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Washington – President Donald Trump attacked Senator Thom Tillis on Saturday for opposing the party’s national political politics bill, threatening to meet potential primary challengers with the North Carolina Republican.
Tillis, which faces a re -election next year in a state of battlefield, was one of the two Republicans, with Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, vote against advancement The “big and beautiful bill” in the Senate on Saturday evening.
“Many people have come forward by wanting to run in primary off against” senator Thom ‘Tillis “,” Trump wrote Saturday night. “I will meet them in the coming weeks, looking for someone who will correctly represent the great people of North Carolina and, so important, the United States of America.”
Trump’s social media criticism came for hours After Tillis said in a press release that he “I cannot support this bill in its current form”, indicating the expected reductions of Medicaid, according to him, “would lead to tens of billions of dollars in funding lost for North Carolina, including our hospitals and our rural communities”.
Trump accused the senator on two Grand-Tanding mandates “in order to obtain a certain advertisement for himself, for a possible but very difficult re-election.”
“It looks like the senator Thom Tillis, as usual, means to the nation that he gives them an increase in tax by 68%, because (it is) opposed to the greatest tax reduction in American history!” Trump wrote, adding, “Thom Tillis makes a big mistake for America and the wonderful people of North Carolina!”
Tillis is one of the main targets of Democrats for mid-term elections in 2026. He won his two races in the previous Senate by less than two percentage points.
Before Trump’s post, Tillis told journalists on Saturday evening that he had given the president an idea of his opposition during a call that he described as “very professional” and “very respectful”.
“I had a very good discussion with President Trump last night. I told him at that time that I had problems with the implementation (Medicaid). And I said that the bill in the Chamber, I think, would be a good brand,” said Tillis. “I believe that the president really focuses on the realization of the tax portion of the invoice, and I support this, a complete stop. But he went from a tax invoice to the one who includes health care and other things. And I said that in non -tax areas, we have a problem. ”
When asked if he was concerned about the fact that Trump approves a main challenge for him, Tillis replied: “No”.
Trump has threatened the legislators of the GOP criticizing him in the past, exercising his influence on the Republicans who voted to indict him after the riot of Capitol of January 6, including the Reproductant era. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. Last week, two Trump advisers launched a great heat aimed at withdrawing the representative Thomas Massie, R-Ky., Another frequent critic of the administration agenda.
But Trump has not always followed the threats. For example, he was standing on a threat To support a main challenger by representative Laurel Lee, r-fla., Who approved the presidential candidacy 2-24 of Governor Ron Desantis.
