Senator Thom Tillis appears to have been granted a larger slice of the lobbyist money from Thune and McConnell because he certainly is taking up a position next to Joni Ernst in strategic opposition to President Donald Trump.
The level of passive aggressive threat-speak within Tillis’ very carefully selected wording is quite concerning. “President Trump enjoyed a great deal of Republican support in his first term,” Tillis notes. “But if people want to play the outside [pressure] game, they run a lot of risk,” he continues. “Four votes is all it’s going to take to kill a nomination here, so they should take pause,” Tillis reminds everyone.
Senator Tillis from North Carolina represents the aloof mindset of the Senate at large, and the detached mindset of the Republicans in the senate specifically.
The republicans in North Carolina in 2024 are highlighting just how similar they are to the republicans in Georgia, circa 2020.
Maybe he missed the fact that Trump WON North Carolina in 2016 – 2020 – and 2024.
77M Trump voters have something to say about that, Senator.
The problem with that is that 77M voters don’t vote in the state of North Carolina. Only a fraction does, and the majority of his constituents may like him.
There will be a lot more Trump fans in western NC, that state is in for some change.
More likely the majority of his donors like what he promises he can get them. Few constituents anywhere like their elected officials, they just vote for them based on the best information (propaganda?) available to them.
Care to wager on that? Tillis is about as popular as a STD.
Nope, we don’t.
Well it will be interesting to see if the Streisand effect takes place. I did my part.
I’m calling his office tomorrow!!
Excellent!!! Capitol Hill switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.
And put the Senator from Indiana – Sen. Todd Young – on your list too. (Not sure it will have any effect on Alaska’s Murkowski or Maine’s Sen. Collins but I have called all of them anyway. They represent their home states but they also represent all of us as citizens. We want Trump to have the cabinet and people surrounding him he has wants!
Speaking of Murkowski, did Alaska finally get rid of that ranked choice abomination so we can be rid of the moron next time?
Nope.
No, but that cheater way of control needs to be ousted by federal law, along with mandating Voter ID, paper ballots, reduced count time. If the entire country of France can get their vote count in by the next day, a US state can.
I will too!
Sure thing, let me give away my God givern rights to follow the advice of a Rino
The ONLY thing Tillis wants is to be re-elected. These folks do not understand how fed up Americans are with their arrogance and precociousness. They need to stop for a second and decide who they want to serve – US or them!
Bruh who the eff do you think you’re talking to? That passive aggressive bs might work in DC, but in the real world it doesn’t. You were sent there to do a job so do it or we will find someone who can. Capiche?
Ick! He’s my senator. I can’t wait to get him voted out.
I’ve got you beat for bad senators… I just got pencil neck Schiff and he’s just now starting!! Yikes! Before that Kamala and Feinstein! Help!!
From NC , I have hope that a good candidate will arise so we can send him to retirement. I cannot call him a Rino, he is much worse than that. He is a betrayer first class and i say keep the other 99 but I pray he is the one senator that must in 26.
Also in NC. I will never vote for him again under any circumstances. I wish Dan Bishop would primary him
He’s up for re-election in 2026… pretty balsy for him to threaten voters.
What a piece of crap
what a narcissistic little clown… no wonder his DC voicemail ctr is full. These RINOs have been on the lavish “gravy train” for so many yrs their fear is manifesting in temper tantrums… murky is panicked, tilly tells MAGA to stand down, collins genuflects 24/7 and glitch draws a red line… ho hum
the lipstick on the pig just keeps getting redder….
Trump coalition has slain tougher dragons than the moribund rinos, Tillis should get his bags packed.
A word from the Lord/Amanda Grace 11/14/2024 (excerpt) Ark of Grace Ministries/Ministry Blog
There are those within says the Lord that DO NOT WANT A RESTORATION TO HAPPEN THEY HAVE BEEN POSITIONED EVEN NOW AND THOUGH THEY PUBLICLY SAY THEY AGREE PRIVATELY THEY HAVE ALREADY MET CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN FROM COMMITTEES HAVE MET AND HAVE PLANNED STOP WORK ORDERS, THEY HAVE EVEN SPOKEN OF A PLOT TO IMPEACH ONCE AGAIN TO ATTEMPT TO STOP CONGRESS FROM MOVING FORWARD IN THE WORK THEY MUST DIGILENTLY MOVE FORTH IN BEFORE THE NATION.
Thus says the Lord, I see the conspiracy, I see the meeting that 5 in Congress were at, I the Lord see the meeting in the inner room, a situation room in the Pentagon where an emergency has been called and meetings were had to start the workings of a conspiracy growing strong and another coup to be attempted within the first year of Donald My son, entering office.
Who the heck is Amanda Grace and why should we care what she says? Anybody can say they have the “word of the Lord.” The Word of the Lord is in the BIBLE.
The Bible talks about spiritual gifts, and it says to some are given the gift of prophecy. It also says to test words to see if they are from God. You look at a person’s track record to see if they have a history of hearing prophetically from God, and then seek God and weigh it to see if it resonates with your spirit. If it’s junk mail, toss it. If you believe it’s from God, use it as a prayer map.
“If you want to hear from the Lord, read the Bible. If you want to hear from the Lord audibly, read it aloud.”
If “Thus saith the Lord” isn’t followed by a direct quote of Scripture, I trust it as much as any other man’s word.
You might want to listen to her and see for yourself.
These people make me sick. I don’t give a crap what THEY want. They work for US!
This limp-wristed, wishy washy excuse for a senator got several contacts from me today. I’m hoping someone with a spine will primary him. He’s been put on notice.
I’ll bet that the honorable Senator Tillis is headed for an eventual FAFO moment.
Whatever just keep after the crapocrats when they try to pull more of their criminal underhandedness, clean up D.C.
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00012.htm
Mayorkas ‘Nay’
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00114.htm
Garland ‘Yea’
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00005.htm
Austin ‘Abstain’
https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1171/vote_117_1_00134.htm
Richard Levine ‘Nay’. Murkowski and Collins ‘Yea’
What a POS this Tillis is.
Some of his constituents are sleeping and living in tents. Cannot rebuild on their land …. And he will hold by off the very people our country needs.
A small evil man.
He is disgusting.
I suspect he is speaking for Thune and McConnell.
I anticipate that he speaks so boldly because he has the support of the usual repeat offenders Cassidy, Murkowski, and Collins, together with Young and McConnell, if necessary.
Could he be merely a fool who broadcasts his bravado without the surety of it likely being attainable?
We’ll see what happens.
A power hungry pompass ass. Spit.
Never really listened to Tom Tillis before. All I can say is what a pompous jerk. I stopped the playback when he got his dander up over Joni Ernst being called out by the AG of her state (legitimately called out), referring to the AG’s comment as “garbage”. The AG’s comment was excellent. These “Senators” don’t like it when the citizens question them.
I dont hear the threat you all do. If stating facts is passive aggressive I think some need to grow thicker skin.
You seemed to ignore when he said the pressure is not coming from Trumps team.
But rather from over zealous outside actors that could have the effect of turning off ppl still undecided.
His position seems thoughtful and reasonable.
I think this piece is an over reaction to his actual statements.
Yes, he SAYS that,…but doesn’t mean its true.
Dougof, you need to work on your discernment skills, or you will continue to be taken in by RINOS,
masqerading as genuine MAGA, in a heart beat.
Can anyone smell primary in the air?
Tillis tells Trump supporters to double down on their pressure on RINOS to vote yes to ALL of President Trumps nominees, makes meaningless threat (as bullies do!) which he has no intention or capacity to carry out.
Lets keep up the pressure.
Did Tillis vote for Lloyd Austin? If so, case closed.
Ok you’re gone jackass. You just screwed with the wrong electorate.
It could work ONCE for Tillis et.al., but the blowback will be fierce…
It would require a great deal of explanation, to avoid demonization for having ‘screwed the pooch’.
To paraphrase Morgan Freeman (as Lucius Fox) in The Dark Knight Rises;
“Elon Musk, one of the richest, most powerful men on Earth has promised to lavishly fund primaries against Trump’s GOPe enemies and your plan is to openly declare yourself to be one? Good luck with that.”
Recess appointments.
What he’s saying here is that he’s vindictive rather than principled.
Unfortunately, living as I am in NC, I’m saddled with this RINO.
So Senator Tillis is big mad that the peons that elected him are demanding he support the incoming President, who they also voted for by a large margin. Now is the time to double-down on the calls and letter writing on Sen. Tillis. Especially his constituents in Western NC who are living in tents need to spend their days writing multiple letters to him to approve each and every one of Tump’s nominees OR ELSE. That way they might get some help from FEMA and they also need to begin a letter writing campaign to the incoming Governor for the same thing. Politicians do respond to pressure, and the more pressure, the faster they move.
This doesn’t sound like a reason to primary Tillis, republicans should be more like the Dems, ‘tighter together’, but if this guy has to go (in 2026, if he is even up for reelection), the republicans will end up primarying every incumbent.
What Pelosi does as leader in the House, McConnell should have been doing in the Senate, years ago.
If you can spell hypocrite, then you have described RINO Tillis. Mr.Tillis is another reason why the US Senate is dysfunctional… along with self-serving deception clowns: Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Mitch McConnell. Sad.
What an absolute aggravation that those FREAKING RINOS continue to get elected as they have. Just one more piece of evidence solidifying why our electoral processes in the entire country must be dealt with and the laws enforced. Also one more piece of evidence that the Senate needs to be put back as the appointment by the states as the original Constitution had. REVISIT the 17th Amendment and strike the 6 year election status out of the Amendment.
Tom, you torpedoed state representative Robert Brawley with your monetary donations to Causey, a Democrat who was recently running for insurance commissioner in the state of North Carolina. Causey won and alleges 25 years of insurance experience however he didn’t pay child support for seven years and lost his license. He has no relative insurance experience and has allowed the average cost of auto insurance to Double in the state of North Carolina compared to other states average. Why did you support him? There is a name for Senators like you, it RINO!
I don’t know what kind of political game you wanna play with Pete Hegseth’s confirmation however, if you do torpedo it, many North Carolina’s will be made aware of it and your threats. Stop your threats or the rest of the political community will learn about how you play with Republican campaign donations.
There are a bunch of RINOs that need to go. Tillis, Graham, the senators from Maine and Alaska and soy boy McConnell. There are also Thune, and Corbyn not to mention Ernest. I am sick of these Rockefeller Republicans. You always see the Democrats marching like the Prussian Guard while the GOP acts like a herd of cats.
This veiled threat is simply Tillis’s next arrogant slap-in-the-face to “Battered Conservatives No More.” Remember, too, this past February when Tillis devoutly proclaimed, “Our base cannot possibly know what’s at stake at the level that any well-briefed U.S. senator should know about what’s at stake if Putin wins….”
As Philip Reichart reported at the time, “Eager to ram through another $95 billion Ukraine spending bill last week, and angry at the base of conservatives who objected, Republican Sens. Thom Tillis and Mitch McConnell went out of their way to trash those ‘dim’ and ‘short-sighted’ Americans” (https://thefederalist.com/2024/02/19/its-time-for-lawmakers-to-respect-the-foreign-policy-goals-of-the-voters-who-elected-them/).
See also “If Sen. Thom Tillis Sabotages Trump’s Cabinet Picks, Voters Should Fire Him” (https://thefederalist.com/2024/12/16/if-sen-thom-tillis-sabotages-trumps-cabinet-picks-voters-should-fire-him/).
Real Team Player, right there. Disgusting.
Sen Tillis confirms the Senate Good Ole Boys Club is not about Making America Great; it’s not about the Constitutional Republic or We the People. It’s about maintaining the status quo in DC and doing business as usual. How dare the American people overwhelmingly elect a man with a vision to change govt!
1st of all, MAGA isn’t going to stand down and we aren’t going to be quiet ever! I find it absolutely OUTRAGEOUS this U.S. Senator thinks he can shush my Constitutional Rights to free speech and association!
You’ve been FOUND OUT Sen. Tillis and that F you so deserve is right behind you!
I am not going to sit down and I’m not going to shut up and I’m not taking this crap anymore from anyone!
My MAGA friends in N.C. aren’t going to take it either! They can’t wait to vote you out! and VOTE MAGA in!
You’ve been FOUND OUT Sen. Tillis and you will find that F is on your backside around November.
MAGA 24/7
Tillis has made the decision to not run again. He must be planning to write one of the “books”that make millions or get a very high salary on some Board of Directors. Therefore, he has agreed to the role of spoiling everything for President Trump. Bitter, miserable fool.
NC is ravaged by many in NC government who are liberal fools. I haven’t seen any of them digging poor people out of the mud or trying to get them into heated tents.
I am tired of these people telling us that “he/she is a warrior/combat veteran/patriot/etc.” because they served. I served at the tip of the tip, and I saw and heard my share of utter BS WRT to our great nation. Some of which was outright treasonous. When people like McChrystal and McRaven get to where they did and then eventually show their true colors when the US has a real CiC, you can’t just willy nilly throw out, that because someone served they blindly deserve our adoration.
Fact is, these turds hide behind all of the real heroes and patriots who don the green skin for a time. It’s a disgrace.
CD’s (closet democrackers) always expose themselves, too bad fake repub voters keep voting them back in. As far as standing down, sit on it and rotate thommie boy.
17th needs to be gone.
i thought that we all knew the election of djt was only the beginning of the war for the republic.
“Hakeem” Johnson is Proud of his accomplishments as Speaker of the Rat House. The rinoRats + the democRats are passing Yet Another Continuing Omnibus $$$$pending Bill for the rinoRats & democRats to pass in the Senate. then Dementia Joe signs it to spend non-existant money into 2025.
Meanwhile Dementia Joe is selling off the Border Wall stockpiles for pennies on the dollar. It’s all Sabo-Stooge Treason from the Rats of District of Criminals.
A Trillion in Deficits every 100 days ….. and Trump is supposed to wave a wand and “MAGA” it all good ??? Children & Clowns are Ruling this USSA Shiat Show. Sometimes “Gravity” gets a vote, as in the coming Economic Crash. Will trump be Another Hoover ??? That’s What the Rat Party Wants to usher in another FDR. sheesh.
To paraphrase the words of a great, legal African immigrant, Go f*ck yourself thommie boy.
here’s all you need to know as to why no matter how many times republicans win the country never goes back to being conservative. democraps don’t even need to put up a fight with back stabbers like this moron. go to hell bitch.
Get in line or get out! The people of NC are tired of your failed leadership.