Murkowski Defied Trump Again Amid Plummeting Approval Back Home

Another RINO is getting hammered back home after opening defying President Trump again.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced last week that she will oppose the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general, delivering another setback to President Donald Trump’s administration as the nomination heads toward a potentially difficult Senate vote.

Murkowski, one of the Republican Party’s most frequent dissenters on major issues involving Trump, said she held several “constructive meetings” with Blanche and described him as “decent and capable.”

However, she said she could not support his nomination because of concerns over what she called the “politicization—even weaponization—of the Department” under the current administration.

Blanche, Trump’s former personal defense attorney, has served as acting attorney general since April and was selected to permanently lead the Justice Department after Trump removed former Attorney General Pam Bondi.

He was finally confirmed by the Senate along a mostly party line vote. Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, another ‘moderate’ Republican, also voted no with Democrats.

In explaining her opposition, Murkowski cited several controversies involving the Justice Department, including the handling of records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, immunity protections involving the president, his family, and affiliated businesses, and comments made to anti-abortion organizations.