RINO Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), one of the multiple outgoing GOP senators–rejected at the polling booth by GOP voters by a massive margin–who has long been known as an enemy of President Donald Trump’s and who has repeatedly refused to do things that MAGA wants to see the GOP-controlled Senate do, once again went on the warpath against the president’s agenda.
Such came when Sen. Cornyn had a multi-part meltdown on X about the SAVE America Act, which Trump and his allies have been demanding that the GOP-controlled Senate get passed before midterms, as the GOP-controlled House of Representatives already has. The Senate has, so far, refused to do so.
Cornyn’s freakout came when Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) posted about trying to get the SAVE America Act passed, saying, “We will *not* regret putting in the hard work to pass the SAVE America Act—even though it will take weeks, requiring hard work. We will regret *not* passing it. Are the long weekends and recesses really worth losing our country? Of course not. @LeaderJohnThune, let’s do this!”
Cornyn got angry about that and replied to Lee by saying, “Mike, I am a co-sponsor and have repeatedly voted for this but you don’t have the votes. @LeaderJohnThune can’t change that. It is math. Try focusing on Democrats instead of Republicans. Republican on Republican attacks are hurting our chances to win the majority in November.”
That, in turn, led to Mike Lee calling out Cornyn and exposing his lies. “On what planet is this an attack on Republicans? We have majority support for the bill. In this rare circumstance, we should put it on the floor and keep debating it until it passes. That’s not an attack on Republicans. That’s a plan of attack against voter fraud,” Sen. Lee began.
Continuing, he noted, “We have the votes to pass it. The fact that we don’t (yet) have the votes for cloture doesn’t mean we couldn’t and wouldn’t get there if we resolved to keep debating it until it passes.” He then said, “So … who exactly is attacking Republicans?”
And, noting how absurd Cornyn’s attack was, saying, “Once my friend John Cornyn realizes that you’re saying this in his name—whoever you are—I don’t think he’ll be happy with you. If one can’t advocate for a legislative strategy without being accused of “attacking Republicans,” we’re in for a rough ride as a party.”
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Sen. Cornyn also got angry when GOP get out the vote specialist Scott Pressler chimed in on X to say that he had run into Cornyn and asked him to help pass the SAVE America Act, writing, “Just had a conversation with Senator John Cornyn at the airport. I was very gracious & asked him to pass the SAVE America Act.” Cornyn angrily replied, “Grifter”.
Skewering him in the replies, commenters said things like “Grifters dont work their asses off like @ScottPresler does for the American people. In fact, by definition it’s someone who tricks people out of their money for selfish reasons. Let’s look at your career, shall we?” and “Once again, voters were right about you.”
Watch Cornyn freak out as he got pressed on betraying Trump here:
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