All posts tagged "Thom Tillis"

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's attempt to lock Democrats out of Pentagon talks is backfiring after GOP lawmakers expressed concern to Politico.

Hegseth has been keeping congressional Democrats out of classified briefings, according to reporting by Politico, which described Republicans as "shocked by the brazen partisanship."

"He calls himself the secretary of war, but ironically, he doesn't want to go to war and win the argument with nearly half the members of the Senate," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said, referring to Hegseth's reluctance to invite Democrats into discussions about taking military action. "You got to engage."...

A former Republican operative slammed a GOP leader's planned tell-all and the idea that it would do anything by targeting Trump.

During an episode of The Jim Acosta Show, Steve Schmidt discussed the GOP's failure to stand up to President Donald Trump as they moved to confirm Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. Schmidt brought up that Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is planning to write a book that goes after the Trump administration, and said it would be meaningless as long as Republicans like Tillis fall in line behind Trump's Justice Department.

"When there are people like Thom Tillis, who says he's going to write a book, exposing the degeneracy of the MAGA insiders, MAGATs he calls them. He's a maggot," Schmidt said. "He's on their team. He showers with Stephen Miller. What doesn't Thom Tillis understand about that? He scratches his back. They share a towel."...

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's chance of securing his role permanently is hanging on by a thread after a GOP senator came out against him.

On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance Blanche's nomination as Attorney General to the full Senate, but not before deals with two GOP senators had to be cut to secure the vote. Now, Blanche has to secure enough Senate votes to secure the AG role, but Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) announced she would not be voting in his favor, according to reports.

"While I believe Mr. Blanche is a capable lawyer, the Department of Justice has become increasingly political," Collins said in a statement. "Mr. Blanche has taken several actions that have further eroded the Department's independence, and that is the basis for my vote to oppose his confirmation."...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has rung a potential death knell for Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's Senate confirmation.

Tillis, in post on X Saturday morning, said that he won't vote to confirm Blanche as attorney general after President Donald Trump wrote a Truth Social rant declaring his controversial anti-weaponization fund wasn't dead.

"Despite comments as late as yesterday that the fund is dead, President Trump clearly intends to resurrect the payout pot for punks," Tillis wrote. "It’s unfortunate that Todd Blanche, who I consider qualified for the job, will not be confirmed because of this reversal."...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) hit back at attacks from President Donald Trump on Friday, publicly calling him out for taking bad advice on a "bogus settlement" from "an incompetent personal advisor."

The Republican lawmaker — who joins Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) in demanding Trump commit to ending his Anti Weaponization Fund or see acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's confirmation voted down — posted his outrage on X.

"While I never disagreed that the Biden Administration pursued a number of vindictive prosecutions related to January 6, the criminals who assaulted police officers and defiled our nation’s Capitol are not 'great American patriots' who are 'victims of government abuse,'" wrote Tillis....

Insiders were optimistic on Thursday that Todd Blanche would be confirmed as attorney general and that a standoff between two Republicans and the Trump administration could be winding down, according to CNN reporters.

President Donald Trump signaled he could withdraw the nomination for Blanche, current acting attorney general and his former personal lawyer, and instead wait until Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) were out of office. The two Republicans have threatened to withhold support for Blanche over the president's IRS settlement and anti-weaponization fund.

But that could be changing, CNN correspondent Katelyn Polantz reported Thursday, saying that Blanche met with Cornyn....