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tblue37

(68,436 posts)
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:42 AM Dec 2025

Trump complains that Dems are hampering his ability to pack the courts and U.S. attorney offices with allies

Donald Trump kicked off his Thursday morning on Truth Social by demanding Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) do something to overcome Democrats holding up votes on presidential appointees who are languishing due to Senate “blue slips.”

The president fired off another missive on Thursday, complaining that the opposing party is hampering his ability to pack the courts and U.S. attorney offices with allies, calling the long-standing Senate prerogative a ”scam.”

Complaining the current state of affairs is “So unfair to Republicans, and not Constitutional,” the president added, “I am hereby asking Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a fantastic guy, to get something done, ideally the termination of Blue Slips. Too many GREAT REPUBLICANS are being, SENT PACKIN’. None are getting approved!!! President DJT”

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Trump complains that Dems are hampering his ability to pack the courts and U.S. attorney offices with allies (Original Post) tblue37 Dec 2025 OP
Moscow Mitch WmChris Dec 2025 #1
Enraged b/c he can't install judges no_hypocrisy Dec 2025 #2
He wants activist judges for himself--not justice. librechik Dec 2025 #4
Checks and balances dude. NCDem47 Dec 2025 #3

WmChris

(741 posts)
1. Moscow Mitch
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:52 AM
Dec 2025

They had no problem stalling in order to 0ack the subprime court. Now he wants to do it again it just fine when they did it. Comes around goes around crybaby.

NCDem47

(3,470 posts)
3. Checks and balances dude.
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 11:18 AM
Dec 2025

Go live in Russia, China or Saudi Arabia if you want it some other way.

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