| − | '''John Cornyn, III''' (born February 2, 1952, in [[Houston, Texas]]), is the [[Moderate Republican]] senior [[United States Senator]] from [[Texas]]. He is considered a leader in the [[RINO]] wing of his party in contrast to his more [[conservative]] colleague, [[Ted Cruz]]. Despite being a [[Moderate Republican]], he is not a [[Never Trumper]], and backs [[President Trump]] 95% of the time.<ref>https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/john-cornyn/</ref>. He also helped Trump win the state of [[Texas]], which was leaning Democrat, but it got saved, to likely Republican.<ref>https://politicalemails.org/messages/209806</ref> | + | '''John Cornyn, III''' (born February 2, 1952, in [[Houston, Texas]]), is the [[Moderate Republican]] senior [[United States Senator]] from [[Texas]]. He is considered a leader in the [[RINO]] wing of his party in contrast to his more [[conservative]] colleague, [[Ted Cruz]]. Despite being a [[RINO Backer]], he is not a [[Never Trumper]], and backs [[President Trump]] 95% of the time.<ref>https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/congress-trump-score/john-cornyn/</ref>. He also helped Trump win the state of [[Texas]], which may have tilted Democrat, but ensured it to becoming likely Republican.<ref>https://politicalemails.org/messages/209806</ref> |
| | As the chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] in 2012, Senator Cornyn pulled $5 million in spending out of the toss-up [[Missouri]] race because the embattled [[pro-life]] nominee, [[Todd Akin]], spoke out too much for the [[unborn]]. | | As the chairman of the [[National Republican Senatorial Committee]] in 2012, Senator Cornyn pulled $5 million in spending out of the toss-up [[Missouri]] race because the embattled [[pro-life]] nominee, [[Todd Akin]], spoke out too much for the [[unborn]]. |