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WATCH: GOP holdout rejects Trump threat as AG nominee standoff explodes

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., brushed aside President Donald Trump's threat to withdraw Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche's nomination on Thursday, arguing the White House must instead honor what he says was an earlier commitment to win his vote."That's his prerogative," Tillis said about Trump’s threat to withdraw Blanche’s nomination.Tillis’ comments come after Trump called out both Tillis and Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, on Truth Social Thursday morning for blocking the president’s efforts to make Blanche the nation’s top prosecutor. He then threatened to pull Blanche’s nomination until the tw...