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Editor\u2019s Note: Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Az.) on Thursday pledged he will be in town for a vote on President Donald Trump\u2019s attorney general pick, Todd Blanche, writing on X, “I will not be missing the vote on Blanche.” Original story below. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

An absence in the U.S. Senate by one Democrat could give President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department an easier path to victory.<\/p>\n

Read more Republican \u2018panic\u2019 as senator corners Trump over relentless GOP targeting<\/a><\/p>\n

Punchbowl News reporter Laura Weiss posted on X that Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Az.) is out of the office after his wife underwent emergency surgery. <\/p>\n

“Yesterday, my wife underwent an emergency appendectomy. While she is doing well, I will be home helping with recovery. During this time, I will likely miss a few votes and committee hearings. There\u2019s still work to be done before the Senate departs for August recess, and my office is still hard at work. I will be back on Capitol Hill as soon as I can be,” said Gallego in a post on X.<\/p>\n

As Weiss explained, “If Sen. Gallego is out for Todd Blanche’s confirmation vote, it significantly changes the math for Senate GOP leaders.”<\/p>\n

She noted that due to Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) absence, the GOP could only afford to lose two Republicans, as Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) has already indicated she is a “no” on Blanche. <\/p>\n

“If Gallego is out too, GOP leaders can lose 3 Republican votes and still have [Vice President JD] Vance cast a tie-breaking vote. That means Republicans would be okay even if both final holdouts \u2014 Sens. [Lisa] Murkowski (R-Ak.) and [Bill] Cassidy (R-Ark.) \u2014 are no’s.”<\/p>\n

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Both Cassidy and Murkowski met with Blanche on Wednesday morning “as they weigh whether to support Blanche\u2019s nomination to serve as attorney general,” ABC News reports.<\/p>\n

According to the report, Cassidy took issue with Blanche using the federal government to go after Trump’s enemies.<\/p>\n

“I am very concerned about so-called lawfare \u2014 people being prosecuted not for a valid reason beyond somebody in high office being angry at them,” Cassidy said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve got to be convinced that [Blanche] is an attorney general who just happens to have once been President Trump\u2019s personal attorney, as opposed to President Trump\u2019s personal attorney who is now the attorney general. I think there\u2019s a big difference between the two,\u201d Cassidy told The Briefing with Steve Scully.<\/p>\n

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