Backed by the Senate’s top Republican, John Cornyn brought a delegation of GOP colleagues Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border to showcase and defend the party’s...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Rep. Wesley Hunt target Cornyn for his previous statements on President Trump’s border wall talk.U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, is seeking reelection to a fifth six-year term.
He faces primary challenges from U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Houston, and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.brought a delegation of GOP colleagues Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border to showcase and defend the party’s approach to stopping illegal crossings. Senate Majority Leader John Thune, who led the group of lawmakers, vouched for Cornyn’s border security credentials during a news conference in McAllen, describing the Texas senator as a “foremost expert” who has educated his colleagues on the issue. Cornyn highlighted $46.5 billion passed as part of President Donald Trump’s budget bill to construct more border wall sections, accompanied by cameras and sensors that help Border Patrol apprehend people crossing illegally.“The part that I’m most concerned about or most interested in, of course, is making sure that the federal government does right by the state of Texas and Texas taxpayers,” Cornyn said.About $11 billion of that money is expected to flow to Texas, Cornyn said, to cover expenses from Gov. Greg Abbott’sPaxton and Hunt belittled Cornyn’s border appearance. Paxton said in a news release it was intended to hide Cornyn’s record of undermining Trump’s efforts to finish the border wall. “Texans aren’t going to forget how Cornyn’s betrayed our country, and no last minute trip to the border to try and act tough is going to change that,” Paxton said.The Paxton campaign highlighted Cornyn’s past statements, such as saying “a new, giant wall between the United States and Mexico from sea to shining sea makes no sense whatsoever” and questioning Trump’s understanding of border issues.captioned the video on X“The idea of just building the wall obviously . . . would not have done the job,” Cornyn said. “I’ve said a million times in order to secure the border we need infrastructure, we need technology and we need boots on the ground.”Joseph Morton covers the intersection of business and politics in the Washington Bureau. Before joining The News, Joseph worked for CQ Roll Call and the Omaha World-Herald. He graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism.
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