Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was reportedly taken aback that Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT) so aggressively pursued allegations against President Donald Trump’s veterans affairs secretary nominee Ronny Jackson, given that Tester faces reelection this year in a state that the President won by over 20 points in 2016.
“I’m frankly a little surprised at how emboldened he has felt,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) told the Washington Post. “He apparently isn’t too worried about the election.”
Trump attacked Tester Thursday morning for his role in the investigation, predicting a personal cost down the line. “For Jon Tester to start bringing up stuff like ‘candy man’ and the kind of things he was saying, well you know, that are statements that are made up,” Trump said on Fox and Friends. “I think Jon Tester has a big price to pay in Montana. I don’t think people in Montana — the admiral is the kind of person that they respect and admire. And they don’t like seeing what’s happened to him.”
Jackson withdrew his nomination Thursday morning after Tester’s office published a summary of the mounting allegations against him.
Holy smoke, an emboldened Democrat. Cornyn was taken aback. The times they are a’changin’.
Republicans just cut Vito and Guido right out of the mix and relay the “Nice office ya got there, be too bad if something happened to it” message themselves.
Does anyone know if the whole thing disappears like the accusations never happened? Shouldn’t there be an official investigation concerning Ronny?
I guess, everyone assumes Jackson is dead meat and will disappear after a few days among the dogs… Donald gotta need a new doctor…
And this is what is wrong with the GOP and, to almost as great an extent, politics generally. Cornyn can’t believe Tester did something principled at the possible risk to his reelection chances. Seriously? Go f**k the VA and our veterans just so long as I get reelected? That is what Tester should have done?