Exclusive | Sen. John Cornyn lampooned in Ken Paxton attack ad for going on spring break amid DHS shutdown

WASHINGTON — Sen.John Cornyn (R-Texas) will be lampooned in an attack ad from opponent Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign for going on “spring break” and leaving the Department of Homeland Security unfunded, The Post has learned.The artificial intelligence-generated digital ad will be released Tuesday as Cornyn and Paxton prepare for their May 26 runoff race in the Texas Senate Republican primary.“President Trump is fighting to protect our nation and stop illegals from voting, but his agenda is on hold because John Cornyn is on spring break,” a narrator says in the five-figure ad blitz.The AI video advertisement depicts the Republican senator lounging on the beach in a sunhat and later barreling down a water slide at an amusement park — before heading to a luau.“The SAVE America Act is stalled, and our nation is at risk while he’s vacationing,” the narrator also says.

“Cornyn skipped town instead of fully funding DHS or working on reconciliation.And Cornyn still won’t abolish the filibuster to support Trump.”“Let’s give John Cornyn a permanent vacation,” it adds.

Trump has yet to endorse either candidate in the primary.The four-term senator in a Post op-ed on March 11 said he backed “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.”But neither the voter ID bill nor the DHS funding measure have made it out of Congress — despite versions passing either in the Senate or in the House.A rep for his congressional office said, “Sen.Cornyn is spending the state work period crisscrossing Texas and will hold events in five cities this week alone.”The GOP holds a 53-47 majority in the Senate, but most legislation requires at least 60 votes for a bill to pass — unless the filibuster is abolished.“Senator Cornyn has repeatedly said we should look at al...