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WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump is undermining his own legislative agenda by working to oust two Republican senators, Sen. Lisa Murkowski said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cMaybe he doesn’t think he needs us,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I don’t know. Last I checked,<\/p>\n

the laws don’t just appear before his desk to be signed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s actions to take down incumbent Republicans may ultimately get him a Senate that is more fiercely loyal to him. But new senators won\u2019t be sworn in until next year. In the meantime, Murkowski said, Trump has to work with the Senate he\u2019s got.<\/p>\n

And that now includes two senators with less reason than ever to do his bidding.<\/p>\n

One Republican the president doomed \u2014 Sen. Bill Cassidy, who lost his Louisiana primary Saturday to a Trump-endorsed challenger \u2014 is already showing more independence.<\/p>\n

Cassidy voted Tuesday to advance a resolution to end the war with Iran, despite voting the opposite when the measure came up before. Murkowski said that was Cassidy registering \u201chis perspective that he doesn’t feel bound to be there to support the administration’s position\u201d anymore.<\/p>\n

Trump dropped a bombshell on Senate Republicans Tuesday by endorsing scandal-prone<\/u> Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in that state\u2019s GOP primary.<\/p>\n

On top of that, Murkowski learned from a reporter that Vice President JD Vance had denigrated the incumbent, Sen. John Cornyn, at a White House briefing, suggesting he was beholden to corporate money. She was incensed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI mean, Paxton is a crook and a corrupt individual,\u201d she told reporters. \u201cJohn Cornyn, oh my goodness. In terms of an upstanding individual \u2014 a lawmaker, a former judge \u2014 I can’t think of anybody who is just, again, more upstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

No matter what happens in the Texas election, Cornyn and Cassidy will still be senators until January, voting on Trump\u2019s bills, Murkowski said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe president may have just opened some opportunities for people,\u201d Murkowski said.<\/p>\n

New cracks are already showing in the Senate GOP\u2019s loyalty to their president. Several Republicans, including Murkowski, expressed doubts this week about two of Trump\u2019s pending proposals: $1 billion for security at his White House ballroom project, and a nearly $1.8 billion fund to compensate people he believes were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m calling it right now the litigation slush fund, because I am looking for more parameters to it, to really understand how it might be used in a beneficial and a fair way,\u201d Murkowski said. \u201cBut I have a lot more questions than I have answers today.\u201d<\/p>\n

She, Cassidy and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine are the only remaining Republican senators of the seven who voted to convict Trump after his 2021 impeachment. Murkowski survived Trump\u2019s attempt to oust her in 2022.<\/p>\n

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