Sens. Thom Tillis and John Cornyn — both Republicans spurned by the Trump administration for not being adequately loyal — are now being actively courted by the White House to confirm a key Cabinet official.
The Trump administration is engaging directly with Tillis and Cornyn’s aides as the North Carolina and Texas lawmakers continue to withhold firm commitments to voting to confirm attorney general nominee Todd Blanche in the Judiciary Committee — where a single “no” vote on the GOP side of the aisle could tank his prospects.
Tillis and Cornyn both confirmed the back-and-forth in interviews on Capitol Hill Monday evening, and a White House…
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