On Civil Rights
Senator Cornyn is no champion of civil rights or racial justice. He started out supporting George Wallace (Mr. “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” himself) in the 60s, for crying out loud.
Scorecards & Endorsements
But don’t take our word for it. Look at all these F- grades (including zeroes!) he’s earned in his long, white legislative career.
| Org | ’12 | ’16 | ’17 | ’18 | ’19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACLU | 7% | 0% (!) | |||
| NAACP | 0% (!) | 18% | 11% | 13% |
(Those scores aren’t very good, but the National Association of Police Organizations gave Cornyn a perfect 100% rating, so there’s that.)
- Pretending to Not Understand What Systemic Racism Means (6/17/2020) - The Vox headline is actually, "Sen. John Cornyn showed he has no idea what systemic racism is", but it's too generous to chalk that up…
- Cornyn: Violating 1st Amendment is “Obviously Necessary” (6/3/2020) - The President took a terrifying step toward dictatorship the other night, turning cops with rubber bullets and teargas on a crowd of protestors exercising their…
- Cornyn Dog-whistles Racist Supporters (6/2/2020) - It's the morning after another night of protests and continued police violence has rocked our country, but cast your mind way back to mid-May. That…
- Cornyn Statement Condemned by SPLC (3/24/2020) - It's not a great day for the Texas delegation when our senior U.S. Senator is called out by the world-renowned anti-hate-group SPLC for "pushing anti-China…
- Texans sound off to Cornyn on Trump’s racism (7/19/2019) - When John Cornyn told Politico that he didn't think his constituents cared that Trump was a racist, we asked you to sound off. And you…
- Let’s send 1,000 letters to John Cornyn condemning Trump’s racism (7/18/2019) - Over the weekend, Trump tweeted that four members of congress—all women of color—should "go back" to their countries of origin. (Never mind that three of…
- “Our Atticus Finch moment”? Really? (10/4/2018) - Is he dumb or just completely racially insensitive? (Yes to both, of course.) ThinkProgress has the details: “Some commentators have called this our Atticus Finch…