The admission is notable, considering Fetterman sometimes votes in favor of Trump nominees during the Senate confirmation process. Last year, he was the sole Democrat to back the confirmation of Pam Bondi as attorney general. That will not be the case for Blanche.“I would not vote for him,” the senator told NewsNation outside the U.S. Capitol.
Fetterman suggested his reservations about the acting attorney general were related to the $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund abandoned by the DOJ this week.
“It seems like it’s not going anywhere,” the Pennsylvania Democrat said of congressional opposition to the fund. “There’s no votes for that. This slush fund, or whatever you want to call it, it’s a bizarre thing.”
“I don’t know why you would introduce that when you’re in the middle of really important questions about the Iranian war and those other things,” he added. “I don’t think we need any of those kind of distractions.”
President Donald Trump indicated on Wednesday that his administration will move to nominate Blanche as the full-time attorney general as soon as Thursday. No official announcement has been made yet.
