‘I Sleep Very Well’: John Cornyn Brushes Off Possible Primary Threat From Foe Ken Paxton

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) was pressed on Friday by a local Texas news anchor on his contentious relationship with Attorney General Ken Paxton (R).

Ryan Chandler of Texas’s Kxan-News asked Cornyn, “Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has the job you used to have has not so subtly implied that he may like to challenge you in a primary if you run again. Are you worried about a threat from a Paxton primary?”

“I sleep very well at night,” responded Cornyn – a top contender to replace Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) as GOP leader in the Senate.

“So I’m not too worried about it. My last election, I had a primary. I had several primary opponents, and I got 76% of the vote. And so I realize I’m not going to get 100% of the vote. And contested primaries actually make you a better candidate in the general election, in my experience. So, no, I’m not too worried about it. And that’s still quite a ways off. And, and I guess a lot of it is speculative. It’s not, it’s not, it’s not really real,” Cornyn added.

“Do you have a working relationship with the attorney general, though? I know you all like to spar on Twitter quite a bit, but, are you productive in any work you may have to to discuss?” Chandler followed up, noting the acrimony between the two.

“Well, there’s a lot we agree on. And, and, you know, having held that job for four years as the chief law enforcement officer for the state, I have strong feelings about how that job should be performed. But now my job is different. And, it’s to represent, all of us here in Texas and work with all of our elected officials, including the attorney general,” Cornyn replied.

Cornyn and Paxton have traded barbs online with Paxton slamming Cornyn for his willingness to make bipartisan comprises and Cornyn jabbing Paxton over his various corruption allegations.

Watch the clip above.