Bill Cassidy defends decision to back Blanche as attorney general

Sen. Bill Cassidy defended his vote to back Todd Blanche as attorney general.

Summary

Washington Examiner reports Sen. Bill Cassidy defending his decision to back Todd Blanche for AG.
Cassidy’s explanation matters because he has sometimes broken with Trump-world orthodoxy.
The vote adds Senate ballast to Blanche’s legitimacy at DOJ.
Critics on the left still frame Blanche as too close to Trump.
The defense keeps the confirmation coalition from fraying in public.

Cassidy defending Blanche is useful. Even cautious Republicans are choosing governance over media panic.

DOJ needs an AG who will not sabotage border and crime priorities. Blanche is that bet.

Ignore the loyalty freakout. Watch whether prosecutions become equal again.

Was Cassidy right to back Blanche?

u/senate_whip · 5h

Public defense matters when the press wants a crack.

u/midwest_vet · 4h

Governing coalition > cable segment.

u/campus_take · 4h

Feelings are not a clearance. Sen. Bill Cassidy defended his vote to back Todd Blanche as attorney general.

u/rule_first · 3h

Confirming an AG after an election is normal. Stop rewriting civics.

u/ice_desk · 3h

Any AG who will not kneecap ICE is already an upgrade.

u/ngo_voice · 2h

Senators should have blocked him.

u/docket_rat · 2h

They did not. Move on to dockets and charging memos.

u/press_clip · 90m

Examiner got Cassidy on the record. Good.

u/border_dad · 70m

Vote, defend, enforce. That is the sequence.

u/night_shift · 40m

Stop auditioning for MSNBC. Staff DOJ.

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