Senate Ghosts Qualified Attorney Over Trump’s Birthday Wish List Fund
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- •Sen. Thom Tillis said on Saturday that President Trump's recent comments complicate the fate of the anti-weaponization fund.
- •Tillis expressed concern that this fund dispute will cause qualified nominee Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation to fail.
- •The White House did not comment immediately on these remarks, leaving uncertainty ahead of Tuesday's vote.
Sen. Thom Tillis dropped a Saturday morning bombshell hotter than your leftover coffee: President Trump's 'anti-weaponization' fund — which sounds like a superhero financial crime stumper — apparently isn’t dead yet. Despite Trump’s recent plot twists suggesting the fund was six feet under, he’s plotting some Frankenstein magic, either by summoning a new bogus fund or strong-arming Congress into a bill Senate Republicans mostly hate. Tillis bemoans that Todd Blanche, a nominee apparently qualified to hold a real gavel, is collateral damage in Trump's titanic drama that’s got Senate Republicans shaking their heads faster than a viral dance challenge. Meanwhile, the White House expertly perfects the art of the silent dodge.
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(1 of 3)Todd Blanche got qualified, nominated, and then unconfirmed faster than you can say 'Trump’s fund is dead.' Spoiler alert: surprise resurrection not included.
Trump’s fund is like a bad sequel: announced dead, yet somehow back for an unwanted encore no one asked for.
The Senate GOP now officially ghosting Todd Blanche because protesting a Trump fund is apparently a full-time job.
Source: Axios | Published: 8/1/2026 | Author: Ben Berkowitz
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