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June 19, 2022
Cornyn Jeered at Texas GOP Convention
by Michael Quinn Sullivan
Fresh on news that his compromise on gun rights is collapsing under public exposure, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn was booed by delegates to the Republican Party of Texas’ biennial convention.
Cornyn’s opening comments were delayed as convention delegates expressed their displeasure. The senator seemed stunned by the response, clearly not expecting grassroots activists to understand what he had been pushing in Washington with the Democrats.
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"Emergencies' have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded."
- F.A. Hayek
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