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In reply to the discussion: Just like Uvalde [View all]

summer_in_TX

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26. Cornyn is bad, but not all bad.
Mon Jul 7, 2025, 10:35 PM
Jul 7

He's the Republican who sponsored gun-control legislation, such as it was, after Uvalde, that passed and President Biden signed into law.

After Wimberley's 2015 Memorial Day Weekend Flood, he came through. When a city council member also on the board of our start-up community radio station answered Cornyn's question about how he could help with a request that he help get Wimberley's radio station approved for broadcast for the duration of the emergency. He got it done and our station was licensed to begin broadcasting soon after that. Our primary motivation was to be able to save lives in fires and floods, but we were just approved to raise the money to get on the air and hadn't gotten anywhere before the floods. We were able to borrow equipment and use it to get on the air.

Credit where credit is due.

But he's running scared of Ken Paxton running to the right of him and has shown himself spineless when it comes to Trump. Trying to cling to power at all costs, even if the price is his soul.

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Just like Uvalde [View all] douglas9 Jul 7 OP
Y'all would think Ted Cruz at least would comment by now.................. Lovie777 Jul 7 #1
Ole Teddy is staying far away from this shite show SARose Jul 7 #2
Good News / Bad News: Paladin Jul 7 #4
Cornyn is bad, but not all bad. summer_in_TX Jul 7 #26
If they had only had those river water level gauges. But they did not want to pay for the upkeep on them. LiberalArkie Jul 7 #10
All those guys in big cowboy hats are yellow bellied cowards. Irish_Dem Jul 7 #3
They're in costume Beachnutt Jul 7 #6
Costumes to make them feel like brave, important men. Irish_Dem Jul 7 #7
Old Ted BigMin28 Jul 7 #5
GOP senators only care about money, perks, attention, power. Irish_Dem Jul 7 #8
The dead BigMin28 Jul 7 #21
Trump and his pals delight in the bodies piling up. Like Putin. Irish_Dem Jul 7 #23
Is Ted Cruz back from Cancun yet? Norrrm Jul 7 #9
The statement that flood waters rose 26 feet in "about" 45 minutes gab13by13 Jul 7 #11
That has been all over the news and video. txwhitedove Jul 7 #13
The videos were posted here on DU a number of times over the weekend. niyad Jul 7 #14
There is video... druidity33 Jul 7 #17
Kerrville water gauge ga_girl Jul 7 #18
Ted's staying out of the limelight, probably afraid he'll be denaturalized and deported. sop Jul 7 #12
The schadenfreude will have a bittersweet taste in my mouth. 58Sunliner Jul 7 #19
This more like B.P.'s Gulf of Mexico deep water oil well blow out because Dick Cheney stopped the ... Botany Jul 7 #15
Cruz et al are praying kkmarie Jul 7 #16
Useless paycheck collecting dlilafae Jul 7 #20
The North Remembers...or in this case: Texans Remember... CapnSteve Jul 7 #22
I heard on MoJo that Kerr County decided Ilsa Jul 7 #24
Ole Teddy was there this morning. He finally figured out there were TV cameras there. rsdsharp Jul 7 #25
The aftermath of the "No New Taxes" mantra. summer_in_TX Jul 7 #27
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