Tillis claps back at Trump: ‘Stupid stuff is killing our chances’
Senate Tillis claps back at Trump: ‘Stupid stuff is killing our chances’ Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 05/22/26 3:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 05/22/26 3:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Sen. Tillis suggested in a post on social platform X that Trump has embraced a variety of controversial ideas that are stirring up opposition in the Senate Republican Conference because of bad advice he’s getting from his advisers. Tillis on Thursday called the proposal “beyond the pale” and urged fellow GOP senators to speak up against it.
- ▪Senate Tillis claps back at Trump: ‘Stupid stuff is killing our chances’ Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 05/22/26 3:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 05/22/26 3:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Sen.
- ▪Tillis suggested in a post on social platform X that Trump has embraced a variety of controversial ideas that are stirring up opposition in the Senate Republican Conference because of bad advice he’s getting from his advisers.
- ▪Tillis on Thursday called the proposal “beyond the pale” and urged fellow GOP senators to speak up against it.
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Senate Tillis claps back at Trump: ‘Stupid stuff is killing our chances’ Comments: by Alexander Bolton - 05/22/26 3:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Alexander Bolton - 05/22/26 3:49 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Friday punched back at President Trump’s criticism on social media that he is a “nitpicker and “RINO” for criticizing the president for embracing controversial ideas such as the $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” and 50-year mortgages, warning “the stupid stuff is killing our chances” in the midterm elections. Tillis suggested in a post on social platform X that Trump has embraced a variety of controversial ideas that are stirring up opposition in the Senate Republican Conference because of bad advice he’s getting from his advisers.
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