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Even GOP senators who are generally quite deferential to Trump are open about their disagreement with him on this issue. Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina recalled his experience as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee when Democrats held the Senate before 2025. “I’ve been consistent,” Graham told The Dispatch. “When I was ranking member, and they were in charge, we all fought to keep the blue slip. Nobody asked me to change the blue slip then. So I have a very long view of how the process works. It’s not a power. It may be abused. Each party thinks the other party abuses it, but I think it’s stood the test of time.”
