President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to “push hard” to keep a $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund active, amid an ongoing feud between two Republican senators and the Trump administration over Trump’s nomination of Todd Blanche for attorney general.“If Senators Cornyn and Tillis, both upset because I wouldn’t Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!), aren’t going to approve Todd Blanche, one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody, in the Country, to be the United States Attorney General, then I will keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill, which takes care of those who have been so badly treated by the Crooked Joe Biden (and Obuma!) Administration (I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!), PASSED,” the president wrote in a post on Truth Social.He added, “Todd Blanche was a voice of reason! It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done.Thank you for your attention to this matter!”Sens.
John Cornyn, R-Texas, and Thom Tillis, R-N.C., are both departing Congress after feuding with Trump.In Texas, Cornyn ran for re-election, losing in a primary runoff to state Attorney General Ken Paxton after Trump endorsed Paxton.Tillis, in North Carolina, opted not to run for reelection, making his plans to retire public one day after drawing Trump’s ire for opposing a GOP-backed domestic policy package.The two senators have partially conditioned their support of Blanche’s nomination on the Trump administration rescinding their plans for the fund which would provide compensation for Jan.
6 rioters pardoned by Trump for claims of government overreach.In a post on X following Trump’s statement Saturday, Tillis blamed the president for Blanche’s stalled confirmation.“Despite comments as late as yesterday that the fund is dead, President Trump clearly intends to resurrect the payout pot for punks either by inappropriately establishing another bogus fund...