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Mon Jan 20, 2014, 07:47 PM Jan 2014

Stockman claims Cornyn “loves Obamacare” but the senator disagrees

WASHINGTON — Rep. Steve Stockman hopes to convince GOP voters that Sen. John Cornyn loves Obamacare, and today he launched a website devoted to that line of attack.

“Cornyn voted twice to fund Obamacare. If 1.6 million Republican primary voters learn that, he won’t be returning to the Senate,” Stockman – who was in Egypt Sunday and whose location Monday was unclear– said in a statement issued by his campaign. “A vote for John Cornyn is a vote to fund Obamacare.”

It’s an allegation that would rile any self-respecting conservative who believes it — but a tough sell for anyone who’s paid attention to Cornyn’s record on the topic.

He opposed the law when Democrats pushed it through Congress. As deputy Republican leader in the Senate, he’s fought to defund it and to undermine it in numerous ways. But he did not embrace the idea of shutting down the federal government over demands that Democrats abandon their signature health care law, unlike tea party Sen. Ted Cruz, whose popularity Stockman hopes to tap.

More at http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/2014/01/stockman-claims-cornyn-loves-obamacare-but-the-senator-disagrees.html/ .

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