Tillis plans to vote against national emergency. Has he opened path for a challenger?
Story Date: 3/7/2019

 

Source: CHARLOTTE OBSERVER, 3/5/19

North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis’ decision not to support President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration has so angered some North Carolina Republicans that they are considering potential primary opponents in 2020. Tillis, a first-term Republican who previously served as speaker of the N.C. House, announced his intent to vote for a Democratic-backed resolution of disapproval against Trump’s emergency declaration in a Washington Post op-ed, a high-profile rebuke. Tillis is one of four Republicans to publicly state their intent to vote for the resolution, likely setting up the first veto of Trump’s presidency.

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