Sen. John Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee, said today that Democrats’ attempts to link the GOP with Rep. Joe Barton’s apology to BP last week are not going to “fly.” TPMDC asked Cornyn about Barton’s remarks becoming a national issue Democrats are pushing on his Senate candidates and upon the GOP as a party.
“This, I just don’t think going to fly to try to attribute that to anyone else,” Cornyn (R-TX) told me after the party lunches today. “Frankly, I know of no one who’s agreed with those comments. Everyone has said clearly the only one who should apologize is BP.”
Should Barton lose his status as ranking member? That’s for the House GOP to decide, Cornyn said: “What Congressman Barton said is between Congressman Barton and his constituents.”