A meeting between Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Senate Republicans Thursday went disastrously, according to reports.
The meeting was held to discuss Trump's $1.7 billion "anti-weaponization" fund. People familiar with what happened behind closed doors called it a "s---show", according to a Semafor reporter.
Mediaite noted that Republican lawmakers have been worried "as administration officials refuse to promise that the cash will be withheld from violent rioters who assaulted law enforcement officers on January 6."
According to a post by Andrew Desiderio, a senior congressional reporter for Punchbowl News, the meeting with Blanche lasted nearly two hours, and "was incredibly hostile, per multiple attendees."
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) "confronted Acting AG Blanche about the weaponization fund at the Senate GOP meeting today," Semafor's Burgess Everett wrote on X. "Being described as a 's---show' per people familiar."
In a post by Spectrum News' Reuben Jones, Tillis described the fund as "stupid on stilts" and "tyranny."
CNN's Manu Raju reported that "Blanche is facing stiff resistance" and Republicans "also warn that a major immigration enforcement/reconcilation [sic] bill they want to pass could be derailed with the issue hovering."
"Am told most senators voiced opposition to the fund," Raju added. "Hardly any came to its defense. Lot of unhappy Rs about the $1.8B fund."
According to Desiderio, "all" GOP senators spoke "in opposition to weaponization fund."
