Texas Senator Posts Quotes After Primary Runoff Loss
Republican Texas Sen. John Cornyn posted quotes from Winston Churchill and the Bible after losing the Texas Senate runoff election. The posts followed a 28-point defeat to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday.
manilatimes.netRepublican Texas Sen. John Cornyn posted several statements on X after losing the Texas Senate runoff election to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Cornyn lost the race by a 28-point margin on Tuesday. In the posts, he quoted Winston Churchill and referenced a biblical verse.
Cornyn wrote on Friday that the loss was "not the end" and quoted Winston Churchill: "Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." He also posted a fable about a scorpion and a frog, describing how the scorpion stung the frog despite an earlier promise not to do so.
Cornyn cited 2 Timothy 4:7, stating, "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith." President Donald Trump endorsed Paxton on May 19 and stated that Cornyn had been "very disloyal" and had not fought hard enough to pass his agenda. Mike Lee. The bill has not advanced due to the 60-vote threshold required to overcome a filibuster.
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