Republican Party leaders pressured Lutnick to withdraw the $1.75 million support from the crypto PAC for Texas primaries.

According to Axios, Fellowship PAC—a cryptocurrency-focused super political action committee funded by Howard Lutnick’s former firm Cantor Fitzgerald—disclosed in its Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing plans to spend $1.75 million supporting Ken Paxton in the Texas primary runoff. This move has raised alarms among senior Republican officials. Several top GOP officials called Lutnick on Tuesday, urging him to intervene and correct course. Republican leaders are concerned that the expenditure could interfere in a sensitive intra-party primary—Donald Trump has yet to publicly endorse either Paxton or Senator John Cornyn.