{"id":16287,"date":"2026-06-06T20:39:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16287"},"modified":"2026-06-06T20:39:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:39:10","slug":"cornyn-signals-trump-highway-bill-may-not-be-priority-after-primary-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=16287","title":{"rendered":"Cornyn signals Trump highway bill may not be priority after primary loss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"582\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.png 582w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 582px) 100vw, 582px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is backing off a push to dedicate a Texas highway after President Trump, signaling that it may no longer be high on his priority list following his defeat in last month\u2019s GOP Senate primary runoff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornyn introduced legislation in May to rename U.S. Highway 287 as Interstate 47 in honor of the 47th president, as he was trying to court Trump\u2019s endorsement in a hotly contested race against Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Paxton ultimately won Trump\u2019s support in the closing days of the race and went on to crush Cornyn, an outcome that cemented the president\u2019s influence over Republican voters. Paxton is set to face Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the four-term senator says the highway bill \u201cmay not make it into my priorities\u201d in the final seven months of his term. Instead, a Texas state representative is angling to push the idea forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDuring the U.S. Senate primary, we heard a lot of talk from the losing candidate about honoring President Trump with a named highway,\u201d Rep. Jared Patterson (R) wrote on social platform X. \u201cApparently, the promise only held true when it was politically convenient, and it is no longer a priority based on today\u2019s news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Patterson said that he plans to file a resolution next legislative session to rename the Dallas North Tollway \u2014 a roughly 30-mile stretch from Dallas through Collin and Denton counties \u2014 the \u201cDonald J. Trump Tollway.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNaming this iconic roadway after President Trump would be a lasting tribute to a President whose leadership helped fuel unprecedented growth and prosperity across our region. I look forward to leading this effort \u2014 and my commitment is unwavering,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cornyn told Hearst Newspapers this week that while he was not \u201clooking for confrontation,\u201d he would challenge the president on \u201careas where we differ\u201d \u2014 a shift for a senator who often touted his conservative voting record as proof of his MAGA credentials and close alignment with Trump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m not part of the, what do they call that, the \u2018Wounded Bear Caucus,&#8217;\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cI\u2019ve always avoided being a member of any kind of gang here on Capitol Hill. So I\u2019m going to continue operating that way.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But he has already demonstrated more of a willingness to openly defy the president, even as recently as this week, when he criticized Trump\u2019s choice of Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, to succeed Tulsi Gabbard as the acting director of national intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Senate doesn\u2019t have any role to play in terms of confirming acting officials, but I see no evidence of any qualifications for that job,\u201d Cornyn, a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is backing off a push to dedicate a Texas highway after President Trump, signaling that it may no longer be high on his priority list following his defeat in last month\u2019s GOP Senate primary runoff. 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