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'Backfired': Expert warns GOP mutiny against Todd Blanche just 'made matters worse’
Todd Blanche Got What the Senate Pretended to ResistA blockade that strengthened the targetTodd Blanche’s confirmation fight is being sold as a test of Senate backbone. It reads more like a demonstration of how weak theatrical opposition can be when the people staging it are willing to bless the same corruption they claim to oppose.According to legal expert Liz Oyer, the brief Republican holdout from Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn ended up helping Blanche, not weakening him. Their “concessions” were minor, and the result was not a limit on his power but a stamp of approval.Power was never…
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