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The concrete, checkable facts in this claim are accurate, but the motive Trump attributes to the senators is disputed and unsupported. On the endorsement: Trump did decline to endorse both men and went further. In the 2026 Texas Republican Senate primary he endorsed Cornyn's challenger, Attorney General Ken Paxton, calling him a 'true MAGA warrior.' In North Carolina, Tillis announced his retirement on June 29, 2025, hours after Trump publicly threatened to back a primary challenger against him over Tillis's vote against Trump's tax-and-immigration bill. So 'I wouldn't Endorse them' is true and arguably understated, since Trump actively opposed both. On 'they lost, and quit, respectively': both are accurate. Cornyn lost the May 26, 2026 Republican primary runoff to Paxton by roughly 64 percent to 36 percent, becoming the first Texas Republican senator ever to lose renomination. Tillis 'quit' in the sense of declining to run again, announcing he would not seek re-election in 2026 (a withdrawal from the race, though he is serving out his term rather than resigning). On the motive ('upset because I wouldn't Endorse them'): this is Trump's characterization, and it is contradicted by the senators. Trump said publicly, 'Maybe John Cornyn's upset with me because I didn't endorse him.' Cornyn rejected that on the record: 'That's a convenient excuse, and it happens to be untrue,' adding that the president 'is mistaken if he believes concerns about the provisions in his tax lawsuit settlement are limited to me and Senator Tillis.' The senators' stated reason for stalling Blanche's confirmation is substantive: they want the Justice Department to formally and permanently kill the roughly $1.8 billion 'anti-weaponization fund' created in the settlement of Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, and to narrow the IRS-audit immunity that settlement grants Trump, his family, and his businesses. Bottom line: the verifiable facts (no endorsement, Cornyn lost, Tillis quit the race) are all true, but the central assertion that they oppose Blanche because they are personally aggrieved over the endorsement snub is unsubstantiated and expressly denied by Cornyn, who points to the IRS-settlement provisions.

This is a rhetorical superlative ('according to everybody'), but it contains a testable kernel about whether Blanche is a widely respected professional, and the evidence is genuinely mixed. Supporting the claim: Blanche has substantial, legitimate credentials. He was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York, rising to co-chief of the violent crimes unit and supervising about two dozen prosecutors on murder, rape, and kidnapping cases, where he earned a reputation as a rigorous, methodical litigator. He later became a partner at prestigious firms (WilmerHale, then Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft), where he led the white-collar defense practice and in 2019 successfully defended Paul Manafort against Manhattan mortgage-fraud charges. Law-enforcement organizations and the White House publicly backed his attorney-general nomination, and even critics concede he has the baseline experience and qualifications for the office. Contradicting the 'according to everybody' universality: there is clearly no consensus of universal respect. Senate Democrats are solidly opposed; Senator Cory Booker called him 'unfit to lead' the Justice Department and ranking member Dick Durbin has been sharply critical, and his earlier confirmation as deputy attorney general passed only 52 to 46 with every Democrat opposed. At the time of this post, two Republican senators (Cornyn and Tillis) were blocking his attorney-general nomination. Epstein victims publicly criticized him after meeting him, and he drew heavy criticism for a botched release of Epstein files (including improperly redacted victim information) and for an unusual July 2025 interview with Ghislaine Maxwell that preceded her transfer to a lower-security prison. Legal commentators have argued his Justice Department record shows he lacks the independence the role requires. Bottom line: Blanche is a genuinely credentialed and experienced attorney who is respected in some quarters, so the claim is not baseless, but 'one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody' is characteristic hyperbole flatly contradicted by extensive, high-profile bipartisan criticism and opposition.

Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act an acting official's tenure is time-limited and constrained, particularly once a nomination is pending or rejected; the ability to indefinitely 'keep' someone acting is legally bounded, so the claim is only partly accurate as stated.