Texas GOP Vote reports that U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) issued the following statement after Democrats on the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released their report on enhanced interrogation techniques employed by the nation’s intelligence community.  Red has translated it for you.

“This report is troubling (politically devastating for the Republican Party) for a variety of reasons (mostly its truthfulness), most of which are not found in its pages (but which are probably contained in the full unreleased report). Enhanced interrogation techniques (torture) employed by members of our intelligence community (American torturers) saved (that’s my position and I’m sticking with it despite the evidence) American lives (maybe just maybe someday I can tell you how), and Senate Democrats (communists and/or terrorist sympathizers) should thank these brave (it takes a lot of nerve to water board a completely defenseless man)  men and women (torturers) who worked to protect us (torture a bunch of folks) – not vilify them (tell the truth about their actions).  I cannot think (you could have stopped there Sen. Cornyn) of a greater disservice to our men and women serving in the military (or to the Republican Party) and in our intelligence field (some of whom are torturers) than to hand terror groups like ISIL (or the Democrats) another recruiting tool and excuse (based on verifiable facts) to target them (by telling the truth about how the Bush Presidency violated every principal upon which our nation is founded). Due to the political calculations of some (those terrorist sympathizing Democrats again), the American people (and especially the Republican Party) and our allies across the globe (who have condemned us) are less safe today than they were before (mostly because everyone now can feel free to follow our example and torture people when they feel like it) .”