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On the recordApril 13, 2026
Democrats' radical base and the leftwing media have made it abundantly clear that Trump derangement syndrome has clouded their ability to call a spade a spade and to actually recognize reality. President Trump could hardly blink without progressive hardliners lodging an objection. Their obstinance has sustained the longest shutdown in the Department of Homeland Security's history. They have just spent the last several weeks insisting to Americans that overwhelmingly support voter ID laws that these requirements would be impossible for them to meet. Recently, the latest object of leftwing ire has been President Trump's targeted attacks against Iran with Operation Epic Fury. Now, it is not hard to imagine why the same party that allowed more than 10 million illegal immigrants to enter the country under President Biden's watch would want lax voter laws that might allow these aliens to vote in American elections, but what is a little harder to understand is why they would object to the dismantling of the arsenal of the world's No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism. If we want to have fewer wars and a more peaceful, less dangerous world, than a defanged Iranian regime is in everyone's interest. President Trump's actions against the Iranian regime are not a solution in search of a problem. He is not engaging in a benevolent quest to build democracy around the world.
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John Cornyn
Republican · Texas

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Addressing criticisms of President Trump's policies and actions regarding Iran and voter ID laws.

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