A big week ahead in Republican politics as President Trump's fight to reshape the Republican Party comes to Texas tomorrow to try to take out another incumbent senator.

And Democrats weigh how to move past 2024 losses with the midterms fast approaching.

For more on all of this, I'm joined by our Politics Monday duo.

That is Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report with Amy Walter and Tamara O'Keefe of NPR. It's great to see you both. Good to be here. Quick recap, as I know you've all been following this as well. President Trump has now, over the past few weeks, helped to oust Indiana state senators who opposed him. Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy, who voted to convict him in his impeachment trial.

Kentucky Congressman Thomas Massey, who opposed some of his policies.

President Trump is now heading to Texas tomorrow to back the Attorney General Ken Paxton,

who is trying to unseat the incumbent Senator John Cornyn.

Tam, what is the president's message here and is it going to work in Texas?

It certainly could work in Texas. The president is never more powerful than he is in Republican

primaries in red states. And that is what he has proven in all of these cases, is that among

Republican primary voters, he has a lot

of sway. However, the universe is much bigger than Republican primary voters. And some of the actions

that he has taken as president recently have caused backlash from within his own party because many other

members of Congress, in fact, are running in purple states, purple districts, and don't want

to have to run on President Trump's retribution campaigns.

Amy, Democrats like this.

They want to run against Ken Paxton in Texas. Tell us why. Yes. Well, he's got a lot of

political baggage, not the least of which he was indicted and impeached in the state. He has

personal baggage. And he's a terrible fundraiser. So Texas is a state that is very expensive

to run in. This is going to cost the party a lot of money.

Even if they were to succeed, they're going to have to pour and divert money that was supposed

to go to states where they feel like they have a better chance of winning or where they

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