Republican Thom Tillis says he will not seek reelection next year : NPR
Senator Thom Tillis, RN.C., announced Sunday that he would not present himself to re -election following a series of attacks by President Trump on Tills’ decision to vote against a bill on taxes and expenditure written by the GOP.
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Caroline North Caroline Republican Senator Thom Tillis announced on Sunday that he would not ask for the re -election of next year.
Tillis was one of the most in order to say that he could not support the “Big Beautiful Bill” of President Trump, the bill on the tax and the expenses of the Republicans, in its current form. Trump on social networks had attacked him as “a speaker and a complainant, not a office!” And threatened to support him the main challengers next year.
He was one of the only two Republicans in the Senate, with Rand Paul, Ky., Who voted on Saturday against a motion at the start of a debate on the package of politicians. For days, Tillis criticized Medicaid’s provisions in the bill and said that he had data showing that she would force his condition to take more than $ 30 billion in cost in order to compensate for lost federal funding.
Tillis, who has been in the Senate for a decade, in a statement criticized the lack of bipartisme in Washington and accused other politicians not to take the time to understand how the legislation would affect ordinary Americans.
“In Washington in recent years, it has become more and more obvious that leaders who are ready to adopt bipartite, compromise and demonstrate an independent thought become an endangered species,” he wrote.
He also suggested that some in his own parties care more about political points than the impact of the policies on which they vote, saying: “Too many elected officials are motivated by a pure raw policy that does not really care about the people they promised to represent on the campaign track.”
For months, Tillis insisted that he could win another difficult election in his country of origin, but said on Sunday that he was tired of the Capitol division policy.
“As many of my colleagues have noticed it in the past year, and sometimes I even joked, I was not exactly delighted to run for another quarter. It is true since the choice has been between spending another six years in political theater and partisan observation in Washington or spending this time with the love of my life Susan, our two children, three grandchildren, and the rest of our extended family.
The election of the headquarters of Tillis in North Carolina is likely to turn into a heated race next year. On Sunday, the campaign committee of the Democrat Congress published a statement on Sunday predicting that the Democrats would return the headquarters next year.
“Thom Tillis’ decision not to present itself to the re-election is another blow to the chances of the Republicans while they face a mid-term reaction which puts their majority in danger. Even Tillis admits that the GOP plan to reduce the costs of Medicaid and Spike for families is toxic,” said the campaign committee.
The former Wiley Nickel representative, NC, is the only democrat who presents himself for the headquarters of the Senate of Tillis. After the news of Tillis’s retirement, he jumped with a statement to present himself as an independent thinker who “will not be fooled by extremists pushing a program that puts billionaires first and the families of workers last”. But national democrats hope that former Governor Roy Cooper, who is popular and has more recognition of the name on a state scale, will decide to present themselves for the now open seat.
Senator Tim Scott, RS.C., who heads the GOP Senate National Committee of the Senate campaign, noted that Trump has won the state three times and that the GOP has occupied seats in the Senate for more than a decade. “This sequence will continue in 2026 when the Northern Carolinians elect a determined conservative chief to advance an opportunity, prosperity and security program.”
