{"id":2640528,"date":"2026-08-04T18:43:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-cory-booker-has-extended-meltdown-on-the-senate-floor-as-blanche-nomination-advances\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T18:45:22","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T22:45:22","slug":"video-cory-booker-has-extended-meltdown-on-the-senate-floor-as-blanche-nomination-advances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-cory-booker-has-extended-meltdown-on-the-senate-floor-as-blanche-nomination-advances\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Cory Booker Has Extended Meltdown on the Senate Floor as Blanche Nomination Advances"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fvideo-cory-booker-has-extended-meltdown-on-the-senate-floor-as-blanche-nomination-advances%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=2640528&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>The content features a news article discussing Senator Cory booker of New Jersey&#8217;s intense opposition to the appointment of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche. During a Senate Judiciary Committee vote, Booker engaged in dramatic opposition, criticizing Blanche\u2019s support for a defunct anti-weaponization fund and alleging links between Blanche and former President Trump. Booker accused Blanche of defending Trump and suggested he was acting as a shield for the former president rather than serving justice. The article also references prior investigations into Trump\u2019s finances and the absence of evidence linking him to criminal activities, highlighting Booker\u2019s broader criticisms of Trump and his management&#8217;s handling of various legal cases.The piece criticizes Booker\u2019s theatrics and rhetorical tactics, portraying them as politically motivated and emphasizing the controversy surrounding Blanche\u2019s nomination amidst intense partisan debate.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey went into his full \u201cI am Spartacus\u201d mode to argue against acting Attorney General Todd Blanche receiving Senate approval for his appointment to the position.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Senate Judiciary Committee <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/todd-blanches-nomination-takes-major-step-forward-clearing-senate-judiciary-committee-vote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">voted<\/a> 12 to 10, along party lines, to advance Todd Blanche\u2019s attorney general nomination to the full Senate for confirmation.<\/p>\n<p>Before the vote, Booker\u2019s infamous histrionics were on display.<\/p>\n<p>First, he took direct swipes at Republican Sens. John Cornyn of Texas and Thom Tillis of North Carolina, who threw their support behind Blanche after he issued a signed statement confirming the $1.776 billion \u201canti-weaponization\u201d fund is dead.<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump wanted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-issues-forceful-defense-anti-weaponization-fund-senate-republicans-balk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-weaponization fund<\/a> established to compensate those unfairly targeted by the Biden Department of Justice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is ridiculous! We got nothing! No guarantees whatsoever that this slush fund still can\u2019t go forward,\u201d Booker said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CoryBooker?\">@CoryBooker<\/a> (D-NJ) statement opposing Todd Blanche\u2019s nomination: \u201cHe is about to become Trump\u2019s sword against his adversaries and shield against any scrutiny.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hv1PaGCxVC\">pic.twitter.com\/Hv1PaGCxVC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CSPAN (@cspan) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cspan\/status\/2084665615415992432?\">August 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Blanche posted a statement on social media on Sunday saying the May order establishing the fund was \u201crescinded and shall have no force or effect,\u201d and that no mechanism had been established to accept claims and none had been paid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Order establishes, beyond any doubt, that there is no Fund,\u201d he added, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/ag\/media\/1455261\/dl?inline\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cited court cases<\/a> in which the DOJ represented the same.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">My team and I have met with committee members and Senators over the past several weeks and addressed any concerns or outstanding questions. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cornyn-reaches-deal-with-doj-ahead-of-todd-blanche-nomination-vote\/\" title=\"Cornyn reaches deal with DOJ ahead of Todd ... ... ...\">enjoyed good faith discussions<\/a>, and as a result issue the following order and update with regard to the May IRS settlement. The\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/U6hs15kw2D\">pic.twitter.com\/U6hs15kw2D<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Acting AG Todd Blanche (@DAGToddBlanche) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DAGToddBlanche\/status\/2084114427813437897?\">August 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>All of this obviously did not amount to \u201cnothing\u201d in the eyes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-ken-paxton-defeated-john-cornyn-tx-gop-senate-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cornyn<\/a> or Tillis, who are, of course, no fans of President Trump, but after meeting with Blanche were satisfied and flipped over to support the acting AG nomination.<\/p>\n<p>Booker went on: \u201cIt\u2019s not like we\u2019re talking about a president who is a saint. No president of the United States has been caught in tax cheating more than this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker cited the 2018 New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulitzer.org\/winners\/david-barstow-susanne-craig-and-russ-buettner-new-york-times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting<\/a> about Trump\u2019s finances.<\/p>\n<p>You know what else The New York Times has received a Pulitzer Prize for? Its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pulitzer.org\/winners\/staffs-new-york-times-and-washington-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">coverage<\/a> of the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax.<\/p>\n<p>Yet after 22 months of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/robert-mueller-subpoenaed-house-republicans-now-said-memory-care-facility\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special counsel investigation<\/a> staffed <a href=\"https:\/\/politifact.com\/factchecks\/2018\/mar\/21\/donald-trump\/fact-checking-donald-trumps-claims-about-Mueller\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">primarily by Democrats<\/a> \u2014 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jan-6-committee-another-democrat-cover-attempt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hillary Clinton supporters<\/a> \u2014 the finding was that no Trump campaign Russia collusion occurred in the 2016 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>So the Pulitzer Prize standard in these matters related to Trump is not a sound one. If he were a tax cheat like Booker alleged, surely the Merrick Garland-led DOJ and its lackey, special counsel Jack Smith, would have charged him with it.<\/p>\n<p>Booker then tried to tie Trump to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-threat-criminal-contempt-bill-hillary-clinton-agreed-testify-houses-jeffrey-epstein-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> and accused Blanche of covering for the president.<\/p>\n<p>After the DOJ released thousands of documents related to the investigation of Epstein, there was nothing implicating Trump in his crimes. Again, if there were, the Garland Justice Department had full access to these documents for four years, and nothing came out.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis man is not our lawyer. He\u2019s not America\u2019s lawyer,\u201d Booker said of Blanche. \u201cHe is about to become Trump\u2019s sword against his adversaries and shield against any scrutiny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Does Booker think Garland was \u201cAmerica\u2019s lawyer\u201d as he targeted the president in unprecedented election-year prosecutions and put his former aides like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/steve-bannon-scores-supreme-court-win-clearing-way-conviction-tossed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Bannon<\/a> and Peter Navarro on drummed-up charges? And what about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/americans-rally-pro-life-family-raided-fbi-nearly-350k-raised-legal-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pre-dawn FBI home raids<\/a> and imprisonment of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/full-breakdown-biden-admins-expansive-religious-liberty-violations-christians-exposed-doj-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pro-life Christians<\/a> who dared pray at abortion facilities?<\/p>\n<p>Does he think Eric \u201cI\u2019m <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/blogs\/politico44\/2013\/04\/eric-holder-im-still-the-presidents-wingman-160861\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the president\u2019s wingman<\/a>\u201d Holder was some nonpartisan leader as \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/republicans-furious-atf-posts-huge-update-firearms-associated-operation-fast-furious-preserve-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fast and Furious<\/a>\u201d and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/irs-3-5-mil-avoid-tea-party-guilt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IRS targeting<\/a> of conservative groups happened under his watch with no legal consequences?<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, to the Republicans on the Judiciary Committee, Booker said, \u201cWhen it comes to our democracy, you\u2019re worried about someone who is doing petty theft [under Biden] while there is the murder of our democratic traditions going on before our eyes. We are in dangerous waters, folks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And in one final rhetorical flurry, Booker pronounced that Blanche \u201cis about Trump and not truth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is about corruption and not the Constitution. He is about being Donald Trump\u2019s lawyer and not the people\u2019s lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Spare me the theatrics. Sen. 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