Trump posts video targeting Murkowski over vote against Blanche confirmation

President Donald Trump took aim at Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) on Truth Social Saturday morning, railing against the GOP senator for not voting to confirm Todd Blanche as Attorney General. Murkowski was one of two Republican Senators, alongside Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), to dissent from the GOP and join Democrats agains

The competition to see who the most shallow, feckless Republican in the U.S. Senate can be tight. But somehow, Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski always finds a way to come out on top. The Last Frontier State’s senior senator announced on Friday that she will be joining her pal Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, in opposing Todd Blanch

Murkowski to oppose Todd Blanche nomination, narrowing his path to confirmation | CNN Politics  CNN

The Alaska Republican said the country needs an Attorney General who will "check the worst impulses of this administration," adding that she doesn't have confidence that Todd Blanche can achieve that.

The Alaska senator is the second Republican to announce plans to vote against Todd Blanche. He likely cannot afford any other G.O.P. defections and still win approval.

Republican Senator Murkowski says she will vote against Blanche confirmation  Reuters

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) said Friday she will oppose the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general. Why it matters: With two GOP holdouts — Murkowski and Susan Collins (R-Maine) — Blanche faces an increasingly difficult path to being confirmed. What they're saying: "The country needs an Attorney General w

President Donald Trump said he would keep Todd Blanche as acting attorney general if his confirmation fails in the Senate as Blache’s path to staying as the head of the Department of Justice narrowed with another Republican defection.

No Cabinet secretary nominee has lost a Senate confirmation vote since 1989. Will Blanche break the streak? It’s poised to come down to one vote.

US senators voted along party lines on Tuesday to advance US President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer as attorney general after he formally scrapped a controversial US$1.8 billion fund created through the administration’s settlement of a lawsuit brought by the president. Todd Blanche, who became deputy attorney