{"id":2637867,"date":"2026-07-30T14:25:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T18:29:39","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornyn, Tillis Epitomize The GOP&#8217;s Hatred For Its Voters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigncornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters%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=2637867&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>Senators John cornyn and Thom Tillis are delaying their support for Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination as AmericaS next attorney general, citing concerns over a failed anti-weaponization fund and alleged weaponization of the Justice Department. their actions reflect a broader pattern of GOP politicians showing disdain for their voters, especially as they approach the end of their political careers. Historically, many Republican officials prioritize personal and party interests over representing their constituents, and their recent sabotage of blanche&#8217;s confirmation process highlights this disloyalty. The article emphasizes the need for active citizen involvement and better leadership within the GOP to truly align with voters\u2019 priorities and foster genuine self-governance.  <\/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<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:US_Congressional_Delegation_visit_to_IAEA_(01911666)_(51293837883).jpg\">Dean Calma\/IAEA\/Wikimedia Commons\/<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/2.0\/deed.en\">CC BY 2.0<\/a>       <\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-share text-center article-share-simple\">\n<h5 class=\"label-sm mb-10\">Share<\/h5>\n<ul class=\"article-share-list list-unstyled m-0 p-0\">\n<li class=\"article-share-facebook m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/30\/cornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-facebook\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Facebook<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-twitter m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=Cornyn And Tillis\u2019 Anti-Blanche Jihad Epitomizes The GOP\u2019s Hatred For Its Voters&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/30\/cornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Twitter<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-truth-social m-0\">       <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/share?title=Cornyn And Tillis\u2019 Anti-Blanche Jihad Epitomizes The GOP\u2019s Hatred For Its Voters&#038;url=https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/30\/cornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"currentColor\" style=\"width:36px;height:auto;\" viewbox=\"0 0 92 93\"><path d=\"M69.444 55.716H56.772v10.37h12.672zM64.487 37.795V27.32H38.666v38.664h13.18v-28.19zM21.05 27.321h12.653v10.471H21.051z\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/><\/svg>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article on Truth Social<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-link m-0\">       <button data-clipboard-text=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/30\/cornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/\" data-tooltip-content=\"Copied!\" class=\"clip tooltip\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-link-variant\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Copy Article Link<\/span>       <\/button>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\">       <a href=\"mailto:?subject=Cornyn And Tillis\u2019 Anti-Blanche Jihad Epitomizes The GOP\u2019s Hatred For Its Voters&#038;body=%20https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/30\/cornyn-and-tillis-anti-blanche-jihad-epitomizes-the-gops-hatred-for-its-voters\/\" target=\"_blank\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-email\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Share Article via Email<\/span>       <\/a>     <\/li>\n<li class=\"article-share-email m-0\"><span class=\"printfriendly pf-button  pf-alignleft\">                     <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\" rel=\"nofollow\" onclick=\"window.print(); pfTrackEvent(&#039;Cornyn And Tillis\u2019 Anti-Blanche Jihad Epitomizes The GOP\u2019s Hatred For Its Voters&#039;); return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &#038; Email\">                     <span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span>                     <\/a>                 <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div class=\"pf-content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sens. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/john-cornyn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">John Cornyn<\/a>, R-Texas, and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/thom-tillis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thom Tillis<\/a>, R-N.C., have a lot in common. Both are soon to be unemployed, and both have a serial hatred for the people who elected them to public office.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That disdain has never been more apparent than it has throughout Todd Blanche\u2019s Senate confirmation process to become America\u2019s next attorney general. While originally set to be voted on by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday morning, a representative for Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ShawnFleetwood\/status\/2082624743778251204?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> late Wednesday that a vote on Blanche\u2019s nomination has been postponed for the foreseeable future due to Cornyn and Tillis\u2019 continued stonewalling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-4199476380\" class=\"d-flex justify-content-center fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 fdrlst__b89e9-entity-placement\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Grassley\u2019s team indicated, the GOP senators are withholding their support due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/07\/30\/g-s1-136265\/senate-blanche-nomination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">alleged concerns<\/a> about a now-defunct $1.776 billion <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/anti-weaponization-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund<\/a> for victims of Democrat lawfare. Tillis has also fearmongered about Blanche weaponizing the Justice Department and even <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/16\/tillis-doesnt-understand-difference-between-bidens-weaponized-doj-and-trumps-pursuit-of-justice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compared<\/a> the Biden DOJ\u2019s weaponization to the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to achieve accountability for that abuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/05\/22\/senators-fight-harder-against-restitution-for-doj-weaponization-than-against-weaponization-itself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senators Fight Harder Against Restitution For DOJ Weaponization Than Against Weaponization Itself<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Try as they may to portray themselves as \u201cdignified\u201d statesmen who are taking their jobs seriously, Cornyn and Tillis aren\u2019t fooling anyone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following Trump\u2019s return to office, the two senators <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/16\/thom-tillis-wants-you-to-forget-his-role-in-tanking-ed-martins-d-c-attorney-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">eagerly<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1902811136762028118?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">attempted<\/a> to portray themselves as allies of the president because their political careers depended on it. But since Tillis decided to forgo reelection and Cornyn lost his primary, the two sore losers are perfectly comfortable publicly sabotaging the president and his voters\u2019 policy agenda. (This is also <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/burgessev\/status\/2082513827586097647?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">applicable<\/a> to Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/bill-cassidy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bill Cassidy<\/a>, R-La., who lost his reelection bid earlier this year.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such two-faced behavior isn\u2019t a new phenomenon. If anything, it\u2019s indicative of how most elected Republicans who hate their voters operate. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Republicans learned long ago that they don\u2019t actually have to agree with or like their voters. They realized that if they do the bare minimum \u2014 confirming Trump nominees, repeating MAGA talking points, talking about how bad Democrats are, etc. \u2014 they could maintain their grip on power. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s only now that they\u2019re on their way out the Senate door that Cornyn and Tillis are OK with letting the public in on who they (and many of their Republican colleagues) really are. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>[READ:[READ:<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/24\/cornyn-tillis-drag-their-feet-on-blanche-nomination-after-voting-for-obama-biden-appointees\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"> Cornyn, Tillis Drag Their Feet On Blanche Nomination After Voting For Obama, Biden Appointees<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If there were any doubts about the validity of this intra-GOP dynamic, take it from Cornyn himself. In response to Trump\u2019s suggestion that he\u2019d temporarily pull Blanche\u2019s AG nomination until after Cornyn and Tillis leave office, the Texas senator <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/seanmdav\/status\/2082854849377378640?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stupidly admitted<\/a> that several of his fellow senators are basically hiding behind him and Tillis while they oppose the president behind the scenes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate GOP\u2019s refusal to pass the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/save-america-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAVE America Act<\/a> is another great example of this. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Acquiring a Republican Party that actually believes in the issues their voters care about and will fight for them on the policy battles that matter when they matter is not something that can be accomplished overnight. It\u2019s an endeavor that\u2019s going to take multiple primary cycles \u2014 one that will require dedication from the Republican base (and better endorsements from leaders like <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/22\/trump-cant-drain-the-swamp-if-he-keeps-endorsing-its-worst-offenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Self-governance does not mean casting a ballot, going home, and expecting politicians to \u201cdo the right thing\u201d until the next election. It\u2019s a lifelong commitment that demands the American people be active citizens in their government. And until the GOP base recognizes that and consistently acts on it, there will always be more John Cornyns and Thom Tillises ready to cause trouble. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He is a co-recipient of the 2025 Dao Prize for Excellence in Investigative Journalism. His work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics and RealClearHealth. 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