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TexasTowelie

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Fri Dec 13, 2019, 08:42 AM Dec 2019

John Cornyn Blames Democrats After Being Ripped By Houston Police Chief for Inaction on VAWA

John Cornyn Blames Democrats After Being Ripped By Houston Police Chief for Inaction on Violence Against Women Act


After being called out by Houston's police chief for failing to renew the Violence Against Women Act, Texas Sen. John Cornyn resorted to a tried-and-true defense: "It's the Democrats' fault!"

Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo during a Monday news conference tore into Cornyn, along with fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, over their failure to act on gun control legislation. The prior week, he tweeted to the same three lawmakers, demanding that they take action to protect women from domestic violence by renewing the Violence Against Women Act, which expired in February.

Cornyn responded to the December 5 tweet by blaming Democrats' efforts to impeach President Donald Trump.

"Unfortunately, important legislation like this has fallen casualty to impeachment mania," Cornyn wrote. "We will keep trying to pass a bipartisan bill but it takes two (parties) to tango."

Never mind that the Senate is unlikely to conduct its trial of the president until after the holidays and that the Democrat-controlled House passed a version of the Violence Against Women Act in April. The law can't be reinstated until after the Senate passes a version, but the measure has faced opposition from the NRA, which opposes its additional restrictions on gun access.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2019/12/11/john-cornyn-blames-democrats-after-being-ripped-by-houston-police-chief-for-inaction-on-violence-against-women-act
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John Cornyn Blames Democrats After Being Ripped By Houston Police Chief for Inaction on VAWA (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2019 OP
John Cornyn's just a little snowflake havin' some fun abqtommy Dec 2019 #1

abqtommy

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1. John Cornyn's just a little snowflake havin' some fun
Fri Dec 13, 2019, 09:48 AM
Dec 2019

But he won't last long in the Texas sun. Vote him out.

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