{"id":2468736,"date":"2025-07-30T14:40:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-dismisses-trumps-personal-insults-over-blue-slips-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T14:42:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T18:42:52","slug":"grassley-dismisses-trumps-personal-insults-over-blue-slips-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grassley-dismisses-trumps-personal-insults-over-blue-slips-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Grassley dismisses Trump\u2019s \u2018personal insults\u2019 over blue slips &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrassley-dismisses-trumps-personal-insults-over-blue-slips-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468736&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, expressed his offense and disappointment at President Donald TrumpS personal insults directed at him and senate Republicans over the bipartisan &#8220;blue slip&#8221; tradition. This practice gives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-trump-could-circumvent-schumers-blockade-on-new-york-prosecutors-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How ... could circumvent Schumer\u2019s blockade on New York prosecutors - Washington Examiner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-judicial-nominees-highlight-conflict-between-progressives-civil-rights-groups\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Judicial ... Highlight Conflict Between Progressives, Civil Rights Groups\">home-state senators<\/a> veto power<\/a> over judicial and U.S.attorney nominees. Trump has publicly urged Grassley to abandon the blue slip process,accusing him of being weak and ineffective and reposting social media calls to &#8220;dethrone&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/three-republicans-who-need-to-convince-voters-theyre-hometown-heroes\/\" title=\"Three GOP candidates aiming to win over voters as local champions\">long-serving senators<\/a> like Grassley. Despite Trump&#8217;s pressure, Grassley has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >resisted ending blue slips<\/a>, maintaining limited reforms made during Trump&#8217;s earlier term. Grassley&#8217;s spokesperson emphasized the importance of home-state senators&#8217; input in confirming nominees. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is attempting to bypass blue slips through interim appointments, which has sparked legal challenges. Republicans are considering rule changes to overcome Democratic stalling of Trump&#8217;s nominees. Grassley is supported by GOP leadership and some Judiciary Committee members, who are asking Trump to end the public feud. Senator John Kennedy notably praised Grassley&#8217;s durability and influence in the Senate.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Grassley dismisses Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;personal insults&rsquo; over Senate blue slips<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2185127\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/chuck-grassley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chuck Grassley<\/a> (R-IA) bristled at President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s calls to abandon a bipartisan tradition on judicial nominees, saying he was &ldquo;offended&rdquo; by a string of social media posts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485805\/trump-grassley-blue-slip-confirmation-appointees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">targeting his leadership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Last night, I was surprised to see President Trump on Truth Social go after me and Senate Republicans,&rdquo; Grassley, the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, said as he began a hearing on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485681\/republicans-eyeing-changes-big-beautiful-bill-messaging-tactics\/\">Republicans eyeing changes to &#8216;big beautiful bill&#8217; that could alter messaging tactics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485797\/senate-confirms-emil-bove-appeals-court-judge-whistleblower-objections\/\">Senate confirms Emil Bove as appeals court judge despite Democratic furor over whistleblowers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485781\/senate-republicans-weigh-rule-changes-recess-appointments-trump-nominees\/\">Senate Republicans weigh rule changes, recess appointments to break nominee logjam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I was offended by what the president said, and I&rsquo;m disappointed that it would result in personal insults,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>A day earlier, Trump urged Grassley to have the &ldquo;courage&rdquo; to break the practice of &ldquo;blue slips,&rdquo; which gives home-state senators veto power over nominees for lower-level judgeships and U.S. attorneys.<\/p>\n<p>Trump reposted accounts amplifying Grassley&rsquo;s five-decade &ldquo;reign&rdquo; in Congress, with one Truth Social post calling to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@Sprok\/posts\/114939065895750263\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">dethrone the kings<\/a>&rdquo; as it lumped Grassley, 91, in with other long-serving lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Grassley has resisted pressure to eliminate blue slips this Congress, and on Tuesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2025\/07\/29\/congress\/trump-hits-grassley-00483005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">shrugged<\/a> at the first of the posts, though Grassley did weaken the practice in Trump&rsquo;s first term, exempting higher-level circuit court nominees to help Republicans expand their influence on the federal bench.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Trump wants the practice, one of the few remaining areas of bipartisan cooperation, to go altogether. In his Tuesday post, Trump said that Grassley should &ldquo;not let the Democrats laugh at him and the Republican Party for being weak and ineffective.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A Grassley spokesperson highlighted two U.S. attorney nominees who received blue slips from Democratic senators in Virginia and Minnesota, adding that support on the floor is, in part, predicated on buy-in from home-state senators.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;When a nominee comes out of committee all 100 senators have a say on the nomination and part of their consideration is based on the home state senators&rsquo; input,&rdquo; the spokesperson said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>The pressure campaign comes as Trump takes steps to circumvent the blue slip process with interim appointments.<\/p>\n<p>The administration moved to keep Alina Habba as acting U.S. attorney in New Jersey after the state&rsquo;s Democratic senators declined to return blue slips, sparking a legal challenge now playing out in court.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also used the tactic to get around Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer&rsquo;s (D-NY) objections to a pair of U.S. attorney nominees in New York.<\/p>\n<p>Those objections are part of a larger campaign by Democrats to stall or block hundreds of Trump&rsquo;s nominees, none of whom have received a voice vote or unanimous consent on the Senate floor.<\/p>\n<p>The blockade has prompted Republicans to consider rules changes to speed up debate time or shrink the list of nominees who must receive Senate approval. Republicans even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3485781\/senate-republicans-weigh-rule-changes-recess-appointments-trump-nominees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">entertained<\/a> the idea of allowing Trump to install his choices using recess appointments at a Tuesday lunch, though Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) downplayed the idea.<\/p>\n<p>In the fight over blue slips, Grassley is receiving support from members of the Judiciary Committee and GOP leadership. Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY) told reporters that he supports Grassley as chairman, while Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA), a committee member, publicly asked Trump to drop the feud.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I say this to the president with respect, Mr. President, pretty please, with sugar on top, back off this, because I don&rsquo;t think the Senate is going to go along, and I think it&rsquo;s just a needless fight.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3484916\/tennessee-tim-burchett-broken-rib-kicked-horse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TIM BURCHETT TREATED FOR BROKEN RIB AFTER HORSE-KICKING INCIDENT<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Grassley&rsquo;s fitness, Kennedy quipped that he&rsquo;s &ldquo;tough as a boot, he&rsquo;s sharp as a tack.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;ve said this before &mdash; when the apocalypse comes and hell freezes over, there&rsquo;s going to be two things left, Chuck Grassley and cockroaches,&rdquo; Kennedy said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ramsey Touchberry contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2185127\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2185127\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grassley rejects Trump&#8217;s personal attacks over blue slips<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2468737,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25197709088883-1024x591.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[60279,52583,60280,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2468736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-blue-slips","tag-grassley-2","tag-personal-insults","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP25197709088883-1024x591.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468736"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468740,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468736\/revisions\/2468740"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}