WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt drew renewed criticism for his attendance record on Thursday after narrowly making it to Washington to clinch the GOP’s defeat of a resolution that would have blocked further military action in Venezuela.
It marked only the fourth time Hunt has cast a vote on the House floor this year, out of 48 votes held in the lower chamber since lawmakers resumed business earlier this month. The absences come as the Houston Republican is waging a primary challenge against U.S. Sen John Cornyn, who has seized on Hunt’s spotty voting record with a series of jabs on social media.
A Hunt spokesperson defended the absences, saying that no “bills, resolutions, or GOP priorities have been delayed or stopped because of Rep. Hunt’s priority of barnstorming Texas to retire John Cornyn.” On Friday, responding to what he described as “anyone clutching pearls about missed votes,” Hunt added on social media that he has been “crisscrossing Texas nonstop” on the campaign trail.
