John Cornyn Lost With His Boots Off
Like fellow Republicans exiled by the president, he still accepted Trump’s claim to inhabit the will of the party.
TL;DR
- John Cornyn lost his Republican primary despite attempting to portray himself as a loyal servant to Donald Trump.
- Trump has targeted several Republicans for elimination, favoring candidates who demonstrate complete loyalty.
- Ken Paxton, who defeated Cornyn, is presented as a loyalist despite numerous ethical and legal issues.
- Cornyn's perceived 'faintest signs of discomfort or reluctance' with Trump led to his downfall.
- Trump has a history of ending the careers of Republicans who voted to impeach him or showed minor deviations.
- Victims of Trump's purges have unsuccessfully tried to outdo each other in their displays of loyalty.
- The article compares the situation to Arthur Koestler's 'Darkness at Noon,' where ideological conviction leads to self-incrimination.