Republican Sen. Tillis calls his vote for Hegseth the ‘biggest regret of my career’ in a new book
Tillis says he now regrets backing Pete Hegseth and warns that Republicans face a backlash if they keep enabling Trump’s agenda.
- In his new book "How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents," publishing Tuesday, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis calls his deciding vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth the "biggest regret of my career" and says he should have stopped Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s confirmation.
- Feeling pressured to confirm nominees, Tillis writes he had "no intention of letting my colleagues outsource their courage to me while they pretended to go along with the questionable nomination President Trump had put forward."
- At least 30 GOP colleagues have "expressed reservations about many of the president's actions in private," though Tillis deflects blame, stating, "my beef is not with him, but the idiots he's got working for him."
- After reaching a "breaking point" over a tax bill, the senator announced he would not seek reelection, warning colleagues to "wake up" to authoritarian risks and predicting a "bloodbath" for Republicans in November's midterm elections.
- Tillis criticizes the administration's tariffs and aggressive immigration raids meant to "intentionally sow disorder," urging his party to push back against executive overreach before it "comes back to bite the majority party in the ass.
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BizTocSen. Tillis says his vote for Hegseth was 'biggest regret of my career' in new book
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis says in a new book that his deciding vote to confirm Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in January 2025 is the “biggest regret of my career” and that he also “should’ve stopped” Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from becoming Health and Human Services secretary in the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term.
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