Trump Pulls Off Win With Early Hours Vote for Todd | Political News
President Donald Trump managed to pull off a win in the early hours of Saturday morning as his nominee for Attorney General, Todd Blanche, was finally confirmed by the Senate.
🚨 IT’S OFFICIAL: Todd Blanche CONFIRMED as US Attorney General after President Trump refused to back down to the RINOs
Final vote: 50-49
Congratulations, @DAGToddBlanche!
Time to keep CRUSHING fraud and forcing crime to more all-time lows! pic.twitter.com/4TZR2sBTvJ
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 8, 2026
The last vote was 50-49.
Blanche’s affirmation had been up in the air as two Republicans, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), announced their opposition.
But Blanche acquired some sudden help, as we reported. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) had announced on Friday that he would back Blanche’s affirmation after holding close to the vest how he was going to vote.
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Although he expressed issues about the anti-weaponization fund, he argued Blanche can be better than another placeholder in the place.
“Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump, and who indeed may not be as good as Mr. Blanche.”
Blanche said he was deeply honored by the trust and confidence from the president and the vote of the Senate. He also thanked the Department of Justice for their exhausting work to “uphold the law and keep our country safe.”
I’m deeply honored by the trust and confidence President Trump has positioned in me to lead the Department of Justice as our great nation’s 88th Attorney General.
I’m grateful to the Senate for staying late to full this course of.
To the devoted public servants of the…
— Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) August 8, 2026
“God bless America,” he declared.
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