{"id":4915,"date":"2026-08-04T21:49:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:49:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4915"},"modified":"2026-08-04T21:49:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T21:49:32","slug":"cowardly-republican-senator-admits-being-stampeded-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4915","title":{"rendered":"Cowardly Republican Senator Admits Being Stampeded by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Republican Sen. John Cornyn admitted \u201cthere was nothing we could do to rein in the president\u201d after he changed his mind under pressure from Donald Trump and voted in favor of Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4913\">This Is Why King Charles Is Now at Harry\u2019s Mercy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cornyn and fellow Republican \u201crebel\u201d Sen. Thom Tillis had threatened to block Blanche\u2019s path to the job by voting against him in the Senate Judiciary Committee.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Both men insisted they wanted reassurance from the president that he would not revive an aborted $1.8 billion slush fund for people claiming they were wronged by the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>But they caved at the eleventh hour despite Trump continuing to insist that the so-called \u201cweaponization fund\u201d was a great idea.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the Hill on Tuesday, Cornyn insisted: \u201cThere\u2019s nothing we could do to rein in the president when he said he likes the fund and he wishes it still exists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the fact of the matter, it\u2019s dead, and that\u2019s all we could do under these circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Texas lawmaker lost a GOP primary to challenger Ken Paxton after Trump snubbed him to endorse his opponent. Tillis has also fallen out with the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4911\">Cornered MAGA Senator Condemns Accused Wife Beater\u2019s \u2018Grotesque\u2019 Mistake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>But both men capitulated in a 12-10 vote with their colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of the nomination, which now goes to a full Senate vote.<\/p>\n<p>Trump claimed Cornyn was seeking to derail his AG pick out of revenge for his decision to back Paxton, a claim the four-term senator has denied.<\/p>\n<p>The two men had been unhappy with the role of Blanche, Trump\u2019s former personal lawyer, in agreeing to the slush fund as part of a deal to settle a lawsuit involving Trump and the IRS.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis claimed the Justice Department had acted badly, despite agreeing to a compromise in which Blanche\u2014and not the president\u2014would sign a memorandum declaring the fund was dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe bottom line is nobody is clean here. And until we start recognizing this behavior as bad, we\u2019re just going to one-up it,\u201d said the North Carolina senator. <\/p>\n<p>A group of Epstein survivors criticized the senators for voting through Blanche after initially supporting the women\u2019s campaign to stop Blanche from getting the job as America\u2019s top lawman.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4909\">Trump Freaks Out as Vanity Project Goes Sideways<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Sen. John Cornyn admitted \u201cthere was nothing we could do to rein in the president\u201d after he changed his mind under pressure from Donald Trump and voted in favor of Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination for attorney general. Read more This Is Why King Charles Is Now at Harry\u2019s Mercy Cornyn and fellow Republican \u201crebel\u201d Sen. 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