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Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Wednesday rejected President Donald Trump's call to ignore Senate traditions to speed up confirmation of his U.S. attorney and federal judge nominee.
Republican leaders told a reporter on Capitol Hill that he believes the cancellation of the “Blue Slip” precedent “has any strong interest” that takes into account the views of the nominee's native senator before moving forward in the confirmation process.
“I’m glad to hear the Senate [Chuck] Grassley and my colleagues said, but no, I don't think there is any keen interest in changing this here. South Dakota Republican said.
After Trump urged Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Grassley to urge Grassley on Tuesday to “strengthen” and speed up the stagnant candidates with tradition.
But while Trump’s debate on truth is “Democrats break this ridiculous custom of ours, it’s time to break it against them.” Thun said Wednesday that both sides used blue slips to stop the nominee’s consideration.
He told reporters: “I think the blue sliding process has been used by both parties for a long time, and neither party has violated its usage in the past.”
“We will see where the conversation with colleagues goes, but I don’t feel rushing to change it,” he added. “I think the key is to make sure we make good progress on the judges list on the presidential roster and at some point if Democrats continue to take this path to get in the way that is hindering, we may need to do different actions to the nominees in different ways.”
Grassley said at the start of the Judiciary Committee meeting Wednesday morning that he was “surprised to see President Trump’s truth about me and Senate Republicans, what we call ‘blue slip’.”
“Now, for real Americans rather than in Washington, D.C., an island surrounded by reality – the real American people don’t care what “blue slitting” is, but in reality, it affects the impact of district judges serving the community and American lawyers who ensure law and order,” he said. “Both sides have successfully used the rule to block presidential nominees and are generally respected.”
“I'm angry at what the president said, and I'm disappointed that it would lead to personal insults,” Grassley concluded.
Many Senate Republicans support Iowa Republicans and precedent.
Senate majority whip John Barrasso told CNN that “I support the chairman” and Sen. John Kennedy asked Trump to “retreat” the issue and called it an “unnecessary battle.”
“For district judges, especially, senators are able to pick attorneys from the community,” said Louisiana Republican Kennedy. “This meets what I call community standards.”
“What I'm trying to do is pick men and women so that other people in the community will see and go, I know, I may not agree with everything they say or do, but man, these are damn good lawyers, they'll be fair, they'll hear both sides.” “That's the goal.”
Similarly, North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis opposed Trump, saying: “He has no brains on this policy recommendations.”
“If you're not even in a state of being in a certain state where you're not even in a state of dating with two Democratic members, you're just prepared for the political physics I'm talking about about rewards,” he said. “Why do we do that?”
Senator John Cornyn, who faces an uphill reelection battle in Texas, said he will support Grassley and Thune's choices.
When he thought he thought it was the right move, Cornyn repeated that he would “support their decision.”