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It's revenge time | Ousted GOP senator teases revolt against Trump: 'You ain't seen nothing yet' (www.rawstory.com)
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Outgoing Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), defeated in May's GOP primary by a Trump-endorsed opponent, made clear Friday he plans to use his "newfound political freedom" to extract concessions from the White House – or blow up its plans in the process, Punchbowl News reported Monday.

At the top of Cornyn’s list is officially shuttering the Trump administration’s anti-weaponization fund, a taxpayer-funded $1.7 billion fund dedicated to awarding payouts to those who’ve claimed to have been unfairly targeted by the Biden Administration’s Justice Department. Cornyn suggested that President Donald Trump’s nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche could be in jeopardy if the White House doesn’t fold on the fund.

“They’re not enthusiastic about it, but if they want to get [Blanche] out of the committee, I think they realize they need to talk to us,” Cornyn said, according to Punchbowl News.

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[–] lIlIlIlIlIlIl@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago (2 children)

His time to do ANYTHING HELPFUL was while in the Senate. Now that he’s retired he’s one of “the good ones”

Fuck that, another snake pushing copium

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No one thinks he's a good guy and I don't think he cares, he's just getting his revenge.

[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

I'm ok with them seeking revenge against each other.

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago

He's not retired yet; he'll be there till after the mid term elections, so there's time for him to make up (a little anyway) for being a shitass

[–] Washedupcynic@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 week ago

He's just salty he lost his primary. He was happy to drink the kool-aid from the start of the Trump presidency. Get bent Coryn.

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I’ll believe it when I see it, but an ousted senator doesn’t seem like he holds many cards.

[–] bluGill@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago

He holds several interesting cards though. He is still a republican in a senate where republicans have a majority - which means if the republicans want to do something unpopular he can sponsor and take credit for it: since he is out anyway he doesn't have to worry about reelection and so can be the face of it. In turn that means he can get things he wants done in the same bill.

It remains to be seen how this plays out of course.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Bullshit. This is the same guy who sends constituents form letters claiming the SAVE America act is fantastic.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Was this before or after trump screwed him over?

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Probably during.

[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It’s current. Got the form letter reply from him last week. I really thought he’d say “fuck it” at this point because he’s old and isn’t going to be re-elected. But no, he’s still toeing the party line.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

Lmao. Real high stakes shit here to draw a line in the sand the courts have already drawn

[–] eddanja@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

Can we put in requests? I would like to see the golden shower video.

[–] CaliforniaSober@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

And you won’t see anything still.

This ass is a republican, not a patriot, not a fighter.

[–] dermanus@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago

You ain't seen nothing yet

That is accurate

[–] stoly@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

So he was a shitbag who did nothing good but might actually do something good out of a need to get revenge. I mean, I'll take it, but seriously, he must have the mind of a 10 year old.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

Until he starts paying people to vote against Paxton he's useless

[–] nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

Rawstory is among the least reliable left-wing media. Bad enough that I just ignore it.