I do not know that I trust this article/blog. It says “Rand says...’, but when it lists the other senators, it says “reportedly”, rather than “according to Rand”. And why would Ted Cruz be on the list instead of John Cornyn?
Not to mention that it takes 2/3 to override a veto, which is 67, not 60.
Ted just got re-elected and Cornyn is up in 2020.
Bush League Republicans always switch the betrayal around depending on who is up for re-election.
why would Ted Cruz be on the list instead of John Cornyn?
Because above all else our favorite Cubanandian, Teddy Bear Cruz, is a virtue signalling “constitionalist.” If there is one thing I have learned from the Age of Trump it is never vote for a US Senator for POTUS.
I'm thinking this is a vote trade between Cruz and Cornyn. As a member of pubbie leadership no way can Cornyn vote against the open borders the donor base paid for. Conversely, Cornyn can't get re-elected in 2020 if he doesn't vote to uphold President Trump's emergency order to close the border.
Cruz just got reelected last year so he's safe for five years and needs to accumulate some brownie points with leadership. The open borders crowd won't hold Cornyn's vote against him as long as the border wall gets scuttled. Pretty slick, huh.