President Trump blasted Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) for his refusal to overturn the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition that allows home-state senators to veto nominees to district courts and U.S. attorneys’ offices.
According to Fox News, Grassley said the practice is worth preserving for balance and state input.
“I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U.S. Attorneys, but that RIGHT has been completely taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator. This is because of an old and outdated ‘custom’ known as a BLUE SLIP, that Senator Chuck Grassley, of the Great State of Iowa, refuses to overturn, even though the Democrats, including Crooked Joe Biden (Twice!), have done so on numerous occasions,” Trump said on Truth Social.
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