Butt-hurt John Cornyn is apparently not intending to go gentle into that good night, posts the scorpion & frog fable [View all]

Trump extended a last-minute endorsement to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that tipped this week's runoff election away from Cornyn, who had courted the president's favor during the campaign and even proposed naming a U.S. highway after him.

He seemingly made reference to the betrayal Friday morning in a social media post.

"An old, but apt fable: A scorpion wants to cross a river but cannot swim, so it asks a frog to carry it across," Cornyn posted on X. "The frog hesitates, afraid that the scorpion might sting it, but the scorpion promises not to, pointing out that it would drown if it killed the frog in the middle of the river. The frog considers this argument sensible and agrees to transport the scorpion. Midway across the river, the scorpion stings the frog anyway, dooming them both.

"The dying frog asks the scorpion why it stung despite knowing the consequence, to which the scorpion replies: 'I am sorry, but I couldn't help myself. It's my character,'" Cornyn's post added, citing Wikipedia.

"The reason they wrote these fables is so you’d learn them as a child, not when you’re 74," reminded The Bulwark's Will Saletan.

https://www.rawstory.com/john-cornyn-trump-2676972358/