Today at the Republican Party of Texas Convention, John Cornyn was booed by members of the audience during his remarks onstage.
Here’s a clip:
US Sen John Cornyn gets viciously booed during much of his speech here at the Republican Party of Texas Convention. Here’s his closing remarks and the cascade of boos. pic.twitter.com/m2Hua9WdrV
— Jeremy Wallace (@JeremySWallace) June 17, 2022
I wasn’t there but those boos had to be about McConnell announcing that Cornyn was his point man to negotiate gun control legislation with Democrats in the Senate after the massacre in Uvalde.
In case you missed it, Cornyn’s name was the first thing out of McConnell’s mouth when he announced he’d support a bipartisan gun control framework:
NEW: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says he supports a bipartisan framework on gun safety and will likely vote for legislation that reflects it.
This would make 11 Republicans in favor of the bill which would likely pass the Senate.
pic.twitter.com/kkjK52fLMa— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) June 14, 2022
The last thing Republicans need before the midterms is to go all in on a gun control bill with Democrats in the name of bipartisanship.
I’m still hoping that Democrats get greedy and wreck this bipartisan framework so that it never makes it into a bill that Republicans actually vote for, because that surely won’t help us win the majorities we need to take back the House and Senate.