Activists don’t want senators to make decisions or exercise judgment anymore

Published June 13, 2026 5:30am ET



Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) did everything right. The four-term lawmaker voted with President Donald Trump. He kept his head down when it counted, bit his tongue when Trump said time had “passed him by,” and quietly accepted the indignity of watching Senate leadership beg a sitting president to endorse an incumbent of their own party. It was not enough.

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