Bill Cassidy Shocks Everyone With Decision on Todd Blanche's DOJ Nomination

With Republican Sens. Susan Collins (ME) and Lisa Murkowski (AK) announcing this week that they'd vote no on confirming Todd Blanche as DOJ Attorney General, many political observers were thinking Sen. Bill Cassidy (LA) would continue his bitter little revenge tour and follow suit.

He surprised everyone, though, on Friday morning, announcing that he would vote to confirm the Acting AG to the permanent position, in a speech given on the Senate floor.

Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., says he will vote YES to confirm Todd Blanche for Attorney General.

Huge decision here. He might be the deciding vote. pic.twitter.com/Iz9xK1HJ0K

— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) August 7, 2026

He said in part:

"Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump, and who indeed may not be as good as Mr. Blanche."

CASSIDY: "Mr. Blanche is not perfect, and he will tell you this. But the choice is not between perfection and Mr. Blanche. It is between Mr. Blanche and another acting attorney general who may not run the department effectively under President Trump, and who indeed may not be as…

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) August 7, 2026

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What this means is that Blanche is very likely to be confirmed:

🚨 IT'S OFFICIAL: TODD BLANCHE HAS THE VOTES FOR AG

"McConnell is NOT voting. So it's up to Bill Cassidy...he indicated he will vote YES."

"If there's no Democrats who change here, and no Republicans who change, the vote should be 50-49." 🔥 pic.twitter.com/9G0YZGxWT1

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 7, 2026

We should note for the record, of course, that Cassidy's speech was not without some predictable theatrics, as observed by RedState's favorite Louisianian, senior editor Joe Cunningham:

I don’t even care how Bill Cassidy votes. The “announcement that I’m going to make an announcement” thing is just so vain. We know you want the spotlight a little bit longer, Bill.

— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) August 7, 2026

Cassidy's full speech is below:

I will support Todd Blanche for U.S. Attorney General. pic.twitter.com/PKWr3atuvA

— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) August 7, 2026

This is a developing story. Stay tuned to RedState for updates.

Editor’s Note: The 2026 Midterms will determine the fate of President Trump’s America First agenda. Republicans must maintain control of both chambers of Congress.

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