Nationalize Elections?

Started by jstell, February 03, 2026, 09:44 AM

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QuoteCornyn denied Wednesday that he shifted his position on the filibuster to win Trump's endorsement, telling NBC News: "I would say that's not true."
Quote"After careful consideration, I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the SAVE America Act and homeland security funding past the Democrats' obstruction, through the Senate, and on the president's desk for his signature," Cornyn wrote in his op-ed.
QuoteBut when Democrats floated changes to the filibuster in the past, Cornyn strenuously defended the 60-vote threshold, like in early 2022 when Democrats sought to pierce the filibuster to pass their own election overhaul bill, called the Freedom to Vote Act.
"Power is fleeting, and at some point the shoe will always be on the other foot," Cornyn said at the time, in January 2022. "Liberal activists may like the idea of nuking the filibuster today, but they'll soon find themselves ruing the day their party broke the Senate."
He said in another speech that same month, "Not only are our colleagues trying to seize the authority given under the Constitution to the states to manage their own elections, they're willing to take a wrecking ball to the United States Senate itself and, particularly, the Senate rules."
And he defended it on Fox News in 2022. "That's what the filibuster does. It requires us to work together," Cornyn said.
Careful consideration indeed.  Another Rebug taking a principled stand.
Nah, he's grabbin' his ankles - just another sheep drumpf is pushing up against the fence.