Native American groups blast Sen. John Cornyn for calling lawmakers 'wild Indians'

Leave it to U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who once blamed the COVID-19 pandemic on "Chinese culture" and denied the existence of systemic racism, to invoke racially insensitive language to describe a Capitol Hill power struggle. That's right, "Big Bad John" has drawn the ire of Native American groups for referring to his Republican colleagues in the House as a "bunch of wild Indians" because of their embarrassing inability to elect a new speaker, according to the Express-News. Cornyn, who made the comment last week on a call with reporters, earned a tongue lashing from the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and Texas' Alabama-Coushatta Tribe, both of whom described his choice of words as "derogatory," the daily reports.