Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, brushed off remarks made by Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, as she launched a campaign bid to challenge him in next year’s elections, telling Newsmax that it’s tough to respond to “the ravings of a lunatic.”
Crockett decided to run for Senate after Texas’ redrawn congressional map gave her a tougher road for reelection.
During her kickoff Senate campaign event Monday, she accused Cornyn of “forgetting” that “he works for 30 million people in Texas not one Florida man who’s never called this state home,” referring to President Donald Trump.
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