Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) pushed back on Donald Trump’s pledge to pass his deeply unpopular $1.8 billion slush fund to pay insurrectionists who assaulted police officers at the Capitol on Jan. 6.

On Friday, Trump told reporters that the fund was “dead,” but wished it wasn’t. The next day, he reversed course, promising to revive the fund even as Tillis and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) vowed to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for attorney general until they get written confirmation that the fund is not moving forward.

In addition to declaring in writing that the fund is dead, Cornyn has also asked for an explicit clarification that Trump and his family would not be given immunity from tax investigations.

“If Senators Cornyn and Tillis, both upset because I wouldn’t Endorse them (they lost, and quit, respectively!), aren’t going to approve Todd Blanche, one of the most respected professionals, according to everybody, in the Country, to be the United States Attorney General, then I will keep Todd as Acting A.G., and push hard to get the Anti-Weaponization Bill, which takes care of those who have been so badly treated by the Crooked Joe Biden (and Obuma!) Administration (I get nothing, although I was treated horribly!), PASSED. Todd Blanche was a voice of reason! It will immediately be back on the table, and I will get it done,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Tillis fired back, blasting Trump for pushing the “payout pot for punks” fund and killing Blanche’s chances of being confirmed as attorney general.

“Despite comments as late as yesterday that the fund is dead, President Trump clearly intends to resurrect the payout pot for punks either by inappropriately establishing another bogus fund or pushing Congress to vote for a bill that the majority of Republicans in the Senate would be against,” Tillis wrote. “It’s unfortunate that Todd Blanche, who I consider qualified for the job, will not be confirmed because of this reversal. Hopefully, we can resolve this by Tuesday.”

Tillis has been vehemently opposed to the fund since it was announced earlier this year.

He called the fund “stupid on stilts” during an interview with a local reporter in May, according to Mediaite, adding, “The American people are going to reject this out of hand. When you take money from me to give to a purpose that I vehemently disagree with, that’s tyranny, and that’s what that account is.”

Tillis is not running for re-election and promised to have “a lot of fun” with his remaining time in office.