Stars align for Democrats. Trump is helping them

The president is setting up two Republican primary candidates for Senate to bruise each other and hurt the GOP

- MATT K. LEWIS CONTRIBUTING WRITER

TEXAS DEMOCRATS are falling into line behind Senate candidate James Talarico.

(John Moore Getty Images)

Paxton staggers out of the fight as the battered GOP nominee.

The only problem is that Republicans can see these stars aligning, too.

And while the Texas Senate seat matters a lot on its own, it matters even more in the context of nationwide midterm elections, in which a Texas win would help Democrats take back the Senate.

Enter the cavalry — or, more accurately, President Trump, who is now entering a second war in the span of a week, this one a civil war in the Lone Star State.

The day after the primary, Trump announced that he would be “making my Endorsement soon, and will be asking the candidate that I don’t Endorse to immediately DROP OUT OF THE RACE!”