Thom is NEVER going to do the right thing. He is working the sound bites for his campaign only. He is hoping that everyone will forget that he and Budd are responsible for child killers at our NIH, info looters in our private data in DOGE, wrestling mommas heading our Dept of Education, white supremacist drunks running our military, racist goons running Homeland Security, I could go on. Thillis cares about no one but Thom. He deserves NO CREDIT.
To paraphrase Churchill, you can always count on TIllis (and Republicans more broadly) to do the right thing… after he has exhausted all other options.
The idea that he’s had some kind of Damascus Road experience and has seen the error of his ways is just too much of a reach for me. But it is refreshing to see that there might actually be a limit to what he’ll endorse in the interest of ingratiating himself with OrangeJulius. Even if that limit means holding up a nominee for US Attorney that defended a coup and has made roughly 100 appearances on Russian state TV. But it will never undo the damage he’s done in service to Tangerine Cthulhu. And I doubt it buys him much in the way of goodwill form the voters he’ll have to explain himself to heading into the midterms.
Somebody needs to remind him that the vast majority of us are not Susan Collins. And we have long memories. And we have the receipts.
This is a copy of the letter I sent to Tillis yesterday:
Dear Senator Tillis,
First I want to thank you for going on the record to oppose Ed Martin, which helped result in Trump withdrawing his support. I only wish you had shown similar opposition to some of his past nominees.
Second, I want to say that I have come to agree with Donald Trump that there is much waste, fraud and abuse in the military budget. How else can we explain the colossal waste of money that is apparently going to be spent on the ridiculous military parade in Washington on June 14? I get it someone has a birthday that day that we must acknowledge. I hear that Generals are being fired to help with the expense, but that may just be fake news. It's a shame that the government can't provide enough money for military families, so that we citizens don't have to donate food and resources to help with provisions in the food pantries on base. Oh, and did I forget to mention that we have now lost two aircraft worth billions of dollars off of one of our military carriers, and that we have used miliary airplanes at a huge expense to deport immigrants, some of whom are certainly not dangers to the American public. So yes, let's reduce the budget and see where that goes.
There are more issues I'd love to address, but I'll save them for another day.
I just spoke to a human in Tillis’s DC office. I thanked him for not supporting Martin, and said he also cannot support Pirro. Unfortunately Tillis rarely listens to me, though the staffer did read back both points so at least one person in the office knows what I said. 🙄
“Even if…” Tillis does the right things going forward, that doesn’t excuse the past, including his destructive policies in the NC legislature. He’s still part of the problem.
Tillis needs to go, can't trust him, regardless of his actions going forward. Time is now for our Dem leadership to find, vet, "train", and field a solid candidate(s) to run for his seat in the '26 primary and general election. This is electoral war to save our freedom.
If he wants to try and pander to moderates by taking out extreme loons like Martin and Pirro I'm all for it. But I won't see him as a hero, just a man who finally borrowed a spine.
Tillis needs to go, regardless of this one-off, Trump defying vote against Martin. Our Dem leadership needs to find, vet, and if needed , train a candidate(s) to field against him in '26. My hope, as others here, is that our Roy Cooper will take that challenge.
Are our Republican primary voters so MAGA that they would boot Tillis in favor a Trump endorsed challenger?? They nominated Mark Robinson, so I guess so. I will say that Tillis seems very much in earnest about Ukraine. Trump has not pulled the plug on our assistance. My suspicion is that there could be behind-the-scenes pressure from Republican hawks in the Senate that may be putting the brakes on Trump vis-a-vis Ukraine. Perhaps even Little Marco is speaking up. Tillis's best option may be to run as an independent next year promising to caucus with the Republicans while hoping that Roy Cooper does not declare. As an independent he could play hardball with Thune. In his present posture, Tillis looks very weak... tough talk before he inevitably caves.
Thom is NEVER going to do the right thing. He is working the sound bites for his campaign only. He is hoping that everyone will forget that he and Budd are responsible for child killers at our NIH, info looters in our private data in DOGE, wrestling mommas heading our Dept of Education, white supremacist drunks running our military, racist goons running Homeland Security, I could go on. Thillis cares about no one but Thom. He deserves NO CREDIT.
Trump sure loves the old “hold my beer” routine. Martin is too wacky for ya? Meet Judge Jeanine!
To paraphrase Churchill, you can always count on TIllis (and Republicans more broadly) to do the right thing… after he has exhausted all other options.
The idea that he’s had some kind of Damascus Road experience and has seen the error of his ways is just too much of a reach for me. But it is refreshing to see that there might actually be a limit to what he’ll endorse in the interest of ingratiating himself with OrangeJulius. Even if that limit means holding up a nominee for US Attorney that defended a coup and has made roughly 100 appearances on Russian state TV. But it will never undo the damage he’s done in service to Tangerine Cthulhu. And I doubt it buys him much in the way of goodwill form the voters he’ll have to explain himself to heading into the midterms.
Somebody needs to remind him that the vast majority of us are not Susan Collins. And we have long memories. And we have the receipts.
This is a copy of the letter I sent to Tillis yesterday:
Dear Senator Tillis,
First I want to thank you for going on the record to oppose Ed Martin, which helped result in Trump withdrawing his support. I only wish you had shown similar opposition to some of his past nominees.
Second, I want to say that I have come to agree with Donald Trump that there is much waste, fraud and abuse in the military budget. How else can we explain the colossal waste of money that is apparently going to be spent on the ridiculous military parade in Washington on June 14? I get it someone has a birthday that day that we must acknowledge. I hear that Generals are being fired to help with the expense, but that may just be fake news. It's a shame that the government can't provide enough money for military families, so that we citizens don't have to donate food and resources to help with provisions in the food pantries on base. Oh, and did I forget to mention that we have now lost two aircraft worth billions of dollars off of one of our military carriers, and that we have used miliary airplanes at a huge expense to deport immigrants, some of whom are certainly not dangers to the American public. So yes, let's reduce the budget and see where that goes.
There are more issues I'd love to address, but I'll save them for another day.
I just spoke to a human in Tillis’s DC office. I thanked him for not supporting Martin, and said he also cannot support Pirro. Unfortunately Tillis rarely listens to me, though the staffer did read back both points so at least one person in the office knows what I said. 🙄
Thom Tillis is hearing Roy Cooper’s footsteps and is concerned
“Even if…” Tillis does the right things going forward, that doesn’t excuse the past, including his destructive policies in the NC legislature. He’s still part of the problem.
Tillis needs to go, can't trust him, regardless of his actions going forward. Time is now for our Dem leadership to find, vet, "train", and field a solid candidate(s) to run for his seat in the '26 primary and general election. This is electoral war to save our freedom.
One vote does not make a hero.
If, a big if these days.
If he wants to try and pander to moderates by taking out extreme loons like Martin and Pirro I'm all for it. But I won't see him as a hero, just a man who finally borrowed a spine.
Nope. He’s already said he’s supporting Pirro on X.
Tillis needs to go, regardless of this one-off, Trump defying vote against Martin. Our Dem leadership needs to find, vet, and if needed , train a candidate(s) to field against him in '26. My hope, as others here, is that our Roy Cooper will take that challenge.
Are our Republican primary voters so MAGA that they would boot Tillis in favor a Trump endorsed challenger?? They nominated Mark Robinson, so I guess so. I will say that Tillis seems very much in earnest about Ukraine. Trump has not pulled the plug on our assistance. My suspicion is that there could be behind-the-scenes pressure from Republican hawks in the Senate that may be putting the brakes on Trump vis-a-vis Ukraine. Perhaps even Little Marco is speaking up. Tillis's best option may be to run as an independent next year promising to caucus with the Republicans while hoping that Roy Cooper does not declare. As an independent he could play hardball with Thune. In his present posture, Tillis looks very weak... tough talk before he inevitably caves.