{"id":12146,"date":"2025-07-31T10:30:01","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12146"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:30:06","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T02:30:06","slug":"grassley-says-he-was-offended-and-disappointed-by-trumps-insults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=12146","title":{"rendered":"Grassley says he was \u2018offended\u2019 and \u2018disappointed\u2019 by Trump\u2019s insults"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"319\" height=\"178\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250731102414.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250731102414.jpg 319w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/\u5fae\u4fe1\u622a\u56fe_20250731102414-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate\u2019s president pro tempore and chair of the powerful Judiciary Committee, said he was \u201coffended\u201d and \u201cdisappointed\u201d by the tirade President Trump unleashed against him on social media over the obscure Senate tradition of respecting blue-slip objections to nominees tapped to serve as district court judges and U.S. attorneys.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLast night, I was surprised to see President Trump on Truth Social go after me and Senate Republicans over what we call the blue slip,\u201d Grassley said in a statement to open a Judiciary Committee hearing on nominations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI was offended by what the president said, and I\u2019m disappointed it would result in personal insults,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump reposted an item on Truth Social calling for term limits and to \u201cdethrone the kings.\u201d The post noted Grassley, 91, has served in Congress for more than 50 years, while Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has served in Congress for 44 years and former Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) has served for more than 40 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The president also reposted a Truth Social post that accused Grassley of being a \u201cRINO,\u201d short for \u201cRepublican in name only,\u201d and \u201csneaky.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump vented his frustration at Grassley over his decision to respect blue-slip objections from Democratic senators who oppose candidates nominated to serve as district court judges and U.S. attorneys in their states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cChuck Grassley, who I got re-elected to the U.S. Senate when he was down, by a lot, in the Great State of Iowa, could solve the \u201cBlue Slip\u201d problem we are having with respect to the appointment of Highly Qualified Judges and U.S. Attorneys, with a mere flick of the pen,\u201d Trump posted on Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDemocrats like Schumer, Warner, Kaine, Booker, Schiff, and others, SLEAZEBAGS ALL, have an ironclad stoppage of Great Republican Candidates,\u201d Trump fumed, referring to objections to nominees from the Senate Democratic leader and Sens. Mark Warner (D-Va.), Tim Kaine (D-Va.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s chairs haven\u2019t proceeded on federal district-level judicial and prosecutorial nominees unless both senators representing the state where those districts are located return blue-slip documents signing off on the nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other Republicans backed Grassley in pushing back against Trump\u2019s criticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Judiciary Committee, said it would be a mistake to get rid of blue-slip objections from home-state senators to district court-level nominees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI do not agree with the president on that. I understand his frustration. President Biden had the same frustration,\u201d Kennedy said of Trump\u2019s anger over stalled nominees to key law enforcement positions in Democratic states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a cherished and very needed Senate tradition,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cParticularly for district court judges, senators are much better able to \u2026 pick a lawyer from their community that satisfies community standards,\u201d Kennedy said, noting Republicans benefit from having oversight over judges and federal prosecutors in their states.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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