This is ridiculous, and I’m glad this guy is out because he's shown his true colors. How in the hell can he refuse to help the GOP because of sour grapes? My gosh, Cornyn, stop acting like a kid taking his ball and going home.
Now is the time for the GOP to coalesce, and if anyone wants to play RINO, the GOP needs to deal with them harshly. Is Cornyn ok with giving up this seat to a progressive who believes God is binary? If he continues, the party needs to throw him out. This is exactly what the party doesn’t need. All IMO.
“Sen. John Cornyn refuses to close ranks behind Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, lobbing attacks after losing to him in the Republican Senate primary — and Texas Republicans are furious.
Mr. Paxton’s tepid poll numbers are worrying state Republicans, and Republican insiders warn that Mr. Cornyn’s game is not helping and could cost the GOP not just the Senate seat but also a cascade of downballot races in the Lone Star State.
One Texas Republican lawmaker said Mr. Cornyn, 74, should get over the primary loss to Mr. Paxton, 63, who beat him in a runoff after winning a last-minute endorsement from President Trump.
The lawmaker said Mr. Cornyn should not exit a 24-year Senate career as a “bitter old man.”
“It would be best if he could get behind Paxton and just find something about him to talk positively about,” the lawmaker told The Washington Times. “But if you’re not going to do that, then step back. … You’ve already spent hundreds of millions of dollars to criticize him publicly. Stop.”
Mr. Cornyn is not staying quiet about his disdain for his Republican opponent.
He knocked Mr. Paxton as a “lazy” and “poor campaigner” in an interview published Friday by The Texas Tribune that detailed his reasons for not wanting to help Mr. Paxton defeat Democrat James Talarico.
Mr. Cornyn said Mr. Paxton was leading a lackadaisical campaign that “doesn’t raise money.”
“He basically is not offering a very compelling case for his election. He’s making this harder than it needs to be,” Mr. Cornyn said.
Mr. Paxton, he said, has not done “diddly squat” to persuade Mr. Cornyn’s supporters to back his race against Mr. Talarico.”
Rino scum