Some thought Graham Platner could be the future of the Democratic party. Now he's trying to get his campaign past another dumpster fire of his own making.
'If you are convicted in a court of law of these crimes, absolutely, we should not only convict you, but we should deport you. Gone!'
President Trump is incensed by outgoing Republican Senator Thom Tillis’s refusal to support Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general until he disavows January 6 insurrectionists.“Tillis said he won’t support Todd Blanche’s confirmation unless Todd Blanche condemns January 6,” a reporter asked President Trump in the Air Force One press gaggle Friday. “Do you have a reaction to that?”“Senator Tillis is a loser,” Trump replied bluntly. “That’s why he didn’t run. He didn’t run because I wouldn’t support him. And he’s just an angry man because he’s not gonna be a senator any longer. He wasn’t respected in the Senate. He fought a lot of people, he fought Pete Hegseth, Pete Hegseth turned out to be a gem. Senator Tillis is a loser. Stone cold.… He was forced to leave the Senate because I wouldn’t support him, and he quit. So now he’s trying to make trouble.“Todd Blanche is a brilliant guy who everybody likes, everybody respects,” Trump said of his former personal lawyer. “[Tillis is] not qualified, he’s not good for the position.”Reporter: Senator Tillis said he won't support Todd Blanche’s confirmation unless he condemns January 6. Do you have a reaction to that?Trump: Senator Tillis is a loser. That's why he didn't run. He didn't run because I wouldn't support him. And he's just an angry man because… pic.twitter.com/K5Zmdvo9Wg— Acyn (@Acyn) June 5, 2026Tillis is one of three Republicans who have publicly expressed their disapproval of Blanche’s nomination for attorney general.“He’s got good credentials—people are going to hammer him because he was the president’s personal attorney, but I’m just more about getting through the J6 stuff,” Tillis told the Washington Examiner on Wednesday. “It’s not a gray area for me. Either he equivocated and said harming these Capitol police officers was an OK thing, or he didn’t, and we’ll find that in the due diligence.”Blanche’s nomination is in real jeopardy due to his J6 support, the Epstein files disaster, and the “anti-weaponization” slush fund. Only four GOP “no” votes are needed to sink Blanche’s nomination without a tie-breaking vote from Vice President JD Vance.
Democrats are choosing instead "to suppress their gag reflex for the 'greater good'" of getting the candidate elected, the Pennsylvania senator said.
President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) on Thursday, and his decision was in line with Graham moving to pass the SAVE America Act. The post President Trump Links His ‘Total Endorsement’ of Lindsey Graham to Battle for SAVE America Act appeared first on Breitbart.
Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent endorses Mark Lynch, a candidate challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham in the South Carolina GOP U.S. Senate primary.
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson ripped the New York Times over its Thursday report detailing disturbing accounts from several of Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner’s ex-girlfriends. “There is a sense of confusion and betrayal right now about the nature of this report, what was included and what was not,” Benson said on Fox News’s America’s […]
