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Unbelievable. Texas Sen. John Cornyn is pretending to champion gun safety because his new Democratic opponent - @mjhegar - is a @MomsDemand Gun Sense Candidate, something he knows the vast majority of Texas voters support. But let’s look at Cornyn’s actual record... #TXSen https://twitter.com/patricksvitek/status/1283261357106880512
Cornyn has an A+ rating from the @NRA. The only bill he’s supported was Fix NICS - a baby step in the grand scheme of lax gun laws. He opposed: closing the federal background checks loophole, closing the boyfriend loophole, and the reauthorization of VAWA. https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/992514428548599808?s=21s=21
Gun lobbyists and related special interests like the @NRA gave Cornyn $191,825 from 1989 to 2018. That was more than all but two other members of Congress — Representative Don Young of Alaska and Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. http://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/guns
That’s probably why Cornyn pretends he doesn’t know why gun violence exists or how it can be stopped every time there’s a horrific shooting incident in America. Four of the deadliest mass shootings in modern history have taken place in his state. https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/1158048288567955457?s=21 https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/1158048288567955457
After 2018 Santa Fe High School mass school shooting in Texas, in which a 17-year-old killed 10 people and injured 14 others, Cornyn tweeted an article calling the shooter a “good boy” who was “mistreated at school.” https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/998870161049481218?s=21 https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn/status/998870161049481218
After the shooting at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, in 2017, in which 27 people died and 20 were injured, Cornyn simply wrote:
https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/927262649343266816?s=21 https://twitter.com/johncornyn/status/927262649343266816
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Cornyn has been in the Senate FOR 18 YEARS. Gun safety bills passed by the House are sitting on Mitch McConnell’s desk and Cornyn opposes all of them. It‘s laughable that Cornyn pretends to support gun safety while serving as a gun lobby shill and Trump administration sycophant.
In fact, Cornyn sponsored the @NRA’s priority legislation in 2017: his Concealed Carry Reciprocity’ bill would have gutted gun laws and made the weakest link the law of the land. https://everytown.org/press/everytown-texas-moms-demand-action-criticize-introduction-of-nra-backed-legislation-forcing-states-to-allow-concealed-carry-by-dangerous-people/
Our organization will spend $8 million in Texas elections to support candidates like @mjhegar. She’s a veteran, gun owner, and gun violence survivor. She’s also @everytown endorsed, and Texas @MomsDemand volunteers will fight like hell to get her elected. http://Mjhegar.com
