“In the closing weeks of election season in Texas, Republicans are growing wary of each other, quietly distancing themselves from their onetime allies,” NBC News reports.“President Donald Trump on Thursday blamed turmoil in the marquee Senate race on two Texas Republicans who are not on the ballot. But it’s Ken Paxton, the Senate candidate Trump endorsed, who has many Republicans panicking that his controversies and other negative stories around him will drag down candidates in lower-ballot races.”“Meanwhile, Gov. Greg Abbott, locked in a margin-of-error race against Democrat Gina Hinojosa, has kept his distance from both Paxton and Trump — a longtime ally — on the trail.”“Yet Abbott is getting the same treatment from at least some in his own party. At least three lawmakers in battleground races have removed his endorsement from their websites.”Axios: Trump names scapegoats as Republicans sweat in Texas.