John Cornyn Flip-Flops Again on Filibuster Hours After Promising ‘Whatever it Takes’ to Pass SAVE America Act | 11 March 2026 | Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) abrupt conversion to support eliminating the filibuster if necessary to pass President Donald Trump’s agenda lasted for about a cup of coffee. Within hours of the New York Post publishing an op-ed Wednesday under Cornyn’s name pledging to do whatever it takes to get Trump’s priority legislation passed, Cornyn was recorded in the Capitol backtracking his purported op-ed position. “I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the SAVE America Act and homeland security funding past the Democrats’ obstruction, through the Senate, and on the president’s desk for his signature,” Cornyn crows in the op-ed, seemingly reversing a fervently held position on the filibuster. Yet by 10:00 a.m., just hours after publication, an agitated Cornyn backtracked before escaping into a Capitol elevator, even raising his hand to block the reporter’s camera.