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‘They were p*****’: Republican lawmakers were ‘screaming’ at Todd Blanche during anti-weaponization fund briefing 05/23/26 01:53 PM
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Ted Cruz said Trump could face a “full-on revolt in the Senate” over the controversial fund
Andrea Cavallier Saturday 23 May 2026 16:31 BST
Republican senators erupted behind closed doors this week as acting Attorney General Todd Blanche tried to defend the Trump administration’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization” fund, according to a prominent GOP lawmaker.
It was a meeting that Sen. Ted Cruz later described on his podcast as one of the “roughest” he has witnessed during his time in Congress.
“Fiery does not begin to cut it,” Cruz said Friday on his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz.” “My guess is there’re probably 45 senators in the room, at least half of them were blasting the attorney general, and they were p*****.”
The “anti-weaponization” fund was announced Monday after Trump agreed to drop his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS. Cruz said many GOP lawmakers argued the proposal would be politically impossible to defend because it appeared President Donald Trump had “cut a deal with himself,” NBC News reported.
“There were multiple senators yelling at the attorney general, saying this feels like self-dealing,” Cruz said. “I got to tell you, the Republican senators were p***** – people were the entire meeting. They were screaming at the acting attorney general, and he was trying to lay out the legal basis,” Cruz said. Cruz added that “the legal basis is quite sound.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-todd-blanche-anti-weaponization-fund-briefing-b2982488.html
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