Activists don’t want senators to make decisions or exercise judgment anymore

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) did everything right. The four-term lawmaker voted with President Donald Trump. He kept his head down when it counted, bit his tongue when Trump said time had “passed him by,” and quietly accepted the indignity of watching Senate leadership beg a sitting president to endorse an incumbent of their own party. It was not enough. Recommended Stories Hunter Biden says he’s ‘99.9% certain’ Platner isn’t a Nazi, addresses controversial pardon on Newsom podcast Democrats nominated Platner to ‘connect better’ with men: Guy Benson Judge blocks Paxton from suing ActBlue over Talarico campaign concerns On May 26, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton demolished Cornyn in the Republican primary runoff, pulling 63.8% of the vote in what was a watershed moment for GOP politics in the…

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