No one has ever accused Texas Senator John Cornyn of being the smartest cookie in the jar, his Twitter feed is a cesspit of racist invective, conspiracy theory nonsense and just utter stupidity as the following example demonstrates, a looney toon suggestion that Joe Biden isn’t really in charge because he doesn’t tweet enough horse shit and make off the cuff remarks that threaten our National Security and 70 year alliances like the former guy was wont to do:
Invites the question: is he really in charge?
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) April 12, 2021
And who can forget the time he thought it wise to quote Mussolini, implying I suppose, that his mild mannered Democratic opposition aspired to a fascist dictatorship:
“We were the first to assert that the more complicated the forms assumed by civilization, the more restricted the freedom of the individual must become.” Benito Mussolini
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) February 24, 2019
And then there was that time he asserted Chinese folk aren’t Asians and eat bats as an explanation for Covid…
Wow. Can we please focus on curing Texas of Cornynvirus, a crazy form of racism? Thank you @mjhegar and @roycewest — Coronavirus: Sen. John Cornyn says Chinese eating 'bats' spread virus https://t.co/b1gOkgOLxH
— Jana Lynne Sanchez blames the NRA and GOP (@thejanasanchez) March 18, 2020
And, if all that was not stupid enough for his Texas constituency, yesterday he tweeted that Law Enforcement in Uvalde Texas, who waited more than seventy minutes to confront a gunman who was murdering children, were being “unfairly” criticized because they had to make harrowing “split second” decisions:
The second guessing and finger pointing among state and local law enforcement is destructive, distracting, and unfair. Complex scenarios require split second decisions. Easy to criticize with 20-20 hindsight https://t.co/ssq2FAInDX
— Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) May 28, 2022
The responses were swift and brutal.
Historian Kevin Kruse opted to state the obvious, hoping, I suppose to penetrate the Senator’s boney head:
How many split seconds in the 40 minutes they dithered outside?
— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) May 28, 2022
Other were equally to the point:
19 dead children and their families might have a different definition of "unfair".
Pass common sense gun reform Senator.
— Kathy Jones-Hospod (@JonesHospodTX) May 28, 2022
So you agree that police can wait an hour before entering a building with children during a mass shooting?
— Victor Ruiz -The Voice Of Rican- (@portarican_RT) May 28, 2022
Split second? THEY WAITED 70+ MINUTES!!! 70+ MINUTES, MAN!!! While children were BLEEDING OUT AND CALLING 911 FOR HELP!! NO! JUST NO!! You sir, cannot excuse ANY OF THIS! THIS IS ON YOU AND ON ABBOTT AND 18YEAR OLDS BEING ABLE TO PURCHASE AR15s and HUNDREDS OF ROUNDS OF AMMO!!
— Really?!! (@MichNazz) May 28, 2022
Some opted to use pictures, probably doubting Corn’s ability to read and comprehend the written word.
How could anyone just stand there? How could you stand there when you hear a gun firing? Every time you hear that gun fire, you know there's a child on the receiving end of a bullet. A CHILD. Grown men, with weapons, and supposed training, were STANDING outside. WHY? @GovAbbott pic.twitter.com/dDCdA3WNPf
— Renee – Involuntary Domestic Infant Supply Member (@I_Love_Yosemite) May 28, 2022
Lying on that floor, bleeding out, for an hour… pic.twitter.com/iHcexiVIG1
— BlessYourHeart (@LuckyGiGi5) May 28, 2022
And my favorite:
She took action while 19 armed men waited… pic.twitter.com/8l2YuQBKUj
— RJ Gadz (@RalfusJ) May 28, 2022
But perhaps this tweeter best explains Cornyn’s intent in issuing this piece of flackery, because a Senator can’t possibly be as stupid this, can he?????
'now is not'- ignoring every previous now.
'tragedies' suggest unavoidable, dramatic, theatrical, unstoppable events. Gun slaughter is a willful act requiring specialized equipment. It is brutal, actively pursued and totally dependent on supplies.
Lawyer cornyn chose his words.— JohnWhorfin ?? (@hanoiXan) May 29, 2022
On the other hand perhaps he is.
