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flibbitygiblets

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Mon Oct 19, 2020, 04:15 PM Oct 2020

Cornyn says he broke with Trump on deficit, border wall, but kept opposition private [View all]

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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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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
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