As Sen. John Cornyn continues to be the target of some conservatives over his leading role in negotiating the bipartisan gun law making its way through the Senate right now. . .
Tucker eviscerates GOP Senators Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn for betraying their voters and siding with Democrats on Red Flag Laws. pic.twitter.com/ItL8cFba1b
— Baby Lives Matter Benny (@bennyjohnson) June 23, 2022
. . . a new Morning Consult poll may be a shock to some Republicans. “43% of Texas voters — and 68% of Republicans — approve of Cornyn’s job performance, unchanged since the Uvalde shooting”:
John Cornyn’s Approval Rating Among Texans Is Holding Steady Amid Gun Safety Push https://t.co/RkFPP89fFD via @eyokley
— Morning Consult (@MorningConsult) June 23, 2022
It appears all of those activists at the GOP convention who booed Sen. Cornyn were an outlier:
NEW: He may have faced boos from activists, but @JohnCornyn's involvement in bipartisan gun talks hasn't really hurt his popularity level among Texas voters – including Republicans. https://t.co/ss2KUokOBF pic.twitter.com/2MoZjlBuFi
— Eli Yokley (@eyokley) June 23, 2022
One in five Dems approves of him, too. From the poll:
- A 43% plurality of Texas voters approve of Cornyn’s job performance, unchanged from surveys conducted just before the May 24 mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, that prompted the latest gun control push on Capitol Hill. Just over a third (36%) disapprove of him, up 1 percentage point over that time frame.
- Positive sentiment about Cornyn also hasn’t changed among Republicans, 68% of whom approve of his job performance. But since his involvement in the bipartisan gun legislation, the share who disapprove increased from 11% to 17%.
- A third of independents (34%) in the Lone Star State approve of Cornyn, along with about 1 in 5 Democrats (22%).
Meanwhile, Sen. Corny is still lobbying for the bill among his Republican colleagues, reportedly telling them all the the “areas where the NRA got what it wanted”:
In a slide presentation Sen. John Cornyn delivered to Senate Republicans at lunch on Wednesday, the Texas Republican went through areas where the NRA got want it wanted, per source — even though the pro-gun lobby is opposed to the bipartisan deal he cut
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 23, 2022
Including:
Among the issues: ensuring boyfriend loophole does not apply retroactively to past domestic abusers and only applies to recent relationships. Also due process rules for states implementing red flag laws, and provision sunsetting enhanced background checks for juvenile in a decade
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 23, 2022
And money for “hardening schools” and mental health funding:
Cornyn also promoted $300 million in “hardening schools” and $12 billion in mental health funding as NRA wins. Also noted
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) June 23, 2022
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