Hopeless: Conservative urges idealists to 'give up' trying to save the GOP (opens in new tab)

least according to one prominent conservative.Writing for The Dispatch, conservative commentator Kevin D. Williamson compared Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) to one of the state’s political heroes, Sam Houston. Like Cornyn, Houston was punished by Texas voters for an unpopular position: In Houston’s case, opposing the extension of slavery, and in Cornyn’s case the simple fact that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is perceived as more popular with the party base.“Donald Trump routinely denounces h...