Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:15 PM

Cornyn says he broke with Trump on deficit, border wall, but kept opposition private

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Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram

..the senior Republican senator from Texas, who is being challenged by Democrat MJ Hegar, said he chose to work on those disagreements with the president’s staff in private discussions, rather than by publicly voicing his opposition.

Although polls show Cornyn with a small lead over Hegar, both candidates are vying for undecided voters during an extraordinary election season in which many once-solid Republican public office seats are now in reach for Democrats.

Cornyn initially described his relationship with Trump as “maybe like a lot of women who get married and think they’re going to change their spouse, and that doesn’t usually work out very well.”

“But when I have had differences of opinion, which I have, (I) do that privately,” Cornyn said. “I have found that has allowed me to be much more effective, I believe, than to satisfy those who say I ought to call him out or get into a public fight with him.”

Read more: https://www.star-telegram.com/news/politics-government/article246503045.html

What an incredibly misogynistic way of saying "I'm a coward". I sincerely hope Hegar runs with that.

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Cornyn says he broke with Trump on deficit, border wall, but kept opposition private (Original post)	flibbitygiblets	Oct 2020	OP
weak sauce coward.	bullimiami	Oct 2020	#1
Personally I think he's losing	vercetti2021	Oct 2020	#2
I absolutely agree with this assessment	Skittles	Oct 2020	#12
Well it hasn't been effective, Senator. And yes dripping with sexism	Walleye	Oct 2020	#3
Must be one of those double-secret probation/opposition thingies	PSPS	Oct 2020	#4
Don't you think your constituents would care if you shared publicly???	RANDYWILDMAN	Oct 2020	#5
Rats deserting the ship!	vishnura	Oct 2020	#6
Opposition by secrecy? What good is it? Like a private, quiet resistance? He's trying to steal	bucolic_frolic	Oct 2020	#7
My wife, my son and I just voted for MJ	trc	Oct 2020	#8
Too little, too late. And total BS to boot.	Nitram	Oct 2020	#9
Sen. Cornyn, you still afraid of him, aren't you? What did he do to you?	NCjack	Oct 2020	#10
"... that has allowed me to be much more effective" Effective?	mpcamb	Oct 2020	#11
Hey, dumbass!	Jirel	Oct 2020	#13
cornhole didn't do shit. he's panicking because Hegar is hot on his heals.	Javaman	Oct 2020	#14
Exactly	vercetti2021	Oct 2020	#15
What a load of Cornyn crap.	hamsterjill	Oct 2020	#16
Oh well, never mind then. You're forgiven, John.	SergeStorms	Oct 2020	#17
Gee that's quite the Profile in Courage	Docreed2003	Oct 2020	#18
LOL, I'm sure the Kennedy Center will be reaching out to John any minute now	flibbitygiblets	Oct 2020	#19
LOCKING	applegrove	Oct 2020	#20

Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:17 PM

bullimiami (12,088 posts)

1. weak sauce coward.

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:19 PM

vercetti2021 (8,669 posts)

2. Personally I think he's losing

Because he's so stuck up trumps ass that there's no way he would say this

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Response to vercetti2021 (Reply #2)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:58 PM

Skittles (147,707 posts)

12. I absolutely agree with this assessment

fuck Cornyn

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:20 PM

Walleye (21,472 posts)

3. Well it hasn't been effective, Senator. And yes dripping with sexism

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:26 PM

PSPS (12,808 posts)

4. Must be one of those double-secret probation/opposition thingies

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:27 PM

RANDYWILDMAN (2,345 posts)

5. Don't you think your constituents would care if you shared publicly???

You and Ben Sasse can have a partyline over your grave, but private concerns..... maybe invite Susan from Maine she has grave concerns.....

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:29 PM

vishnura (210 posts)

6. Rats deserting the ship!

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:30 PM

bucolic_frolic (35,301 posts)

7. Opposition by secrecy? What good is it? Like a private, quiet resistance? He's trying to steal

credit for something that may, or may not, have happened. I don't believe him.

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:41 PM

trc (814 posts)

8. My wife, my son and I just voted for MJ

I have high hopes that this is the year!

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:48 PM

Nitram (19,964 posts)

9. Too little, too late. And total BS to boot.

I suspect we'll be getting a lot of this as Trump goes out with a whimper.

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:49 PM

NCjack (10,064 posts)

10. Sen. Cornyn, you still afraid of him, aren't you? What did he do to you?

Sexual assault?

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 03:49 PM

mpcamb (2,672 posts)

11. "... that has allowed me to be much more effective" Effective?

He's been on the wrong side of everything, capitulating to trump!

This is a cheap excuse for total incompetence.

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:01 PM

Jirel (1,767 posts)

13. Hey, dumbass!

It doesn't count unless you actually SAY something and DO something about it. Just admit you're chickenshit, and GTFO!

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:09 PM

Javaman (60,685 posts)

14. cornhole didn't do shit. he's panicking because Hegar is hot on his heals.

like a typical rebuke, he's an opportunist when it comes to saving his own skin.

he weighed the odds looked at the polsl and thought it safe to do a little orange asshole bashed (after he found out that being a sycophant to the orange asshole wasn't working) to try and get him some traction in the poles.

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Response to Javaman (Reply #14)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:10 PM

vercetti2021 (8,669 posts)

15. Exactly

I'm taking his campaign saw some internal polling that's scaring the shit out of him

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:20 PM

hamsterjill (14,742 posts)

16. What a load of Cornyn crap.

Voted for MJ and all other Dems yesterday. We need to be rid of this tongue-tied liar.

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:20 PM

SergeStorms (18,090 posts)

17. Oh well, never mind then. You're forgiven, John.

BULLSHIT, YOU COWARD! Go piss up a rope.

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:27 PM

Docreed2003 (15,022 posts)

18. Gee that's quite the Profile in Courage

🙄🙄

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Response to Docreed2003 (Reply #18)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:34 PM

flibbitygiblets (7,220 posts)

19. LOL, I'm sure the Kennedy Center will be reaching out to John any minute now

Move over, Nancy Pelosi, Barack Obama and Gabby Giffords...

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Response to flibbitygiblets (Original post)

Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:38 PM

applegrove (111,048 posts)

20. LOCKING

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