On Thursday, Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cornyn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cornyn</a> (R-TX) became the first member to declare his candidacy to replace Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitch-mcconnell" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitch McConnell</a> (R-KY) as leader of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate</a> GOP.
Cornyn made the announcement one day after McConnell said he planned to step down from the position once his colleagues have elected a new leader in November and that person takes on the role in January.
“I am asking my Republican colleagues to give me the opportunity to succeed Leader McConnell,&#8221; Cornyn said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/frankthorp/status/1763222881087963368" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. &#8220;I have learned a lot during my time both in and out of Senate leadership.&#8221;
First elected to the Senate in 2002, Cornyn is in his <a href="https://www.cornyn.senate.gov/about/about-john-cornyn/">fourth term</a>. Over the years, he has served as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) and then as Republican whip, the No. 2 ranking position within the Senate GOP.
Cornyn is also a staunch supporter of former President Donald Trump, voting in line with Trump&#8217;s position <a href="https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/john-cornyn/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">92.2%</a> of the time while Trump was in office and has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senator-cornyn-endorses-trump-following-new-hampshire-win" target="_blank" rel="noopener">endorsed</a> him again in this year&#8217;s election.
&#8220;During my two terms as NRSC Chair, we shrunk Democrats’ majority by five seats and laid the foundation to retake the majority in 2014,&#8221; Cornyn said. &#8220;Then as the Republican Whip, I helped President Trump advance his agenda through the Senate, including passing historic tax reform and remaking our judiciary &#8211; including two Supreme Court Justices.&#8221;
Before joining the Senate, Cornyn served as a justice in the Texas Supreme Court and as Texas attorney general. The senator has been making headlines for his clash with the current Republican attorney general, Ken Paxton, over <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4465233-cornyn-blasts-texas-ag-paxton/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issues such as foreign aid</a>.
Other Republicans who are being talked about as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/heres-who-might-run-to-replace-mcconnell-as-senate-gop-leader-including-the-three-johns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">potential candidates</a> for GOP leader include Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), Senate Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), and NRSC Chairman <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1762922197478212086" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Steve Daines</a> (R-MT).
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In his pitch to colleagues, Cornyn touted a &#8220;track record of listening to colleagues and seeking consensus.&#8221; He added that his tenure in the Senate has been marked by &#8220;leading the fight to stop bad policies that are harmful to our nation and the conservative cause.&#8221;
Cornyn said he intends to &#8220;play a major role in fixing&#8221; the Senate by restoring its role in the constitutional republic. He targeted communication, transparency, and inclusion of expertise and opinion as areas for improvement.
&#8220;We will restore the important role of Senate committees and reestablish the regular appropriations process, rather than lurch from one crisis to another,&#8221; Cornyn said. &#8220;And we will return power back to our members; there will be no more backroom deals or forced votes on bills without adequate time for review, debate, and amendment.&#8221;
Cornyn concluded, &#8220;I am ready to get to work and look forward to continuing to engage with my colleagues.&#8221;

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John Cornyn Announces Bid To Replace McConnell As Senate GOP Leader

Cornyn Announces Bid To Replace McConnell As Senate GOP Leader

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cornyn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cornyn</a> (R-TX) announced on Tuesday following former President Donald Trump&#8217;s victory in New Hampshire that he is endorsing the former president.
&#8220;I have seen enough. To beat Biden, Republicans need to unite around a single candidate, and it’s clear that President Trump is Republican voters’ choice,&#8221; Cornyn said. &#8220;Four more years of failed domestic policies like the Biden Border Crisis and record-high inflation, and failed foreign policies that have emboldened our adversaries and made the world a more dangerous place, must be stopped.&#8221;
&#8220;I am proud of our accomplishments in President Trump’s first term, including the confirmation of 234 federal judges, including three members of the United States Supreme Court; passing historic tax reform, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act; unleashing our energy potential; and ushering in the best economy for all Americans in my lifetime,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I will be continuing to work to elect a Republican Senate majority and to elect President Trump in 2024.&#8221;
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Cornyn joins dozens of other Republican Senators who have endorsed Trump, including Sens. Katie Britt (AL), Tommy Tuberville (AL), Tom Cotton (AR), Marco Rubio (FL), Rick Scott (FL), Mike Crapo (ID), James Risch (ID), Mike Braun (IN), Roger Marshall (KS), Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS), Roger Wicker (MS), Josh Hawley (MO), Eric Schmitt (MO), Steve Daines (MT), Ted Budd (NC), Kevin Cramer (ND), John Hoeven (ND), JD Vance (OH), Markwayne Mullin (OK), Lindsey Graham (SC), Tim Scott (SC), Marsha Blackburn (TN), Bill Hagerty (TN), Ted Cruz (TX), Mike Lee (UT), and John Barrasso (WY).

Senator Cornyn Endorses Trump Following New Hampshire Win

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Senate Majority Leader <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chuck-schumer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Schumer</a>&#8216;s (D-NY) plan to pass a border deal after delaying the end-of-the-year holiday break will not succeed, a Republican senator predicted on Sunday.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY7SiUSnlng" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221;</a> anchor Shannon Bream that he spoke with a couple of the &#8220;key&#8221; negotiators in talks geared toward linking a border security overhaul to funds for Ukraine, Israel, and other national security issues.
&#8220;They feel like they’re making some progress, but I know Sen. Schumer thinks there’s going to be some deal cut behind closed doors and then jam it through the Senate and then jam the House. That&#8217;s not going to happen,&#8221; Cornyn said.
&#8220;But we are making some progress, but this isn’t just about money. This is about policies that will actually stem the flow of mass migration across the border, along with the drugs and everything that goes with it,&#8221; he added.
Schumer <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-providing-an-update-on-the-critical-national-security-supplemental-package" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> last week that the upper chamber would stay in session another week to allow Senate and Biden administration negotiators to reach a compromise to answer President Joe Biden&#8217;s national security supplemental request <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/whats-bidens-106-billion-supplemental-funding-request-2023-10-20/#:~:text=Oct%2020(Reuters)%20%2D%20U.S.,Indo%2DPacific%20and%20border%20enforcement." target="_blank" rel="noopener">worth more than $100 billion</a>.
&#8220;Members need to be here next week. We have to get this done. Our Republican colleagues who have said action on the border is so urgent should have no problem with continuing to work next week,&#8221; Schumer said. &#8220;We hope to come to an agreement. But no matter what, members should be aware that we will vote on a supplemental proposal next week.&#8221;
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The House&#8217;s GOP majority <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/11/us/politics/house-republicans-immigration-bill.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> border legislation earlier this year, but Schumer refused to have the Senate take up the bill and what he described as <a href="https://www.democrats.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/majority-leader-schumer-floor-remarks-on-the-urgent-need-to-pass-national-security-supplemental-funding-legislation-to-support-our-friends-and-allies-and-defend-democracy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;partisan right-wing demands</a>.&#8221; Now, the lower chamber has adjourned for the holidays, not waiting for the Senate and Biden administration to develop a new framework.
&#8220;For some reason, the Biden Administration waited until this week to even begin negotiations with Congress on the border issue. While that work should continue, the House will not wait around to receive and debate a rushed product,&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerJohnson/status/1735436867980398865" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post to X on Thursday.
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/conservative-groups-ex-border-officials-demand-lawmakers-reject-unacceptable-border-compromise" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Conservatives</a> and <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/12/15/biden-border-ukraine-israel-senate-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leftist members of Congress</a> have expressed skepticism about what may emerge from the border negotiations, which could include asylum and immigration reforms.
“All we are asking for the president to do is to actually enforce the law, and now that we&#8217;ve got the purse strings of Congress that Congress controls, we are hoping to use that as leverage to change those policies,&#8221; Cornyn said of GOP priorities.
&#8220;What we’re asking for is humane, orderly, and legal immigration. Right now, the only people benefitting from the status quo are the human smugglers, the criminal organizations that are getting richer by the day along with the drug cartels,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And for the last three years, President Biden has demonstrated he simply didn&#8217;t care. Well, apparently, now, he cares. We&#8217;ve got his attention and we intend to do something about it.&#8221;

Schumer’s Border Strategy ‘Not Going To Happen,’ GOP Senator Says

Schumer's Border Strategy 'Not Going To Happen,' GOP Senator Says

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cornyn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cornyn</a> (R-TX) appeared to change his views in a matter of just a couple days this week on House Republicans&#8217; impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
&#8220;I am directing our House committees to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden,&#8221; Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-announces-formal-impeachment-inquiry-against-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement on Tuesday. &#8220;Over the past several months, House Republicans have uncovered serious and credible allegations into President Biden’s conduct — a culture of corruption.&#8221;
Cornyn initially came out against the inquiry, suggesting that it was a waste of time and House Republicans would be better served by focusing on other things.
“It really comes to how do you prioritize your time? I don’t know of anybody who believes Chuck Schumer will take it up and actually have a trial and convict a sitting president,” Cornyn, a member of the GOP Senate leadership, <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/4198517-senate-gop-says-house-lacks-evidence-for-impeachment/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
&#8220;Since they got the majority, they got the chairmen of the various committees, they could do all of that now without going to a formal inquiry. Members of the House don’t really care what I think. All I can tell you, it’s unlikely to be successful in the Senate,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Rather than doing something they know is unlikely to end the way they would like, maybe they want to emphasize other things.&#8221;
However, Cornyn reversed course a couple of days later, <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/14/john-cornyn-biden-impeachment-inquiry/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> he now believes that &#8220;President Biden has committed the sorts of acts that warrant an impeachment inquiry, so I don’t have any trouble with an impeachment inquiry.&#8221;
&#8220;I think there&#8217;s been more than enough smoke to warrant a continued investigation into the president&#8217;s activities, particularly with regard to his son&#8217;s actions,&#8221; he continued.
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It&#8217;s not clear what led to the change of position for Cornyn, although a source close to Senate leadership told The Daily Wire that not supporting the inquiry added to a &#8220;list of liabilities&#8221; that could prevent him from holding higher positions in Senate leadership. The source said one of the major liabilities that Cornyn had among Republicans was his support for a gun control bill that was later signed into law by President Biden.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mccarthy-shreds-ap-reporter-who-claimed-he-launched-impeachment-inquiry-without-evidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">McCarthy Shreds AP Reporter Who Claimed He Launched Impeachment Inquiry ‘Without Evidence’</a>

Senator Cornyn Changes Course On Supporting Biden Impeachment Inquiry

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) slammed President Joe Biden this week for unfreezing $6 billion in assets for the Islamic Republic of Iran in exchange for getting five American hostages released from the country.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken approved the deal last week, and Congress was notified Monday as lawmakers and officials honored the 22nd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.
&#8220;Well, unfortunately, you know, we have sanctions in place to try to discourage the number one state sponsor of terrorism, which is Iran, from developing a nuclear weapon,&#8221; Cornyn said in a Fox News interview. &#8220;But it doesn&#8217;t do much good when the Biden administration decides to write them a $6 billion check. And of course, the money is fungible, it can be used for any purpose, offset other expenses, and the like. And I can&#8217;t think of one single thing that they could do that would actually encourage more hostage taking than to pay off the Iranians for these five hostages.&#8221;
Cornyn said that he was happy that the hostages will get to go home to their families but the actions of the Biden administration only &#8220;guarantees there&#8217;s going to be more hostage taking&#8221; and it &#8220;undermines the sanctions we have in place in order to discourage Iran from developing that nuclear weapon.&#8221;
Cornyn then responded to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi contradicting the Biden administration&#8217;s claims that the $6 billion can only be used for humanitarian aid.
&#8220;This money belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran, and naturally, we will decide, the Islamic Republic of Iran will decide to spend it wherever we need it,&#8221; Raisi said. &#8220;How to spend our money of course, it is under the authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.&#8221;
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Cornyn said that he had &#8220;zero confidence in the Biden administration&#8217;s ability to monitor the expenditure of these funds.&#8221;
&#8220;I have absolutely no confidence in the Biden administration&#8217;s ability to monitor how these funds are being spent,&#8221; he reiterated.
&#8220;The question is, are we trying to deter Iran from developing a nuclear weapon with which to wipe Israel off the map and create potentially another world war or not?&#8221; Cornyn concluded. &#8220;And clearly giving them $6 billion, I don&#8217;t care whether it&#8217;s their money or somebody else&#8217;s money, giving them access to that undermines that deterrence and basically helps them get away with it.&#8221;
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Senator Cornyn Slams Biden For Unfreezing $6 Billion In Iranian Funds: ‘Guarantees More Hostage Taking’

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The Biden administration may have inadvertently signaled this week whom they fear the most of the Republican senators likely to replace Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) should the senator need to step down due to health issues.
The remarks from the administration come after McConnell <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mcconnell-freezes-up-during-press-conference-trolls-biden-after-returning" target="_blank" rel="noopener">temporarily froze</a> for about 20 seconds during a press conference on Wednesday and needed to take a brief break after feeling lightheaded. McConnell later returned to the press conference and appeared fine when talking to reporters.
Politico <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/07/27/white-house-mcconnell-health-scare-00108634" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the White House has been worried about McConnell&#8217;s health because they view him as &#8220;a reliable partner in the effort to fund Ukraine’s resistance against Russia and ensure the government’s lights stay on past Sept. 30.&#8221;
The report said that Biden officials are now accelerating talks about what the Senate GOP leadership could look like if McConnell needs to step aside.
Biden&#8217;s inner circle reportedly believes that the most likely candidates to replace McConnell are Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD), Republican Conference Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY), and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).
The Biden officials who spoke to Politico had positive things to say about Cornyn and Thune but did not say positive things about Barrasso. In fact, they said nothing about Barrasso, possibly because attacking him to the media could strengthen his support within the Republican Party.
&#8220;Most in Biden’s inner circle believe Thune would be the likely favorite to step in for McConnell,&#8221; the report said, &#8220;That, they feel, would be an acceptable option: Thune, they believe, largely shares McConnell’s worldview on the importance of institutions and the need, at times, to work across the aisle. They also feel that Thune is unchallenged politically back home, which aides believe is essential to leading from a position of strength. Similar views are held about Cornyn.&#8221;
A <a href="https://libertyscore.conservativereview.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">review</a> of the three senators&#8217; Liberty Score from the Conservative Review shows that Barrasso ranks in between the likes of Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR). The same review ranks Cornyn — who got the first piece of major gun control legislation <a href="https://www.texastribune.org/2022/06/23/senate-john-cornyn-bipartisan-gun-deal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> in the Senate last year for the first time since 1994 — and Thune on the same level as Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT).
McConnell&#8217;s health has been in the news ever since he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-minority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-hospitalized-after-incident-at-dinner" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hospitalized</a> in early March after he fell during a private dinner at a hotel in Washington, D.C.
Following the incident this week, news reports began surfacing that the 81-year-old polio survivor has fallen at least two other times this year, including at an airport earlier this month and during an overseas trip in February, according to the <a href="https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2023/07/27/what-happened-to-mitch-mcconnell-what-we-know-about-falls-wheelchair/70479364007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courier Journal</a>.

Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY)

Biden Admin Weighs Three GOP Senators Who Could Succeed McConnell. One Seems To Scare Them.

Senate Republicans blasted the “open border” policies of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> during a Thursday press conference, saying that his policies were allowing sex trafficking and the flow of drugs across the border.
A group of Senate Republicans <a href="https://www.republican.senate.gov/2023/07/20/senate-gop-why-doesnt-joe-biden-care-about-85000-missing-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tore into</a> Biden over the border, highlighting reports that the administration had been unable to make contact with the sponsors of roughly 85,000 children who had illegally come across the border and then been released into the U.S. 
“Of the 300,000 children who have been placed with sponsors in the United States,” Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cornyn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cornyn</a> (R-TX) said. “In 85,000 of those placements the 30-day wellness call that is typically made by the Administration went unanswered. Not only does the Biden Administration not know where 300,000 children currently reside – whether they are going to school, whether they are getting health care, whether they are being recruited for gangs, whether they are being trafficked for sex, or just simply neglected or abused – the Biden Administration doesn’t know, and the truth is they don’t care.”
As record numbers of unaccompanied minors have crossed from Mexico into the U.S., the Department of Health and Human Services has lost contact with about 85,000 children and was unable to make contact with the children&#8217;s guardians. According to an April <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/25/us/unaccompanied-migrant-child-workers-exploitation.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the New York Times, many of these children are ending up as underage workers. 
Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron Johnson</a> (R-WI) said that Biden was culpable for allowing the illicit trafficking, referencing testimony about a young boy who was found left in the field with a phone number on his shoe. 
“We’re not talking about that enough. We’re not talking about the human depredation as a result of President Biden’s open border policy. His open border policy is facilitating the multi-billion-dollar business model of some of the most evil people on the planet,” Johnson said. “It’s about $18 billion we are funneling to these human trafficking, sex traffickers, and drug traffickers.”
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In June, there were 211,575 encounters at the border, meaning over 7,000 people were crossing into the U.S. each day. However, some analysts have said that this number is low, <a href="https://www.fairus.org/immigration-reform-news-press-releases/june-border-data-show-biden-administration-hiding-illegal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that many others have been allowed to enter using the CBP One app or directed to other points of entry where they would be classified differently. 
“Those who are entering through these back channels illegally created by the administration are still illegal aliens and still impose the same burdens on communities and taxpayers struggling to cope with the impact of Biden’s policies. The June encounter numbers are hardly cause for celebration, but rather another example of the administration’s resolute effort to maintain an open-borders policy while claiming they are controlling it,&#8221; Federation for American Immigration President Dan Stein said in a statement.

President Biden Delivers Remarks On The Economy

Senate Republicans Hammer Biden’s ‘Open Border Policies,’ Say He Doesn’t Care About 85,000 Missing Kids

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The hosts of ABC&#8217;s &#8220;The View&#8221; apparently dislike Sen. <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/kyrsten-sinema/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kyrsten Sinema</a> (D-AZ) so much that at least Sunny Hostin is willing to rewrite history in order to attack her.
Cohosts Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, and Sunny Hostin laid into the Arizona Democrat during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of the midday talk show, taking aim at her for daring to work across the aisle with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
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Ignorant of recent history and how Congress works, Joy claims &quot;if the Republicans take over the House and the Senate&quot; they would &quot;overthrow the filibuster.&quot; The GOP had the Senate under Trump and McConnell refused to kill the filibuster for him, as Alyssa Farah Griffin explained. <a href="https://t.co/ShxoO4w73y">pic.twitter.com/ShxoO4w73y</a>
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&#8220;Is this the picture of bipartisan politics?&#8221; Goldberg asked, her face showing displeasure. &#8220;Do we need more of this or do both of their records kind of tell a different story?&#8221;
&#8220;She&#8217;s not popular in her own state,&#8221; Behar said of Sinema, adding, &#8220;Fifty-five percent of women find her &#8216;unfavorable.&#8217; Men don&#8217;t like her, white voters don&#8217;t like her, Hispanic voters don&#8217;t like her, voters 50 and over don&#8217;t like her, younger voters don&#8217;t like her — the only person who seems to like her is Mitch McConnell! And Mitch McConnell likes her because she works with him to obstruct the Democrats.&#8221;
Behar went on to claim that if Republicans were to win control of the Senate in 2022, McConnell would lead them to &#8220;overthrow the filibuster&#8221; — despite the fact that, as new Republican cohost <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/new-republican-host-of-the-view-admits-she-might-consider-voting-for-a-democrat/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alyssa Farah Griffin</a> pointed out, he hadn&#8217;t done so when he had the power in the past.
&#8220;Trump pushed him to a bunch of times,&#8221; Griffin objected. &#8220;He would tweet out, &#8216;you need to nuke the filibuster&#8217; and [McConnell] didn&#8217;t.&#8221;
It was Hostin who attempted to rewrite history, however, claiming that it was Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) who got recent <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/biden-signs-most-expansive-gun-control-bill-in-decades-into-law-following-republican-support/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gun control legislation</a> across the finish line rather than Sinema because of her willingness to work across the aisle and get Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on board.
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Whoopi declares &quot;when people are full of it they&#39;re full of it.&quot; &quot;We all know we&#39;re full of it until something you don&#39;t want to do comes up they don&#39;t want to do then we&#39;re back to that. There&#39;s no discussion here.&quot; The producers then loudly play her off. <a href="https://t.co/fN3wlKKFzn">pic.twitter.com/fN3wlKKFzn</a>
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Cohost Sara Haines attempted to defend Sinema, noting that she had worked with Cornyn to get something done after no real movement on gun control in three decades.
Hostin dismissed the facts outright, claiming that Murphy had been the one to get it done even though he had been working on the issue since the 2012 shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, with little to show for it before Sinema convinced Cornyn to join them.
&#8220;I really think it&#8217;s a bridge too far to say that Sinema saved our gun legislation,&#8221; she insisted.
Griffin and Haines both pushed back, noting that the bill would have stalled without the Republican support that Sinema had been able to deliver when Murphy could not.

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Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) is raising concerns about the Biden administration’s decision to investigate the PGA Tour ahead of the president’s meeting with Saudi Arabia.
Earlier this week, news broke of the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the PGA for anti-competitive practices related to LIV Golf, a Saudi-backed newcomer and alternative professional golfing circuit. Cornyn wrote a letter Thursday questioning the timing of the investigation.
“I write to raise concerns about the timing of your administration’s investigation into the PGA Tour, an American company. This investigation, according to news reports, is focused on the PGA Tour’s effect on a Saudi Arabian-funded enterprise, LIV Golf. On Monday, July 11, 2022, the week you traveled to Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported that your administration had sent inquiries regarding the PGA Tour’s actions as they relate to LIV Golf,” Cornyn wrote, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/14/sen-cornyn-presses-biden-on-dojs-pga-probe-coming-week-of-saudi-trip/">New York Post</a>.
“I am concerned about whether members of the Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, or any other member of your administration, was involved in the investigation recently being made public. I also have questions about whether your administration had any contact with the Saudi Arabian government about the investigation, either before it opened or afterwards,” he continued.
The PGA Tour confirmed to <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/pga-tour-antitrust-liv-department-of-justice-investigation-11657557177">The Wall Street Journal</a> Monday that the DOJ was investigating the golfing organization. Attorneys at the department’s antitrust division have contacted players’ agents about information regarding the circuit’s bylaws, as well as any restrictions the PGA has placed on players participating in competing tournaments.
The PGA Tour has taken action against a handful of golfers who have elected to play in the LIV, such as Bryson DeChambeau, Dustin Johnson, Brooks Koepka, Phil Mickelson, and Patrick Reed. The PGA and its allies in the industry have attempted to cut the LIV off from top-tier golf talent.
Biden is scheduled to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman later this week about oil production. Saudi Arabia is the de facto head of the international oil cartel, OPEC. Russia’s restriction of fuel from Europe and the Biden administration’s anti-fossil fuel policies have driven up the price of oil and frustration with Biden’s energy agenda.
Biden campaigned on <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/14/world/middleeast/biden-saudi-arabia-mbs.html">isolating</a> Saudi Arabia over its history of human rights abuses, at one point calling it a “pariah” state. Now, Biden is traveling to Saudi Arabia in the hopes of placating the Saudi ruler and convincing him to lead OPEC into increasing oil production to bring down the global price of crude.
Cornyn wrote that he is suspicious of Saudi Arabia’s influence on the United States and the appearance of the Biden DOJ to go after the PGA so soon before Biden’s meeting with the crown prince.
“In writing, I want to note the extensiveness of Saudi Arabian influence on American life. This investigation into the private sector has potential implications both for our nation’s foreign policy and for transparency at home,” Cornyn wrote, according to the Post. “Saudi Arabia has a history of surreptitious and at times malign behavior in its attempts to influence American public policy and freedom of speech in our own country.
“In 2016, the Saudi government used shell non-profits to trick several American veterans into lobbying on its behalf against the Justice Against State Sponsors of Terrorism Act (P.L. 114 – 222). In 2018, Saudi Arabian operatives murdered U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside its own consulate. This was an appalling act of transnational repression. Those who ordered this crime have yet to be held accountable. Despite these actions, Saudi Arabia continues to engage easily on the world stage, knowing that it can lobby, influence, and engage in malign behavior without consequence,” Cornyn said.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> signed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gun-control">gun control</a> bill into law Saturday that gives financial grants to states for “red-flag” laws and increases background check stipulations for 18 to 21-year-olds, following Republican support. 
The bill, <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/legislation/2022/06/25/bills-signed-s-2089-and-s-2938/">dubbed</a> the “Bipartisan Safer Communities Act,” passed after making it through Congress earlier this week with 15 Republicans in the Senate supporting the bill and 14 House Republicans voting in favor.
According to the White House, the law “enhances certain restrictions and penalties on firearms purchases; promotes evidence-based best practices for school safety; authorizes grants to expand access to mental health services; and appropriates emergency funding for mental health resources and school safety measures.”
The Biden administration specifically thanked Sens. Chris Murphy (D-CT), Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ), John Coryn (R-TX), and Thom Tillis (R-NC). Senators began working on a gun bill following the horrific shootings in Uvalde, Texas, and Buffalo, New York. 
Biden <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-signs-gun-control-bill-deadly-mass-shootings">claimed</a> that “lives will be saved” because of the law. 
The legislation is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-gun-control-bill-with-15-republicans-joining-democrats">considered</a> the most expansive gun control legislation in decades, and was supported by Republican leadership in the Senate, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).
Gun rights groups have criticized the legislation and the Republicans who voted for it. 
Gun Owners of America (GOA) said that the legislation “would encourage Backdoor Universal Background Checks by redefining many private sellers as gun dealers, financially incentivize states to enact unconstitutional ‘red-flag’ laws, and would allow for so-called ‘enhanced background checks,’ which are arbitrary delays in transferring firearms to adults not yet 21 years-old.”
“Once again, so-called ‘conservative’ Senators are making clear they believe that the rights of American citizens can be compromised away,” Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior Vice President, said.
Aside from McConnell, Coryn, and Tillis, other Republican Senators who voted for the bill included Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Susan Collins (R-ME), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Rob Portman (R-OH), Mitt Romney (R-UT), Pat Toomey (R-PA), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Todd Young (R-IN). 
The House easily <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3536317-here-are-the-14-house-republicans-who-voted-for-the-gun-safety-bill/">passed</a> the bill by a vote of 234-193 before it moved on to Biden’s desk. 
Republicans who voted for the bill included Reps. Liz Cheney (R-WY), Fred Upton (R-MI), Mike Turner (R-OH), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Anthony Gonzalez (R-OH), Chris Jacobs (R-NY), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), María Elvira Salazar (R-FL), David Joyce (R-OH), John Katko (R-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL.), Peter Meijer (R-MI) and Tom Rice (R-SC).
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

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More than a dozen Republicans joined a largely Democrat effort to advance a gun control bill in the Senate on Tuesday night.
Notable Republican senators, including Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), helped Democrats pass a procedural vote, 64 to 34, a mere <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61890403">two hours</a> after the text of the bill circulated.
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The bill could be passed later this week by the Senate and then move onto the House, where it is expected to pass. The bill would then go to President Biden&#8217;s desk.
Notably, the 80-page legislation includes language on highly controversial so-called red flag laws.
According to Fox News, the <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/senate-votes-advance-bipartisan-gun-052357834.html">bill</a> &#8220;provides grants for states that implement their own red flag laws and offers additional funding for both school safety measures and mental health services.&#8221;
Cornyn, though, claimed on the Senate floor Tuesday that the bill &#8220;would not create a national red flag law, adding that states could receive the funding regardless of whether they enact such a program,&#8221; The Hill <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3529731-texas-gop-rebukes-cornyn-rejects-gun-legislation-framework/">reported</a>.
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&#8220;The measure also creates penalties for straw purchases of firearms, requires more gun sellers to register as Federally Licensed Firearm Dealers and closes the so-called boyfriend loophole by prohibiting gun access for people convicted of domestic abuse against an intimate partner,&#8221; Fox News noted of the gun control legislation.
Gun rights groups are already slamming the legislation and the Republicans who helped advance it.
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Gun Owners of America (GOA) said in a press release sent to The Daily Wire that the legislation &#8220;would encourage Backdoor Universal Background Checks by redefining many private sellers as gun dealers, financially incentivize states to enact unconstitutional &#8216;red-flag&#8217; laws, and would allow for so-called &#8216;enhanced background checks,&#8217; which are arbitrary delays in transferring firearms to adults not yet 21 years-old.&#8221;
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“Once again, so-called ‘conservative’ Senators are making clear they believe that the rights of American citizens can be compromised away,&#8221; Erich Pratt, GOA’s Senior Vice President, said.
&#8220;Let me be clear, they have NO AUTHORITY to compromise with our rights, and we will not tolerate legislators who are willing to turn gun owners into second-class citizens,&#8221; Pratt continued. &#8220;GOA fully opposes this unconstitutional legislation and will continue to encourage our millions of members to make their voices heard to their elected officials on this bill.”
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Below are the 14 Republicans who voted for the bill on the procedural vote:
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)
Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)
Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA)
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Rep. Todd Young (R-IN)
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)
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Texas Republican <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/john-cornyn">Sen. John Cornyn</a> called for people to stop &#8220;second-guessing&#8221; <a href="https://wp-updates.dailywire.com/news/youre-a-sick-son-of-a-b-beto-orourke-crashes-greg-abbott-press-conference-on-uvalde-shooting">Uvalde police</a>, even as a damning timeline continued to emerge, showing that the cops waited as long as an hour to engage a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-details-emerge-about-heroic-border-patrol-and-ice-agents-storming-classroom-and-killing-shooter">deranged gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers</a> inside an elementary school.
The lawmaker was one of only a handful of officials defending the police, who were seen on video restraining hysterical parents and delaying their reponse to Tuesday&#8217;s horrific massacre inside Robb Elementary School. The gunman was only stopped when federal agents who had sped to the scene disregarded local police and took matters into their own hands. Uvalde police officials have been at a loss to answer why they did not breach the school sooner, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/little-girl-trapped-with-shooter-repeatedly-called-9-1-1-as-police-waited-outside-officials">trapped children made repeated 911 calls</a> begging for help.
&#8220;The second guessing and finger pointing among state and local law enforcement is destructive, distracting, and unfair,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1530619663566135298?s=20&amp;t=Vi2sBtPbB9LBan7qlVZg6Q">Cornyn tweeted Saturday</a>. &#8220;Complex scenarios require split second decisions. Easy to criticize with 20-20 hindsight.”
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The second guessing and finger pointing among state and local law enforcement is destructive, distracting, and unfair. Complex scenarios require split second decisions. Easy to criticize with 20-20 hindsight <a href="https://t.co/ssq2FAInDX">https://t.co/ssq2FAInDX</a>
&mdash; Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1530619663566135298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Uvalde Police spokesman Lt. Chris Olivarez told CNN on Thursday that police were inside the school, but didn&#8217;t hunt down the suspect out of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-couldve-been-shot-texas-cop-explains-why-police-waited-to-enter-uvalde-school">fear for their own safety</a>.
&#8220;If they proceeded any further not knowing where this suspect was at, they could have been shot,&#8221; Olivarez said. &#8220;They could have been killed, and at that point, that gunman would have had the opportunity to kill other people inside that school.&#8221;
That answer did not help the department&#8217;s case, especially as 911 call logs and a timeline began to take shape that showed terrified fourth-graders begging for their lives as the people responsible for saving them dithered.
The 18-year-old gunman, who The Daily Wire is not naming in keeping with a policy of depriving mass shooters of the notoriety they crave, was killed when an elite border patrol agent stormed a classroom with other federal agents and shot him. The death of the gunman came a full 90 minutes after the gunman first arrived at the school campus, crashing his truck and firing at bystanders with a rifle.
&#8220;What we wanted to make sure is to act quickly, act swiftly,&#8221; <a tabindex="0" href="https://apnews.com/article/uvalde-school-shooting-politics-texas-shootings-56a4d01fb1cda19947db89fcb6bd85fd" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t="{&quot;n&quot;:&quot;destination&quot;,&quot;t&quot;:13,&quot;b&quot;:1,&quot;c.t&quot;:7}">Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz told Fox News</a>.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott, who initially praised the police response, said Friday he was “misled” about what happened in the massacre.
“I am livid about what happened,” Abbott said during a news conference in Uvalde. “The information I was given turned out, in part, to be inaccurate, and I am absolutely livid about that.”
But while anger builds at the local police over their failure to respond, Cornyn called for an end to &#8220;finger pointing.&#8221;
&#8220;There will be plenty of time to sort this out later,&#8221; Cornyn said in <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1530619665076068358?s=20&amp;t=Vi2sBtPbB9LBan7qlVZg6Q">another tweet</a>. &#8220;Focus now should be on through investigation and lessons learned to prevent future tragedies, not finger pointing.&#8221;

’20-20 Hindsight’: Texas Sen. Cornyn Blasts Second Guessing Of Uvalde Cops As Anger Mounts

'20-20 Hindsight': Texas Sen. Cornyn Blasts Second Guessing Of Uvalde Cops As Anger Mounts

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