"He takes shots at Trump by criticizing those around him." This is key. Tillis voted for Bondi, for Noem, and then he showboats in hearings "taking them to task." Fun to listen to, but worthless. What is he hoping to gain by muting any criticism of Trump? Whatever happened to "The buck stops here." Oh, right--it was a Democrat who said that.
I agree with you on Tillis. I’m not sure he will ever be able to redeem himself in my eyes, but I will take whatever he gives us now because he owes it to the people of North Carolina and the military he professes to love. Budd is a different animal and irredeemable. I keep trying by including him in my messaging only to receive his ridiculous answers. It would behoove the voters in NC to turn as many Republicans out in the next election as we can,both on the state level and the federal level. Our country deserves our help in taking our government back. VOTE BLUE UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
Blind partisanship is a terrible drug. It applies to every party. Republicans have been especially egregious and deserve no sympathy. I hope Democrats will learn from the GOP's disgusting decline.
Rick. I agree but I’d say that anyone still running as a Republican is giving a stamp of approval to the Trump agenda. I feel safe voting Democrat in nearly all cases. ( Excluding Fedderman.)
There hasn’t been a principled NC Republican in Congress since Walter Jones left. And he was effectively homeless politically. McCain — for all his many faults — did at least have convictions. Mitt Romney tried to convince us he had core values, but like Tillis he only had them when he didn’t have anything to lose. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger both did great work on the J6 committee, but voted for Trump’s priorities in an overwhelming majority of cases.
Republicans have been disingenuous at best since the Nixon era, but I do believe that the MAGA era is worse. They didn’t even bother with a platform in 2020 other than “Whatever Trump Says”. If there were any principles left they burned away as soon as that happened. They decided that Trump was the party and that absolved them of any responsibility for doing their jobs.
"He takes shots at Trump by criticizing those around him." This is key. Tillis voted for Bondi, for Noem, and then he showboats in hearings "taking them to task." Fun to listen to, but worthless. What is he hoping to gain by muting any criticism of Trump? Whatever happened to "The buck stops here." Oh, right--it was a Democrat who said that.
I agree, it isn't the same Republican party. That's why the term "GOP" should be repudiated. It ain't the same old party, and it sure ain't grand.
Amen! You are an NC treasure👍
I agree with you on Tillis. I’m not sure he will ever be able to redeem himself in my eyes, but I will take whatever he gives us now because he owes it to the people of North Carolina and the military he professes to love. Budd is a different animal and irredeemable. I keep trying by including him in my messaging only to receive his ridiculous answers. It would behoove the voters in NC to turn as many Republicans out in the next election as we can,both on the state level and the federal level. Our country deserves our help in taking our government back. VOTE BLUE UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER.
Blind partisanship is a terrible drug. It applies to every party. Republicans have been especially egregious and deserve no sympathy. I hope Democrats will learn from the GOP's disgusting decline.
Rick. I agree but I’d say that anyone still running as a Republican is giving a stamp of approval to the Trump agenda. I feel safe voting Democrat in nearly all cases. ( Excluding Fedderman.)
That may change when/if the Dems regain control.
There hasn’t been a principled NC Republican in Congress since Walter Jones left. And he was effectively homeless politically. McCain — for all his many faults — did at least have convictions. Mitt Romney tried to convince us he had core values, but like Tillis he only had them when he didn’t have anything to lose. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger both did great work on the J6 committee, but voted for Trump’s priorities in an overwhelming majority of cases.
Republicans have been disingenuous at best since the Nixon era, but I do believe that the MAGA era is worse. They didn’t even bother with a platform in 2020 other than “Whatever Trump Says”. If there were any principles left they burned away as soon as that happened. They decided that Trump was the party and that absolved them of any responsibility for doing their jobs.
Well said. It's exactly how I feel about him. Tillis needs to read this!