- Senate majority leader John Thune is set to attend a fundraiser for Ken Paxton this week but will not speak on stage at the Republican convention in Dallas.
- Thune's absence from the convention's speaker lineup comes amid a possible rift with President Donald Trump over policy and campaign strategy.
- Trump has repeatedly demanded that Thune terminate the legislative filibuster while repeatedly bashing the Senate leader for supposedly standing in the way of the SAVE America Act.
- Despite spending millions against Paxton during the Texas Republican primary, Thune is now supporting him to help safeguard the party's Senate majority.
- Trump warned that voters are angry at Senate Republicans for stymieing his agenda, while Thune emphasized that Democrats are the ones blocking the legislation.
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