{"id":21654,"date":"2026-07-30T04:42:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21654"},"modified":"2026-07-30T04:42:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T23:42:30","slug":"trump-maybe-john-cornyn-is-upset-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=21654","title":{"rendered":"Trump: \u2018Maybe John Cornyn is upset with me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.politico.com\/1d\/1d\/055e1a634334b6866711a820a924\/trump-67952.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that his endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is why the senator is holding up Todd Blanche\u2019s confirmation for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>The president, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, described Blanche as \u201coutstanding\u201d and said that he expected the confirmation process to be \u201cpretty routine because he\u2019s so good.\u201d Blanche was confirmed as deputy attorney general by the Senate, 52-46, last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#8217;t know, maybe John Cornyn is upset with me because I didn&#8217;t endorse him. I don&#8217;t know what it is, but I haven&#8217;t heard that there&#8217;s a problem,\u201d Trump added. \u201cI heard he&#8217;s going through quite nicely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump endorsed Paxton in the May runoff election. In a post on Truth Social, he said that while Cornyn is \u201ca good man\u201d who he worked well with, Paxton is a \u201ctrue MAGA Warrior who has ALWAYS delivered for Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president\u2019s remarks come as Cornyn said Wednesday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/live-updates\/2026\/07\/29\/congress\/todd-blanche-cornyn-deal-01015144\" target=\"_blank\">he was \u201cnot prepared\u201d to support<\/a> Blanche\u2019s confirmation after the acting attorney general did not appear for a planned morning meeting with the Texas senator.<\/p>\n<p>Cornyn has been pressing Blanche to modify in writing the settlement Trump reached with the IRS earlier this year that included a proposed \u201canti-weaponization fund.\u201d It would enshrine Blanche\u2019s oral pledge during his confirmation hearing earlier this month that the fund is defunct.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested that his endorsement of Ken Paxton over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) is why the senator is holding up Todd Blanche\u2019s confirmation for attorney general. 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