Cornyn Speaks Up For Democracy Across Ocean, But Not Here At Home-He's Useless

​Texas Senator John Cornyn tweeted support yesterday of pro-western advocates and protesters in the nation of Georgia. You see the tweet at the bottom of this post. 

(Above is a picture of my cardboard cutout of Senator Cornyn. It has been displayed often at the weekly John Cornyn Houston Office Protest which is held each Tuesday, 11:30-1, 5300 Memorial Dr.)

You can be certain that if there are sustained protests in the United States about authoritarian moves from Musk/Trump, John Cornyn will be on the opposite side of the protests from pro-democracy Americans. 

From The BBC on December 14th:

A former Manchester City footballer has been appointed president by Georgia's disputed parliament, after 17 days of pro-EU protests that have swept this country's towns and cities. ..Mikheil Kavelashvili, now 53, is a former MP from the increasingly authoritarian ruling Georgian Dream party and was the only candidate for the job. The four main opposition groups have rejected Kavelashvili and have boycotted parliament, insisting that the elections held in October were rigged. ...Protests against Georgian Dream began immediately after the October elections but they burst into life on 28 November when the government announced it was putting EU accession negotiations on hold until 2028. An overwhelming majority of Georgians back the country's path to the European Union and it is part of the constitution. Every night, the main avenue outside parliament fills with protesters draped in EU flags, demanding new elections. ...Kavelashvili is a founder of the People's Power party, known for being the main voice for anti-Western propaganda in Georgia. ...Kavelashvili moved into politics after he was disqualified from seeking the leadership of the Georgian football federation because he lacked the qualifications.  Both the EU and US have condemned the government for democratic backsliding and more than 460 people have been detained across Georgia over the past two weeks, according to Transparency International. More than 300 have been ill-treated or tortured, the organisation says, including dozens of people from Georgian media. Last weekend, thugs were filmed attacking a TV reporter and cameraman...."

Here is a website detailing and supporting the pro-democracy movement in Georgia.

The Houston Democracy Project tries to keep it local, but the folks in Georgia are brave and the freedom of all people is connected. Everyday people need courage if they want to stay free when confronted by authoritarians. We saw this a few weeks ago in South Korea.

Maybe Senator Cornyn believes in democracy so long as it is across the ocean. Maybe he really thinks he believes in democracy. But if it was all for real, he'd not support Musk/Trump. John Cornyn's hypocrisy needs to be seen clearly. He endorsed Donald Trump in 2024.
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I recall back in October Senator Cornyn and four other Republican senators went to Hungary to criticize Hungarian Prime Minister's Viktor Orban's anti-democratic rule and his closeness with Putin. That's fine. But where are they with freedom on the line right here?

John Cornyn is 72 years old. He lost his recent bid to be Republican leader in the U.S. Senate. He's likely to get a further-right challenger in the Republican primary if he runs for re-election in 2026. 

What makes people who may well know better and who have little left to gain in this world still do the wrong thing? What reward for Senator Cornyn could be worth handing our future over to these people? How can he see the threat in Georgia and Hungary, but not in Texas and the entire United States? Why are our elected officials so often so useless?

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