CNN commentator Scott Jennings on incumbent Republicans being challenged in primaries for not being supportive enough of President Donald Trump.

SARA SIDNER, HOST: What’s it gonna look like in Congress, you think, if all of the people that Donald Trump has put up against incumbents end up in place in Congress? Will they ever sort of look at Donald Trump and go, hey, you know what, we’d like to have some of our power back? Because Congress has pretty much ceded a lot of their power. SCOTT JENNINGS: I mean, my, well, yeah, that didn’t just start in the last ten minutes. It’s been going on for a long time. I mean, my expectation is, is that these Republicans, if they win their races, and most of them I think will win, including Paxton, I agree with you, Denver, are gonna end up voting the Republican agenda, which is set by the White House. Now, who will have the majorities when we come back? You know, it’s gonna be a real race for the House and a real race for the Senate in the fall. I think the Democrats probably have a small advantage in the House. Republicans have a little advantage in the Senate, but it’s gonna be a real race. And every vote matters, and the president’s expectation is, is that every Republican who goes up there, you know, supports his agenda. ANA NAVARRO: But Scott, you recognize that that Cornyn supported Trump’s agenda 99% of the time. JENNINGS: I’m not arguing. NAVARRO: I don’t even remember what it is that Cornyn did that was so offensive to Trump that he would go against it and endorse a guy who’s been impeached for securities fraud, bribery, and all sorts of horrible things. JENNINGS: I will answer if you’d like. One of the unacknowledged points here is that Paxton was a little bit ahead in this race, okay? Cornyn won in the primary by a little bit, but there was a third guy in the race, Wesley Hunt. He didn’t make it. A lot of those voters were going to Paxton. Paxton was a little bit ahead in this. He might have won anyway, even without this endorsement. And so, I’m not so sure Cornyn, I mean, Cornyn was running a very competitive race. I’m not so sure he would have been able to pull it out. I don’t disagree with the point that Texas will become a little bit more expensive in the fall here. But your question is, what’s the expectation of Republicans? The voters. It’s not Trump. It’s Trump’s voters. The reason he has power and the reason he has influence is because they like him and they like his agenda. And if their perception is, is that you’re off that track or that you’re not doing all that you can for it, they’re going to go find somebody who will. Now, Trump, you know, sort of enforces their will. It’s not him singular. There’s a legion, millions of people out there who are looking for Republicans who will do everything within their power to make this president successful. Kentucky four, Texas, Alabama, Georgia, you name it. They are everywhere.

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