GOP senator fires back after Trump rages over Alina Habba snub

President Donald Trump raged Sunday night at GOP senators who defended a legal rule preventing the confirmation of his former personal attorney Alina Habba as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey Trump directed his anger at Sens Chuck Grassley R-Iowa and Thom Tillis R-N C both of whom defended the blue slip rule which allows the senators representing the home state of a judicial nominee to block that pick Senators Cory Booker and Andy Kim of New Jersey used that rule to prevent Habba from being certified by the Senate Trump took to his social media platform Truth Social to rant about both the rule and Grassley Related Trump s American Hell is everywhere I have a Constitutional Right to appoint Judges and U S Attorneys but that RIGHT has been fully taken away from me in States that have just one Democrat United States Senator the president wrote calling the blue slip rule old and outdated that Senator Chuck Grassley of the Great State of Iowa refuses to overturn Chuck Grassley should allow strong Republican candidates to ascend to these very vital and powerful roles Trump added and tell the Democrats as they often tell us to go to HELL Habba stated that Trump is entitled to pick his U S attorneys and criticized the blue slip rule when speaking on Fox News This tradition that Senator Grassley is upholding effectively prevents anybody in a blue state from going through into the Senate to then be voted on Habba stated Meanwhile Grassley defended his stance on the rule in a post on X A U S Atty district judge nominee without a blue slip does not have the votes to get ratified on the Senate floor they don t have the votes to get out of committee As chairman I set Pres Trump noms up for SUCCESS NOT FAILURE Grassley wrote A judge ruled last Thursday that Habba was unlawfully serving as the state s prosecutor since she was only in an acting maximum Read more about this topic Pam Bondi tries to save Alina Habba s job after judges vote to replace her Reckless disregard of facts Newark mayor sues Alina Habba Trump lawyer turned prosecutor I will come after them hard Alina Habba exploring NJ governor for snubbing ICE The post GOP senator fires back after Trump rages over Alina Habba snub appeared first on Salon com