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Speaker 1 (00:00):
I don't know why. Something about this theme song it
reminds me of very next guest, seven fifty is our
time here in Houston's Warning News. We're joined by Senator
John Cornon. Senator, I think this is the first time
we've been lucky enough to have you on our program
in the eight years we do in the show, So
welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, I'm sorry for the delay, but we'll try to
make up for the future.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Before we get to the politics at hand, as far
as you're running for reelection, let's talk a little bit
about Venezuela. You've heard a lot of Democrats complaining about
not being informed ahead of time about what was playing
in Venezuela. Did you know ahead of time what was
going to happen? And what do you think of the
job that President Trump did with this?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Well, I don't think it was any surprise to anybody
who's been paying attention with the build up of our
military assets of the Caribbean, but I didn't know exactly
what was going to happen until after it happened. But
I think, Jimmy, the most important thing I think to
emphasize here is this is a law enforcement operation. We
didn't declare war against Isuela. We didn't invade a foreign country.
(01:02):
We arrested somebody who's been under indictment in that court
since twenty twenty and then basically removed them from the
country and left the country and its leadership otherwise intact.
So I fully support what the President has done, but
I don't think it's necessarily the pugy is going to
(01:23):
be an easy road ahead. But I think it's worth doing,
and I'm glad he did it well.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
And I'm wondering if you think that there's going to
be more potential dictators that may fall. Columbia comes to mind,
is a very similar situation in Columbia.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, I think if I were folks in Nicaragua, in
Colombia and some of these other countries run by dictators
in the Western Hemisphere, I'd be a little nervous. And
a couple of folks who were still in leadership positions
in Venezuela who are also under indictment federal court in
(02:00):
the United States, I think that here's the president a
lot of leverage and Secretary Rubio to get them to
cooperate with us. Hopefully Venezuela can have elections and elect
their own leaders now free of Maduro and his dogs.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
The President has been asked, as you know, Senator Corner,
numerous times about who's in charge in Venezuela, and he
has basically said, we are in charge of Venezuela. From
a practical standpoint, what happened there, as far as our
ability to go in and get Madua, could not have
happened without cooperation from the military in Venezuela. I'm assuming
so they must have been on the same page before
(02:40):
we even bother to go in. Is it safe to
say that the CIA is really in charge right now
as it relase to Venezuela.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Now those they're certainly involved. I'm a member of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and of course we have
assets and countries all around the world, including Venezuela, and
I don't think the operator that you saw our military
conduct would have been possible without the expertise of the
CIA and other parts of our intelligence community. But I
(03:13):
think President Trump is now delegated Secretary of Rubio the
job of working through a transition. I think this is
a transitional period and it's going to be There's going
to be some ups and downs, but I think ultimately
the goal is free and fair elections. But right now,
the president has decided to leave the vice president in
(03:36):
place along with others to try to prevent the destabilization
of the country, which if we saw for example, in
Iraq after debapication, and I think it's it's a wise decision,
but it's also fought with a lot of difficulties.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I want to ask you to Senator Corneck about your
reelection or you have to be re elected. You're facing
some stiff competition as far as getting the Republican nomination,
I've seen a lot of matter of fact, I would
love to know what the all time record is for
a senator, an incumbent senator spending ad money before a primary,
(04:13):
because I have a sneaking suspicion you probably broke it.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well. There have been a number of boats who are
super packs and things like that that have been supporting
Wesley Hunt, and of course Ken Paxson has one as well.
We've had a lot of good support. Trying to remind
people of my record ninety nine percent plants voting records
(04:37):
supporting President Trump, the fact that I've been endorsed by
the Border patroling union because of my efforts for leadership,
efforts to work with the president on establishing a secure border.
And when you run every six years in the state
as big as Texas, with as much in migration as
we've had, it's expensive to remind people what your record is.
(05:01):
And that's simply what we've done in the run up
here at the March third primary.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
All right, sir, but we're up against the clock. I'd
love to ask you more, and maybe we can get
back together before before the primary season to talk a
little bit more about all of this. But thank you
for taking the time today. Okay, of course, thank you, yep.
Senator John Cornyn
I don't know why. Something about this theme song it
reminds me of very next guest, seven fifty is our
time here in Houston's Warning News. We're joined by Senator
John Cornon. Senator, I think this is the first time
we've been lucky enough to have you on our program
in the eight years we do in the show, So
welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:15):
Well, I'm sorry for the delay, but we'll try to
make up for the future.
Speaker 1 (00:20):
Before we get to the politics at hand, as far
as you're running for reelection, let's talk a little bit
about Venezuela. You've heard a lot of Democrats complaining about
not being informed ahead of time about what was playing
in Venezuela. Did you know ahead of time what was
going to happen? And what do you think of the
job that President Trump did with this?
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Well, I don't think it was any surprise to anybody
who's been paying attention with the build up of our
military assets of the Caribbean, but I didn't know exactly
what was going to happen until after it happened. But
I think, Jimmy, the most important thing I think to
emphasize here is this is a law enforcement operation. We
didn't declare war against Isuela. We didn't invade a foreign country.
(01:02):
We arrested somebody who's been under indictment in that court
since twenty twenty and then basically removed them from the
country and left the country and its leadership otherwise intact.
So I fully support what the President has done, but
I don't think it's necessarily the pugy is going to
(01:23):
be an easy road ahead. But I think it's worth doing,
and I'm glad he did it well.
Speaker 1 (01:29):
And I'm wondering if you think that there's going to
be more potential dictators that may fall. Columbia comes to mind,
is a very similar situation in Columbia.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Yeah, I think if I were folks in Nicaragua, in
Colombia and some of these other countries run by dictators
in the Western Hemisphere, I'd be a little nervous. And
a couple of folks who were still in leadership positions
in Venezuela who are also under indictment federal court in
(02:00):
the United States, I think that here's the president a
lot of leverage and Secretary Rubio to get them to
cooperate with us. Hopefully Venezuela can have elections and elect
their own leaders now free of Maduro and his dogs.
Speaker 1 (02:19):
The President has been asked, as you know, Senator Corner,
numerous times about who's in charge in Venezuela, and he
has basically said, we are in charge of Venezuela. From
a practical standpoint, what happened there, as far as our
ability to go in and get Madua, could not have
happened without cooperation from the military in Venezuela. I'm assuming
so they must have been on the same page before
(02:40):
we even bother to go in. Is it safe to
say that the CIA is really in charge right now
as it relase to Venezuela.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
Now those they're certainly involved. I'm a member of the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and of course we have
assets and countries all around the world, including Venezuela, and
I don't think the operator that you saw our military
conduct would have been possible without the expertise of the
CIA and other parts of our intelligence community. But I
(03:13):
think President Trump is now delegated Secretary of Rubio the
job of working through a transition. I think this is
a transitional period and it's going to be There's going
to be some ups and downs, but I think ultimately
the goal is free and fair elections. But right now,
the president has decided to leave the vice president in
(03:36):
place along with others to try to prevent the destabilization
of the country, which if we saw for example, in
Iraq after debapication, and I think it's it's a wise decision,
but it's also fought with a lot of difficulties.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
I want to ask you to Senator Corneck about your
reelection or you have to be re elected. You're facing
some stiff competition as far as getting the Republican nomination,
I've seen a lot of matter of fact, I would
love to know what the all time record is for
a senator, an incumbent senator spending ad money before a primary,
(04:13):
because I have a sneaking suspicion you probably broke it.
Speaker 2 (04:17):
Well. There have been a number of boats who are
super packs and things like that that have been supporting
Wesley Hunt, and of course Ken Paxson has one as well.
We've had a lot of good support. Trying to remind
people of my record ninety nine percent plants voting records
(04:37):
supporting President Trump, the fact that I've been endorsed by
the Border patroling union because of my efforts for leadership,
efforts to work with the president on establishing a secure border.
And when you run every six years in the state
as big as Texas, with as much in migration as
we've had, it's expensive to remind people what your record is.
(05:01):
And that's simply what we've done in the run up
here at the March third primary.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
All right, sir, but we're up against the clock. I'd
love to ask you more, and maybe we can get
back together before before the primary season to talk a
little bit more about all of this. But thank you
for taking the time today. Okay, of course, thank you, yep.
Senator John Cornyn
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