Posted on 01/17/2026 5:41:00 AM PST by DFG
Sen. John Cornyn stood in the shadow of the U.S.-Mexico border wall for a campaign event, but the Texas Republican didn’t offer the kind of diatribe about illegal immigration that stokes his party’s core and fueled Donald Trump’s rise to the White House.
Instead, Cornyn, in his courtly Houston drawl, politely thanked Trump for billions in federal dollars to reimburse Texans for work on the wall, praising “the president of the United States, to whom I am very grateful.”
Cornyn’s characteristic calm and measured comments betrayed the urgency of the moment for the four-term senator. He’s facing the political fight of his long career against two Republicans who claim closer ties to Trump and his MAGA movement and tend more toward fiery rhetoric. Now, Cornyn could become the first Republican Texas senator to lose renomination in a race that may reflect what GOP primary voters are looking for in their elected officials — and what it takes to survive in Trump’s Republican Party.
Some say the 73-year-old former Texas Supreme Court justice represents a bygone era in the GOP. Still, Cornyn, supporters and the Senate’s Republican leadership are fighting aggressively for an edge in the March 3 primary. They have spent tens of millions of dollars, much of it against his opponents, Attorney Gen. Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt — both self-styled Trump Republicans.
“We’ve got enough performance artists here in Washington,” Cornyn told The Associated Press, “people who think serving as a representative in the world’s most distinguished representative body — that what qualifies them — is they are loud, they are active on social media and they get a lot of attention.”
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He (and many many more) should have been term-limited out two terms ago.
I despise that baby-faced faux Christian. He’s more phony than Jim & Tammy Faye Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart combined.
I hope the Texans end this creeps political career before it ever starts.
All of them...
RCP shows any R beating any donk (Crockett or Talirico), so..... could Paxton and Cornyn throw enough mud at each other that Hunt climbs enough to surpass their declining numbers, much like you left the Paxton camp ?
29% for the leaders, 19% for Hunt currently, 2+ months to go...with some slippin’ & sliding’ and a little climbin’ for Hunt he could win a primary 25,24,24 or some such.
Hunt sounds like an upstanding rep, just less outgoing than the other two. Pax has issues about to exploited, and the incumbent is a RINO.
Where the hell did the DemonBRATs find that idiot? Puerto Rico? And why does he hate American infants? Geez.
Cornyn and Tillis are the worst POS RINO’s in the Senate. Thank God Tillis is retiring.
West isn’t running
Did you mean Wesley?
The part of the GOP with guts enough to stand up for what is right.
Sen. John Cornyn is like a flag............ goes which ever way the wind blows!
If you liked Allen West the last go-round, you’ll love “Doc” Pete Chambers. He’s grassroots, and building a helluva following. Go here:
https://docpetechambers.org/about
Check out Pete Chambers. https://docpetechambers.org/about
“ The part of the GOP with guts enough to stand up for what is right.”
Yes. I understand the concept
Who are they?
Who is West ?
There is no West. Are you and others referring to Wes ly Hunt ? There is a 'West' in Dallas....Col. Allen....past or present chair of Tex Republicans.
Reinhard Gehlen‘s tongue is do far up his arse that he can’t think straight.
Here’s another who’s who.
who is Reinhard Gehlen ?
Dips*t paper clip nazi founder of the CIA.
The 17th Amendment required that senators be elected by a direct popular vote not appointed by the ELITES.
Over a hundred later, it seems the ELITES have been able to still get their way.
Lots of money and closed primaries, have allowed most senate seats to be bought and paid for.
Which means the senate is no more than a snake pit of 100 snakes who have been bought and paid for to SELL Our Republic out.
Nothing GOOD ever comes out of the Senate.
Not Harding, Not Kennedy, Not LBJ, Not McGovern, Not Dole, Not Gore, Not Kerry, Not Obama, Not McCain, Not Clinton, Not Harris.
And there are folk on this forum who believe that Vance or Rubio will be the exception?
Jeez how could I leave out the worst of the worst Joseph Robinette Biden Jr?
Maybe we do have the ability to erase traumatic events from our memory.
It helps us to understand why the 17th Amendment was established. Rich folks and big businesses were able to corrupt the selection of the Senator by the State Legislature. Basically, all you had to do was to bribe a bunch of State Legislators to get your buddy appointed.
At least today, you can run for the Senate. It's not perfect but it's a better process than what we had before the 17th Amendment.
If we didn't have the 17th Amendment today, it would have been too easy for Soros to bribe all 50 State legislatures. So we will have 100 AOCs/Bernie Sanders in the Senate lol.
Yes. Wesley Hunt. Thanks for the correction.
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