John Cornyn: “He gets paid $174,000 a year and he's missed I think roughly…”

“… is showing up and you can't claim to be support President Trump and his agenda if you don't show up and vote for it. And there's just basically no excuse. He gets paid $174,000 a year and he's missed I think roughly 90% of the votes this year so far. So it strikes me he's not particularly serious about doing his job. And so why in the world would anybody want to promote him to an even more responsible job, represent the entire state?” (01:37–01:46)

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