I want all Americans to understand that I, a Republican lawmaker, can do nothing to rein in President Donald Trump.

I am rendered powerless before the awesome strength of a lame-duck president with a 32% approval rating. My party might control both houses of Congress, and our job description might technically include reining in the executive branch, but still, it’s just not a thing we can do. His gaze alone makes our brains seize up.

My colleague Sen. John Cornyn, R-Poltroon, made it plain as day recently when he said of Republicans, “There’s nothing we can do to rein in the president.”

Cornyn, like all good Republicans, caved to Trump's demands

That came after Cornyn and other Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to move acting Attorney General Todd Blanche’s confirmation to the full Senate. Cornyn had opposed........

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