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Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) record is receiving increased scrutiny as the Washington establishment spends tens of millions to save the embattled incumbent from a grassroots challenge by MAGA-aligned Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.Cornyn and his allies spent a staggering $70 million in the primary to paint the four-term career politician as a friend of President Donald Trump with a conservative record – spending that made the Texas Republican Senate primary the most expensive primary in the nation’s history. But those Washington consultant-crafted ads hide that Cornyn has spent nearly a decade working to stop President Donald Trump and more than two decades undermining the conservative movement.
From his vocal opposition to Trump’s presidential campaigns and defense of the lawfare waged against Donald Trump to his sabotaging of the America First agenda, Cornyn has consistently turned his back on Trump when it mattered most.
Cornyn Defended the Lawfare Against President Trump
Instead of defending Trump against efforts to bankrupt, defeat, and even imprison him, Cornyn attacked him and justified the actions of the radicals engaging in politically-motivated lawfare:
- When asked about the indictment and charges against President Trump in special counsel Jack Smith’s document retention case, Cornyn forcefully chastised Trump and blamed Trump for the lawfare, stating, “He’s created a circumstance for himself, which is I think very, very serious.”
- He added, “This one is basically something that he’s admitted to on the material facts, and we’ll have to see what the judge and jury does… this is out of the hands of politics now. It’s up to the courts to make the decision.”
- Cornyn condemned House Republicans for investigating Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s lawfare against Trump, stating, “I would hope they would stick to the agenda they ran on when they got elected to the majority.”
- Cornyn reacted to the verdict in the E. Jean Carroll case by trying to undermine Trump electorally, saying,“The fact is, I do not think he could win the presidency.”
Cornyn Opposed Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaigns and Worked to Undermine His Political Career
Cornyn tried to stop Trump from winning the GOP nominations in 2024 and 2016 – elections when Trump was not currently in office and held little leverage over lawmakers.
- In May 2023, Cornyn said Republicans “need someone as an alternative” to Trump, he couldn’t win a general election, and that his “time had passed him by.”
- When asked about calling for the GOP to move on from Trump in 2024, Cornyn defended his remarks by saying, “In politics, unless you can win an election you’re pretty much irrelevant… I have concerns about the President’s ability to win in November.”
- In December 2022, he said, “I think [Trump is] less relevant all the time. Again, even if you capture all of the Trump voters, you may be able to win a primary but you’re not necessarily going to win a general election.”
- In February 2016, Cornyn said he was concerned Trump would be an “albatross” for down-ballot races and that “I think [Trump] certainly is a controversial figure. I think we need someone who can unify the party, as opposed to divide the party.
- As he did for Trump, Cornyn now attacks Ken Paxton as an “albatross” who cannot win a general election.
In several key moments before and after the 2020 election when Trump was president, Cornyn betrayed him. --->READ MORE HERE
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The president appeared to scold the attorney general.
President Donald Trump appears to be leaning toward endorsing Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas GOP Senate primary, issuing a stark warning to state Attorney General Ken Paxton in an interview with POLITICO.The president, in a brief phone conversation Thursday morning, said an endorsement will be “made pretty soon” before addressing Paxton, who recently said he would not drop out of the race even if Trump endorses Cornyn.
“Well, that’s bad for him to say,” Trump said. “That is bad for him. So maybe, maybe that leads me to go the other direction.”
filed for divorce “on biblical grounds.”Both Cornyn and Paxton have lobbied hard for the president’s support. --->READ MORE HERETrump had previously stated he would ask the candidate he does not endorse to step aside.
Senate Republicans have already asked Trump to back Cornyn, who narrowly pulled ahead of Paxton on Tuesday in the first round of the primary. The two now face a heated runoff, which could last for another three months unless one of them ends their campaign.
The battle between Cornyn and Paxton has been expensive and full of personal attacks between the candidates. The National Republican Senatorial Committee has called Paxton a “wife-cheater and fraud.” His ex-wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton,
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