Texas News John Cornyn Wants Texas Republicans To Take The Democratic Threat Seriously In 2020 KWBU | By Jill Ament Published June 21, 2019 at 8:06 AM CDT Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 4:37 Mengwen Cao/KUT Sen. John Cornyn gives his acceptance speech after winning the 2014 Texas Senate race. “I think he’s trying to be the leader of the party, ring the alarm and say, ‘Get with it.’”