should "be ashamed of themselves" and that they are "hurting Texas." "If Ken Paxton loses, it will be because of WEAK and INEFFECTIVE Political Hacks like John Cornyn and Karl Rove, who have ineffectively opposed me for my entire political career," Trump said.

Trump calls for former Cornyn supporters to rally behind Paxton Paxton defeated Cornyn in a primary runoff in May after receiving Trump's endorsement.