Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina strongly criticized President Trump on Sunday for his support of Ken Paxton over incumbent Senator John Cornyn during this year’s Texas Senate Republican primary.
Speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Tillis described the president’s decision as a significant error. “In the case of Cornyn, he made a colossal mistake,” Tillis stated regarding the administration’s endorsement.
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Cornyn’s record is fine, but Paxton has the base. Tillis is just mad his buddy lost.
Does anyone else find it wild that Tillis feels comfortable criticizing the party leader this openly right now?
Paxton won anyway. Guess the ‘colossal mistake’ was the President’s assessment of who actually gets votes in Texas.
I thought Tillis was close to Trump? This public smackdown is quite the plot twist for the GOP alliance.