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'Republican on Republican violence': GOP civil war threat after Todd Blanche vote derailed
The Real Story Is Not a Senate Squabble. It Is Patronage Politics in a Police State Suit.A brief source readThe article presents a Republican fight over Todd Blanche’s stalled nomination to run the Justice Department, with John Cornyn and Thom Tillis refusing to move forward unless Blanche puts in writing that a $1.8 billion “weaponization fund” is dead. Trump is threatening to yank the nomination, while other Republicans complain that the hold-up is “sour grapes.”Who Actually Holds PowerThe power in this story does not sit with Cornyn or Tillis, even if they can slow the process. It sits…
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