Cornyn Claims Republicans Can’t Rein In Trump—as He Bends the Knee

Republican Senator John Cornyn tried to claim Tuesday that Republicans didn’t have any power over President Trump. After Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, including Cornyn, voted to send acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation to the full Senate Tuesday, a reporter asked the Texas senator whether he was concerned about Trump continuing to say he wants to find a way to pay January 6 insurrectionists. “Well, there’s nothing we could do to, uh, rein in the president when…