CNN reports that Blanche's floor vote is uncertain, with at least one Republican senator expressing hesitation. The Trump ally and former federal prosecutor faces a confirmation process that looks less like a coronation and more like a real test.
The attorney general runs prosecutions, corruption cases, and election-related disputes. If senators wobble on Blanche, they are deciding how much political loyalty they will tolerate at the top of the Justice Department. Senators are not judging some abstract qualification. They are deciding whether the country's top law enforcement job should go to someone read first through the lens of Trump-world loyalty.
Watch whether Republican holdouts firm up or fold before the floor vote. Any delay becomes its own signal: even a Senate inclined to back Trump has a line, and Blanche is testing it by name.
This vote strips away the fog. Any hand-wringing before the vote tells you senators know the distinction matters, and they are uncomfortable with the answer.
Filed to the Politics desk · 5 days ago