In an interview, John Cornyn says Trump was "underwater even in Texas" on election night and that corruption, amplified by the problems of Attorney General Ken Paxton, was a big issue. He says his party in Texas "looked the other way" until corruption became "normalized, even acceptable," and "we're paying the price for that."
The receipt
- Who
- Sen. John Cornyn
- Where
- interview
- Original footage
- Nicholas Ballasy · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 52 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
Now when you look at what happened on election night what do you think went wrong in terms of why Texas is blue now a lot of people didn't see that coming. Well I think there's two reasons one was the the president's low approval rating 38 % I mean he was underwater even in Texas and the issue of corruption was a big issue and that was sort of amplified by the problems that the Attorney General Ken Paxson has had. And unfortunately, I think my party in Texas has sort of looked the other way, and this corruption has sort of become normalized, even acceptable. And that is, I think, a terrible mistake. And so I think we're paying the price for that.
Machine transcript of the clip's audio; names are checked, small words may differ.