# Texas Senator John Cornyn and Obamacare **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 16, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939 "2020-05-16T20:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Capn\_Carl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@Capn\_Carl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capn_Carl)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/1 "2020-05-16T20:10:44Z")
He’s telling recently unemployed Americans how fortunate they are, because they can sign up for Obamacare…which he voted to abolish some 20 times. WTF? Somebody help me make sense of this. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/2 "2020-05-16T20:49:34Z")
He sounds like a Republican. Trying to find logic and sense in the words of Republicans is like trying to find flavor in shit. ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2020, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/3 "2020-05-16T21:32:22Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > Somebody help me make sense of this. Oh honey… ---
**Author:** ![HelenGawn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@HelenGawn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelenGawn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/4 "2020-05-17T01:56:10Z")
[Aww, Sweetie, no.](https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/7892924-aww-sweetie-no?store_id=252953) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/5 "2020-05-17T02:24:39Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > He sounds like a Republican. Trying to find logic and sense in the words of Republicans is like trying to find flavor in shit. Friend, there is flavor in shit. The problem is that it has always been, is now, and always will be just the one flavor, no matter how the Republican twerps try to spin it. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/6 "2020-05-17T05:44:30Z")
> [@Capn\_Carl](#): > > He’s telling recently unemployed Americans how fortunate they are, because they can sign up for Obamacare…which he voted to abolish some 20 times. > > WTF? Somebody help me make sense of this. John Cornyn is a lying piece of shit. And a Republican. I’m not sure what more you need to make sense of this. ---
**Author:** ![Fugazi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@Fugazi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fugazi)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/7 "2020-05-17T17:44:22Z")
> [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](#): > > John Cornyn is a lying piece of shit. And a Republican. > > I’m not sure what more you need to make sense of this. From the Department of Redundancy Department. ---
**Author:** ![Skypist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skypist/32/169_2.png) [@Skypist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skypist)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/8 "2020-05-17T18:10:39Z")
Well he’s fucking lying because stupid Texas didn’t take the Medicaid expansion. ---
**Author:** ![filmore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2020, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/9 "2020-05-17T18:19:00Z")
Maybe he doesn’t realize that the ACA is the same thing as Obamacare that he rallied against. > [@](#): > > “The Supreme Court has never ruled that Congress can use the Commerce Clause to require individuals to engage in an activity they have chosen to avoid. Yet that is precisely what Obamacare does: It forces Americans without health insurance to purchase coverage. Such a requirement is unprecedented and unconstitutional.” > – John Cornyn ---
**Author:** ![jshore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@jshore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jshore)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/texas-senator-john-cornyn-and-obamacare/853939/10 "2020-05-18T00:09:23Z")
FYI, here is the story: [https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/497600-cornyn-those-who-have-lost-employer-health-care-should-sign-up-for-obamacare](https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/497600-cornyn-those-who-have-lost-employer-health-care-should-sign-up-for-obamacare) I wanted to see it to make sure the OP wasn’t exaggerating things…but, no, it’s all true.