[Mitch McConnell did not vote; Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski voted against confirming the new Attorney General; every other Republican voted to confirm.]
Now, instead of following through on their commitment to the American people and (especially!) the children who were victimized by Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell, and alleged offenders to be named, they voted to put the man who appears to be the most responsible for the Trump Administration's failure to enforce The Act in charge of the Department of Justice on a permanent basis (whatever *permanent* means these days).
Apparently, The Act really was an act. Go figure.
Also now, except for the ones who already retired, or got primaried by farther right voters (who, one is left to imagine, may have been signaling that, though it pains them, they've decided they can live with trafficking and sex crimes against children because, you know, Joe McCarthy was right), the senators in Class II are running for reelection this fall.
Of course, nobody *has* to do anything ... but if a person thought voting mattered at all, they might consider voting for whoever is running against Senators Armstrong, Capito, Cotton, Graham, Hagerty, Hyde-Smith, Lummis, Marshall, Ricketts, Risch, Rounds, and Sullivan on November 3, 2026. Just a thought.
Sources
https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/08/politics/senate-vote-blanche-confirmation-vis
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