Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) had to do a little rhetorical dance on Fox News this morning to explain why the new omnibus spending bill that he opposes includes millions of dollars worth of his own earmark requests.Cornyn, who was one of the Republicans who pushed for an earmark ban before Minority Leader Mitch McConnell got aboard, was nominally on “America’s Newsroom” to discuss his opposition to the bill itself. “It’s really shocking and it’s profoundly disrespectful,” he said. But host Bill Hemmer quickly turned the conversation to a discussion of the Republican’s earmarks — and didn’t let up. (A news conference Cornyn held today with Sen. John Thune (R-SD) took a similar turn.)
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