After Donald Trump orchestrated Sen. Bill Cassidy’s defeat in a recent primary, the newly liberated Louisiana Republican wasted little time showing renewed independence, defying the president’s wishes on several issues.
The question was whether Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas was poised to follow the same path after Trump also ended his career. The answer is quickly coming into focus. Semafor reported this week on the outgoing senator’s perspective on the president who betrayed him.
Conversations with Trump aren’t “particularly useful,” Cornyn said, “because he can and will change his mind depending on the next person he talks to on the phone.
“The president seems to revel in chaos, which is so different from any other leader that I’ve ever seen. I don’t know about you, but I like to minimize the chaos in my life,” Cornyn added. “He just seems to revel in it.”
The comments were striking, but they were not altogether surprising. In recent weeks, Cornyn has:
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Steve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of MaddowBlog and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”
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