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U.S. Sen. John Cornyn acknowledged Friday that at times he has disagreed with President Trump on issues such as budget deficits and debt, tariffs and trade agreements and border security.
But, the senior Republican senator from Texas, who is being challenged by Democrat MJ Hegar, said he chose to work on those disagreements with the presidents staff in private discussions, rather than by publicly voicing his opposition.
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Cornyn initially described his relationship with Trump as maybe like a lot of women who get married and think theyre going to change their spouse, and that doesnt usually work out very well.
Cornyn continued: I think what we found is that were not going to change President Trump. He is who he is. You either love him or hate him, and theres not much in between. What I tried to do is not get into public confrontations and fights with him because, as Ive observed, those usually dont end too well.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article246503045.html
irisblue
(32,954 posts)🐔💩🐔💩🐔💩🐔💩🐔💩
Faux pas
(14,657 posts)TwilightZone
(25,454 posts)After he's voted repeatedly to cut them out of the ACA.
Blatant lying.
dalton99a
(81,426 posts)True Blue American
(17,982 posts)A long list of what Cornyn has voted for. At first Cornyn looked shocked, then tried to laugh it off. Along with the McConnell cackle when Amy McGrath laid out his lack of doing anything, that laugh is not working so well this year.
bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)dalton99a
(81,426 posts)The Long List of Complicit Cornyn Choosing Trump Over Texas
ResistantAmerican17
(3,797 posts)rurallib
(62,403 posts)RussellCattle
(1,535 posts)I expected no less from an idiot who got elected Senator from Texas because he looks like a Senator from Texas. Molly Ivins and Ann Richards had your number.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)now that they got theirs and are facing a Dem administration.
I hate them so much. Obvious, but am driven to blurt this out hourly.
vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)LETS GO MJ!!!!
Firestorm49
(4,030 posts)malaise
(268,846 posts)Fucker had a chance to remove the impeached Mofo.
Fuck you Cornyn! One more reckless ReTHUG!!
mopinko
(70,069 posts)prolly not back to that impeachment vote, tho.
malaise
(268,846 posts)Banish them!
mopinko
(70,069 posts)JCMach1
(27,555 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)All these people who chained themselves to Trump desperately trying to get themselves loose while sinking to the bottom of the sewer with him. Too late, chumps!
boston bean
(36,220 posts)MagickMuffin
(15,933 posts)OOPS!
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/john-cornyn/
Hey Cornyn you CANNOT run away from YOUR VOTING RECORD
And I voted for MJ Hegar and against you.
Leith
(7,808 posts)According to 538, Cornyn voted against shitgibbon on:
The 116th Congress:
- Funding the Dept of Commerce and other parts of the government, 10/31/2019
- Providing disaster relief to Puerto Rico, 05/23/19
- Disapproving of withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan and Syria, 02/04/19
The 115th Congress:
- Nonbinding motion calling for congressional approval of national security tarrifs, 07/11/2018
- Imposing sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea, 07/27/2017
- Imposing sanctions on Russia, 06/14/17
So his average is to vote against shitgibbon 1 1/2 times per year. Wow! How did poor Corny survive?!
Mr. Ected
(9,670 posts)The Magistrate
(95,244 posts)"Courage is the form all virtue takes at the sticking point."
Vivienne235729
(3,381 posts)I hope Texas kicks him out on his ass. Wretched man.
UTUSN
(70,671 posts)2naSalit
(86,502 posts)Paladin
(28,246 posts)It probably won't help with that "I'm brave enough to disagree with the prez" bullshit, but it'll unclog your sinuses a little.....