Cornyn Skewered On Twitter After Posting Strange Brisket Photo

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Sometimes you just can't win on Twitter. That's what U.S. Senator John Cornyn discovered when he posted what he claimed was brisket on Twitter on Christmas Eve.

"Christmas Family tradition," the congressman wrote. But Twitter users were having none of it. It had received over 7,800 comments and more than 5,400 retweets as of late Christmas morning, (UPDATE: 7,950 retweets and 12,500 comments as of 4 pm Dec. 26th) many eviscerating him for calling the meat, which he baked in a glass dish, "brisket" at all.

"Are you sure you’re from Texas?," wrote @robisraelart.

"This is absolutely horrifying, wtf is wrong with you My children use this website are you kidding me right now?" said @RespectableLaw

@Bird_Nerd92, like many others, critiqued his baking skills.

"It looks like they bought it somewhere & dumped it in that baking dish that is way too clean. Besides you don’t bake brisket, anyway. No idea what the congealed red paste is on top."

@BenWessel showed off his brisket he prepared Christmas Eve.

'I literally just salted and peppered this brisket in preparation for roasting tomorrow and it already looks more appetizing than whatever this godforsaken disaster is."

"I’ve never seen someone willingly post a photo of brisket this bad" said. @heyyyscott

"I'm a native Texan, both of my parents are native Texans, and I've never seen anything that looks like that," says @JediCounelor

@Aiden_smx thought Cornyn was "Eating meat past its expiration date with ketchup on top to own the libs."

@Schottey asked, "Isn't this a felony in Texas?"

Many took the opportunity to jab him for the paltry Covid-19 relief checks Congress included in the relief bill.

@DanielleCandela was one of them.

"How many of your constituents are cold, hungry and homeless? How many of your constituents have no family to celebrate a family tradition with this year because you failed them with your response to the pandemic? How many of your constituents have empty chairs and hearts?"

"That oven costs more than you approved as covid relief for ten people. And that's not a well-prepared brisket. But do you I suppose 🤷‍♂️" wrote @dh_bball.

@vornietom summed it up by tweeting that Cornyn was "Getting burned harder than you burned that meat."

For his part, Cornyn himself weighed in on the controversy late Christmas Day with this tweet:

"Brisket is serious business in Texas.  Actually, it is Sandy Cornyn’s family recipe. Best I have ever had."

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