WASHINGTON (TNND) \u2014 President Donald Trump said Friday that he doesn\u2019t blame Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn for holding up the nomination of Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche.<\/p>\n
He predicted that Cornyn was probably doing it because Trump endorsed his primary GOP Senate opponent, Attorney General Ken Paxton.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is being done by a senator, and I don\u2019t really blame him to be honest with you,\u201d the president said during a cabinet meeting. I endorsed his opponent. The man that lost, the man that I didn\u2019t endorse, has become very angry, and that\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
Trump said he would do the same thing if he were in Cornyn\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n
Cornyn and North Carolina GOP Sen. Thom Tillis have been opposed to Blanche being the Attorney General.<\/a><\/p>\n Trump said he had no problem pulling Blanche\u2019s nomination from being U.S. Attorney General until Tillis and Cornyn were out of office.<\/p>\n Louisiana GOP Sen. John Kennedy warned that decision could backfire.<\/a><\/p>\n A reporter asked Kennedy if it would be \u201crisky\u201d to delay Branche\u2019s nomination until the midterms were over.<\/p>\n