No shame. NONE.
Our soon-to-be senior senator is taking governor Roy Cooper to task for being, um, *soft*, on illegal immigration. (Seriously? Seriously.):
North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis criticized Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of Senate Bill 101 on Tuesday, saying the bill simply requires sheriffs in the state to cooperate with ICE when dangerous criminal illegal immigrants are detained for violent crimes.
While the immigration bill given final General Assembly approval last week removed some provisions from the 2019 measure, Cooper said the legislation was still unconstitutional and designed to supersede the ability of sheriffs to manage the safety of constituents, weakening law enforcement.
“Gov. Cooper has effectively declared North Carolina a sanctuary state. The veto of a common sense bill to stop sanctuary city policies allows his political allies to keep ignoring federal law enforcement and keep releasing dangerous and violent criminals back into communities across North Carolina where they will continue to commit violent crimes,” said Tillis. “The Biden-Harris administration’s weak border enforcement policies, combined with the soft-on-crime policies promoted by liberal leaders, are making our state and nation less safe.” […]
It takes GREAT BIG ONES and a complete lack of shame to be hypocritical at this level of magnitude. With Thom Tillis’s sorry record on illegal immigration, he has NO standing to be criticizing ANYONE about this subject.
Opposition to the border wall. The same guy who went on the record with the comments above ALSO went on Tucker Carlson’s TV show to attack President Trump’s plan to build a border wall. If the Republican president’s plan had been fully supported and implemented, we’d likely not have much to say about North Carolina law enforcement and ICE.
Amnesty. Here are a whole bunch of stories from 2014 and 2015 where Tillis went flaccid on illegal immigration and amnesty.
In 2017, Tillis teamed with Oklahoma’s James Lankford and Utah’s Orrin Hatch to enact amnesty for illegal aliens.
In 2021, Tillis teamed with Texas’ John Cornyn for DACA-only amnesty.
Earlier THIS year, Tillis teamed with Cornyn and two Democrats to try for a “deal” on amnesty.
Here is another example from 2022 where Tillis is to the left of Kevin McCarthy on illegal immigration.
What is this all about? Why is Two-faced Thom sounding so right-ish? There is word on the street that he is eyeing a 2024 gubernatorial run (Cooper can’t run again). Perhaps he has detected, like we have, that Cooper has a real itch to move from Raleigh to DC. Tillis is next up for reelection in 2026 — two years after Cooper leaves office in Raleigh. Perhaps this is a throwing-down of the gauntlet by the man from North Meck.
I wish all this currently coming out of Thom’s mouth was genuine. But I have observed this guy for so long. I know him. (Very little genuine stuff gets uttered from his pie-hole. )
The 2024 scenario wouldn’t surprise me. A lot of RINOs are not willingly going t9 let Mark Robinson stroll into the Executive Mansion but there aren’t many high profile GOPers aside from Tillis to take him on. If this scenario plays out, we should also expect the ncgop to start “prepping” the executive committee to select the list of three candidates to fill the remainder of Tillis’ term.
Tillis would just be Cooper redux, without a dimes worth of difference. Hopefully, Mark Robinson would clean his clock in the gubenatorial primary, and we can start looking for a primary challenger to Terrible Thom for 2026.
Tillis, same jackass that was ‘given’ cover by Hinton’s local radio show recently ‘to defend’ his gun control vote….this is ONE SLEAZY person. Very Bidensque……the sleeze just drips and oozes….
I hope he runs for gov against Robinson….Let the war begin…There is NO doubt ncgop will NOT ALLOW Robinson the nomination nor give their support. Robinson is anything BUT a ncgop’er….
A Robinson / Tillis primary might just be the showdown that demonstrates just how incompatible grassroots conservatives are with the NCGOPers. Those GOPe frauds get nothing more from me. I reached my limit for chicanery, lies and deceit quite a ways back.
We need to find a Robinson friendly and grassroots friendly candidate to run for NCGOP chairman in 2023.
I absolutely agree. It also has to be factored in that the process will be about ten times harder than it should be, since under present rules the majority of the delegates actually in attendance at a state convention usually do not determine the outcome of the race.
I long to be allied with people that I respect that are honest brokers.
Couple thoughts on that. First off, you may get your wish about the candidate you desire to run for State Chair. That’s all I’m going to say just now about that. That said, I trust MKR isn’t letting the grass grow under his feet insofar as building a war-chest and a strategic plan because the way he won his last primary won’t go the distance in the upcoming high stakes contest. Second, I generally support Donald Trump but am occasionally revolted by his endorsements. He endorsed Tillis once, I hope he will come to understand why he can’t do that again.
MARK ROBINSON WILL BE THE NEXT GOVERNOR OF NC ! !