Thune And GOP Establishment Fight Harder For Worthless Cornyn Than SAVE Act
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The establishment GOP will stop at nothing to keep its power to do nothing.
Texans and MAGA voters’ first instinct if President Donald Trump follows through with his reported endorsement of Sen. John Cornyn in the Texas primary will be anger. The real object of their ire, however, is not Trump but Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who has spent more time campaigning to save another GOP establishment pawn from losing his upper chamber seat than he has saving the country from the clutches of the radical left.
It should not be difficult for a Republican trifecta to pass popular legislation enshrining the GOP’s election integrity agenda — or any other useful conservative policy — in law. Doing so would not only insulate Republicans from some of the shenanigans that have plagued elections all across the country, but it would also prove to Americans that members of the red party have earned reelection come November.
Yet, with Thune at the helm, the Senate has repeatedly stalled the SAVE America Act. Despite possessing a procedural option that would force Democrats to publicly explain their opposition to photo ID and proof-of-citizenship requirements in federal elections, Thune resorted to excuses about Senate bandwidth and practiced failure theater to get out of his responsibility to represent Republican voters.
Thune has spent more time and effort, it seems, to protect his friend and ally from getting primaried by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by goading Trump into handing the incumbent an endorsement.
“If the establishment fought as hard for the SAVE America Act as they do for a weak incumbent who spent $100 million only to be rejected by nearly 60% of GOP voters, it would already be law. It’s sad incumbent protection is more important than advancing President Trump’s agenda,” Paxton posted on Thursday.
Maybe Paxton is scrambling ahead of what has turned out to be one of the most heated primary-turned-runoffs in the nation and the looming news that Trump could endorse his opponent. Or maybe, just maybe, he’s right.
“If the president can weigh in, it would make it enormously helpful,” Thune quipped to Punchbowl News on Wednesday.