Trump tells GOP Senators to lock in Blanche votes before testimony

 

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks as US President Donald Trump listens during a press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC.

President Donald Trump is encouraging every Republican senator to confirm Todd Blanche as United States attorney general ahead of his confirmation hearings this upcoming week.

Blanche, who was sworn in as acting attorney general following the ousting of Pam Bondi in April, is scheduled to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and Thursday. However, the acting attorney general is facing significant pushback from Democrats, who are reportedly opposed to his confirmation.

 

Over the past week President Trump has reinstated his ongoing support and trust in Blanche, and on Tuesday posted a statement on Truth Social declaring that Blanche has done a “PHENOMENAL job.”

“Todd Blanche is doing a PHENOMENAL job as Acting Attorney General of the United States, the president wrote. “Under Todd’s incredible leadership at DOJ, Murder is down to the LOWEST level since 1900, and we just saw the biggest one year drop in RECORDED HISTORY. Violent Crime arrests are UP 100%. Robberies, Carjackings, and Assaults, are all CRASHING.” 

“More than 500 million deadly doses of Drugs have already been seized, saving countless innocent lives,” he continued. “This is what happens when you unleash LAW AND ORDER on our streets, instead of protecting vicious Criminal Thugs, and releasing dangerous Illegal Aliens into our Communities like the Dumocrats did for four disastrous years under Sleepy Joe Biden.”

 “Todd has fought hard for Religious Liberty, ended the Weaponization of our Justice System, protected FREE SPEECH, kept Men OUT of Women’s Sports, strengthened Election Integrity, and gone to all-out-WAR against Fraud like nobody in the History of the Department of Justice. He is tough, brilliant, and 100% LOYAL to our Constitution, and the American People.”

 “When the Corrupt Biden “Injustice” Department and Radical Left Prosecutors tried to throw me in jail, and interfered in our Historic 2024 Presidential Campaign, Todd stood by my side and fought off the Lawfare. He is a great lawyer, always very fair, and every Republican Senator should vote to CONFIRM Todd Blanche, ASAP!” Trump said.

Blanche is set to face interrogation from Senate Democrats targeting the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” according to the Daily Wire.

Meanwhile, the Republican majority on the Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to push Blanche as well, including Senators John Cornyn (R-Texas.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who revealed they have plans to probe him at the hearing.

GOP members are anticipated to press Blanche to end mail-order distribution of chemical abortion drugs, while also demanding strict oversight regarding the IRS settlement over the illegal leak of the president’s tax returns.

Ultimately, Blanche is expected to have a long day on Wednesday, when he enters the Senate at 9:00 a.m. E.T. to begin his confirmation hearing.