Senator John Cornyn was booed at a Texas Republican convention.
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The Benny ShowOct 28, 2026
Multiple independent reports from AP, The Hill, NBC News and CNN say Sen. John Cornyn was booed while speaking at the Texas GOP convention in Houston on June 17, 2022, so the core claim is supported. The post's 'couple years ago' is a loose timeframe the claim omits, and the claim does not depart from the passage.
What was said
… And, um, you know, whenever the Senate can't get bills passed that 90% of the country agrees with, you know, there are there are consequences, and you've seen a lot of primary elections reflect. Yeah, yeah, including this one, where you have the famous, ah, booing of John Cornyn. It happened right here. It happened at this convention, right? Convention here. This was, this was thermonuclear viral couple years ago, right? For Four years ago. Yep. I don't know if you're there. I wasn't there at that one, but I had seen the video many, many times. Many people have showed me in the video. …
The Benny Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. AP's report says delegates booed Sen. John Cornyn for working on bipartisan gun legislation at the Texas GOP convention.[1]
Supports. The Hill reports Cornyn was booed while delivering remarks at a Texas GOP convention in Houston on a Friday in June 2022, with boos heard in videos posted on Twitter.[2]
Supports. NBC News reports that during Cornyn's speech at the Texas GOP convention, audience members booed and chanted 'no red flag.'[3]
Supports. CNN reports that Cornyn's comments were met with boos from the audience at the Texas GOP convention.[4]
Context. The post's 'couple years ago' is roughly consistent with the June 2022 event, and the claim's omission of a date is not a contradiction.[2][3]
Sources
4 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 2 tier 2
- 1Texas GOP's swing to far right cemented with party platformapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Cornyn faces boos at Texas GOP convention - The Hillthehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: supports, context
- 3Cornyn booed at Texas GOP convention as he seeks bipartisan gun deal in Senatenbcnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 4John Cornyn booed at Texas GOP Conventioncnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
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