President Donald Trump and Sen. John Cornyn’s war of words about the confirmation of Todd Blanche to be attorney general shows no signs of slowing down.
On Friday morning, Trump slammed Cornyn once again because the Texas Republican continues to block Blanche’s confirmation over the White House’s refusal to give a binding written guarantee that the Department of Justice’s $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund will not reemerge down the line. He also backtracked — or at least failed to repeat — his call to put Blanche’s nomination on hold as a way to wait out opposition from Cornyn and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), rolling the dice that Republicans can hold their slim majority in the Senate.
