Update: Todd Blanche was appointed attorney general.
Update: Senator Cassidy will support Todd Blanche for attorney general.
Lisa Murkowski came out against Todd Blanche for AG, putting his nomination in jeopardy.
Sen. Susan Collins also said she will vote against Blanche’s nomination, and Sen. Bill Cassidy remains undecided.
They are afraid he will work too closely with President Trump. They never expressed those concerns about President Obama‘s or President Biden‘s Attorney Generals.
These people don’t want anyone who is a Trump ally. They want to bring back someone like Mike Pence to run for president.
It makes me think Blanche is the right man for the job.
The Alaska Republican said in a statement that she did not believe Blanche, who has been serving as acting attorney general since April, would act to rein in President Donald Trump and reverse the “politicization—even weaponization” of the Justice Department that has “accelerated” under Trump.
The weaponization of government took place under Joe Biden. She did nothing then except support Biden’s weaponization of government to attack Trump.
She is truly more democrat than republican and should not be in the party. Mitch McConnell spent $6 million on her last time to keep her as a senator.
“The country needs an Attorney General who will check the worst impulses of this administration,” she said. “I hope Mr. Blanche is able to achieve that, if confirmed, but I simply do not have confidence that will be the case.”
Blanche’s fate is now thought to come down to Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, who has been increasingly critical of the president since losing his renomination campaign to a Trump-backed Republican earlier this year.
Cassidy met with Blanche alongside Murkowski Wednesday afternoon but hasn’t yet said how he will vote.
The same people approve all the Democrat nominations. They want to keep the status quo and investigate nothing. They hate Trump and want him stopped.
Murkowski approved Attorney General Merrick Garland without question.
