The Swamp is Local: Cornyn Staffer’s Defection to Talarico Reveals Why Conservatives are Constantly Betrayed
When most of us think about the swamp, we think of Washington parties, congressional office banter, and bureaucrats who think we’re all rubes.
But a major defection from Texas Sen. John Cornyn’s staff proves that the swamp isn’t all that far away, especially if you’re a Republican voter.
It isn’t any single person’s fault, but on the right, we generally don’t elect people who represent our best interests.
Red state liberals have gotten into politics as Republicans for years, and they’re good at telling people what they want to hear.
Cornyn was one of those people, and thankfully, after two decades, voters threw him out of office during May’s primary runoff against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
The decision to kick him to the curb looks better than ever this week after Cornyn staffer Jacob Smith left his job with the veteran Republican lawmaker to work with Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico in the role of deputy policy director.
Smith didn’t just work for Cornyn, either. He worked for other Republicans, too, per a report from NOTUS.
He worked for Cornyn for five years as a deputy legislative director and previously worked on the House Science Committee for Rep. Frank Lucas of Oklahoma. He was also a legislative aide for Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi.
What was a man who could so easily abandon the conservative movement for a dishonest, radical leftist like Talarico ever doing on any GOP congressional staff?
The answer lies with the Senate GOP and many in the House. These are people who, in many cases, run one dishonest campaign and then coast on name recognition for decades.