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

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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 two Republican senators leave office next year — as Tillis is retiring and Cornyn lost his primary in his run for re-election. TRUMP THREATENS TO YANK HIS OWN AG NOMINEE AS GOP REVOLT GROWS Tillis argued Trump cannot resolve this nomination standoff "unless we fulfill what we thought was the commitment from the administration." The North Carolina senator has withheld his support for Blanche unless the administration agrees to permanently eliminate the nearly $2 billion anti-weaponization fund and rewrite Trump's audit immunity language in the settlement agreement. Negotiations over those demands remain ongoing. "The best thing is, take the win, get Blanche confirmed and get this agreement out of the way," Tillis told Fox News Digital. When asked what it would take to get Tillis to vote to confirm Blanche, he said, "exactly what Blanche committed to." TRUMP ADMIN PUSHES BACK ON 'SLUSH FUND' ATTACKS AGAINST ANTI-WEAPONIZATION FUND AND LAYS OUT WHO QUALIFIES Tillis stressed that Blanche himself is not to blame for the impasse, saying he believes he "was honest" during his confirmation process and that he blames someone on Trump’s team. "This is not Blanche's problem. It's clear to me that Blanche was honest when he answered without hesitation, working with us to end this," Tillis said. He continued, "I believe that one of the president's advisors who were part of this agreement i…