What North Carolinians are seeing about Tillis’s “switcheroo”
Robesonian: Tillis flips, backs Trump’s declaration
- “Tillis was among a group of GOP senators who had wavered amid concerns that Trump’s die-hard loyalty from millions of conservative voters could lead them to punish defecting lawmakers in next year’s elections.”
NC Policy Watch: Tillis flips back to Trump camp on national emergency
- “‘I suspect that maybe some people had signaled that behavior like this may lead to being primaried,’ [Andrew Taylor, a political science professor at North Carolina State University] said. ‘He was in damage control.’”
Washington Post: Tillis’s reversal sums up state of Senate Republicans — few willing to cross Trump
- “Tillis’s actions highlighted a hardening reality in Washington: Republicans who have real near-term political skin in the game are not willing to stand up to him.”
CBC: Editorial: Sen. Tillis delivers flip-flop for the ages
- “What Tillis says he believes and what he does are now revealed to be VERY different things – particularly when a re-election is on the line.”
News&Observer: Editorial: Thom Tillis deserts himself for Trump
- “Fear of the president’s disapproval and the wrath of his base clearly caused Tillis’ humiliating flip-flop. After his op-ed, North Carolina Republicans let him know that not being in lockstep with Trump left him out of step with them.”
- “Now that Thom Tillis has abandoned his principles in order to stand wherever Trump stands, there will be no need for further op-eds. We can learn what our senator thinks by reading Trump’s tweets.”
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Published: Mar 15, 2019