The fight to get Todd Blanche confirmed as the next Attorney General rages on, as Blanche needs at least 50 Senators to vote in favor, in this scenario Vice President JD Vance would cast a tie breaker vote.
Senate Democrats will likely remain united in voting against Blanche, which means Blanche can only afford to lose a little bit of Republican support.
Two GOP Senators, Thom Tillis, R-NC, and John Cornyn, R-TX, remain undecided and are skeptical on Blanche’s qualifications for the role.
Tillis demanded that Blanche meet with Epstein survivors, which he recently did and Cornyn argued that Blanche’s answers during his confirmation hearing were “not good enough.”
Both Tillis and Cornyn are having discussions with President Trump to negotiate a compromise in return for their votes to confirm Blanche.
During his confirmation hearing, Blanche suffered a gaffe when being questioned by Senator John Kennedy, R-LA.
Kennedy asked Blanche if he and President Trump were friends, prompting the latter to say “I’m his lawyer – was his lawyer, and now I’m the deputy Attorney General.”
Despite the comment, Kennedy is still confident that Blanche will be confirmed as the next Attorney General.
“I don’t think any closed minded person can look at his resume and not conclude that,” Kennedy told TGP.
“I don’t think my Democratic colleagues like him because he was appointed by President Trump and that upsets them because they wanted Vice President Harris to be President.”
WATCH: @SenJohnKennedy is confident that @DAGToddBlanche will be confirmed as the next Attorney General despite Blanche suffering a major gaffe during his confirmation hearing, while Kennedy was questioning him.@gatewaypundit pic.twitter.com/LG3Qj6NrSM
— Myles Morell (@MorellMedia) July 22, 2026
Back in May, President Trump and the DOJ introduced a $1.776 billion dollar “anti-Weaponization” fund to compensate J6ers who were treated horribly by the justice system following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
The plan was then cancelled by Blanche.
“The anti-Weaponization fund you talk about is no longer in existence and the Attorney General said it won’t come into existence,” Kennedy told TGP.
Kennedy also brought up a settlement regarding President Trump’s tax audits, which was voided by District Judge, Kathleen Williams:
“There were a lot of other questions by my Democratic friends about the settlement of the President’s audits, but that’s settlement agreement has been struck down by the district court,” Kennedy told TGP.
“It’ll probably be appealed, but I wouldn’t bet my house on the court of appeal, like overturning the district court’s opinion. If I were betting your house, it would be a maybe.”
Kennedy subtlety hinted that he is leaning towards voting to confirm Blanche and would only vote no if something “demonstrated” to him that Blanche is not qualified:
“Something that’s Demonstrated to me, aside from my personal feelings, is that he was unqualified.”
WATCH: @SenJohnKennedy subtlety hints that he is leaning towards voting to confirm @DAGToddBlanche as the next Attorney General.@gatewaypundit pic.twitter.com/Oh7oNm4RyL
— Myles Morell (@MorellMedia) July 22, 2026
The confirmation process to confirm Blanche as the next Attorney General has stalled, as he has not secured key GOP Senate votes from Cornyn or Tillis, while other GOP RINOs such as Susan Collins, R-ME, and Lisa Murkowski, R-AK, could be a thorn in the side of both Blanche and President Trump.
Will Blanche prevail or will the President have to pick someone else as the next Attorney General?
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