Too little, too late. He sucked up til he was bloated, now jumps ship and miraculously can tell the truth after years of lies. He’s no better than little Marco or Rafael Cruz.

Big whup. He found his conscience. Just another coward.

Sorry, but these politicians are far too late to be indignant. #Exhaustipated

They don't care. All the people that didn't vote, voted for third party or Trump this is on you.

I’m glad he’s throwing out the truth bomb. He may be despicable but I’ve got to hand it to him …apparently this was his limit. Most republicans will vote for this without any twinge of conscience.

He says by not seeking reelection he’s free to call balls and strikes. That says a lot about the party…

It's actually fucking insane that we need like 3 people to stand up and do the right thing and they literally would rather let people die instead

Only telling the truth because he’s not running for reelection. Otherwise this shitbird supported Trump and the maga agenda for YEARS

He SHOULD tell those 663,000 people that he should have opposed Trump earlier. (But, obviously, he won’t.) Waiting until the last minute rarely works in a slavish obedience political environment.

He could say, “Ya’ll voted for us and we told you what we planned to do. I will be retiring and then moving to an undisclosed foreign country very soon so you need to speak to Trump and the rest of the GOP if you have complaints.”

It better be a country with no extradition treaty with the US...

this f*cker was the deciding vote on whisky Pete. He can FATWO!!!

Tillis knows something that most Americans are pretending to ignore. Musk and his Panantir buds flipped votes via tech In all 5 Swing states and Texas. Impossible that folks voted Trump then Democratic down ballot so consistently in all 5 swing states. open.substack.com/pub/thiswill...

I feel like they cheated, but I just can't see how they did it. I've seen the various theories shot down by pretty convincing arguments made by people who want to find the smoking gun.

I suggest reading this series

Will do.

Can it matter? The "assassination attempt" was never invstigated, no press conference with the doctors, just total BS, people are dead, and it's like it never happened.

I personally think, even if it is just for the record, all of this matters. Yes, he never investigated the false flag shooting, but released all the Kennedy assassination stuff. But if it is proven that those five swing states flipped votes. I want front page ATF

I agree. It totally matters.

Push for paper ballots and hand counting.

Yes

Why shouldn't he be? He milked it for all he could. Toed the party line when he thought he could breeze through re-election and when he met the first shot across the bow from his dear leader, he announced he was packing it in. Akin to turning off the console when you think you might lose the game.

He's a shithole for even mentioning Obama care issues. FUUFF

Meh - he should have been out of fucks on Jan 06, 2021. Tillis and the rest of the GOP can go fuck themselves.

It won't take two or three years for the broken promise. Wake up Mr. Tillis. The promise has already been broken. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I like to think he’s had enough and is growing a spine but I think he’s only speaking up because he’s not running again and has nothing to lose. I’ll never trust a republican legislator to do the right thing for the right reasons again.

that you fucked them over by backing him the first place?

The comparison to the promises broken with the ACA with what Donald Trump wants to do with Medicaid is ludicrous. But politically, it seems like they're the same thing

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Tillis is a fuck. He should have had a spine all along!!!

What is he wearing around his neck? Is that a fashion accessory? WTF is happening?

It's a Bolo tie. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolo_tie

Looks like a big cookie on a rope.

😂

About effing time!!!!!!!!

Anybody else super curious what calls or meetings go down when GOP members try to break rank? Like is it threats or blackmail?Fear for safety? Like what makes some folks snap back into line and some just snap and say “F-it there has to be a better life for me” and announce plans to dip out?

trump came out and said that "we will primary Sen Tillis " bc in he procedural vote on Saturday Tillis voted against the bill Tillis announced Sunday he won't run again for Senate took the trump threat off the table

All of it. Why limit oneself?

You can be this way all the time with TERM LIMITS!

I will be 62 in a few months. I work part time for health reasons. I am retiring at 62. I have health insurance thanks to ACA subsidies. With this bill...I will lose the subsidy at the end of the year. I will not be able to afford coverage without it. I'm sure I'm not alone. ThNks to MAGA.

THEY DONT CARE Quit pretending they do

These pols who only muster the balls to speak freely and do the right thing AFTER they've decided to exit office make me sick. The disdain I have for them is off the charts.

Cc: Jeff Flake

let’s seeeeeeee, who’s on this list? I’ll add Paul Ryan

Oh my God fuck that guy right into the sun. Sits on the board of Fox News. I think he is biding his time— while presiding over the exalting of Dear Leader— to swoop in as a “ trustworthy Republican” presidential nominee, once the GOP as we know it is firmly in ashes.

I know there are more, just not remembering all their names

Like a stopped clock, Tillis was right several times over a th8s Trump term. Still caused more damage to NC than he helped, though. I hope his replacement is better. Based on his district of mouth breathers, though, I won't hold my breath.

Too little backbone too late

Thom, you tell them you spent over 10 years supporting, enabling, and making excuses for the sociopathic demented felon President whose only concerns are enriching himself and screwing Americans.

I'm in NC & couldn't agree with you more. BTW, when he was the Speaker of the NC House - he helped enshrine laws that are destroying people's lives to this day. He was a major player in the gerrymandering that is alive & well in NC today that was used as a prototype across the U.S.

Sad and alarming

Staggering the huge cuts over a few years to food stamps and medicaid and medicare will allow Republicans to blame it in Democrats when they actually kick in.

He’d better figure something out and quick. I feel like we are all standing here, about to watch this horrible thing happen.

Hey Tillis, why don't you switch parties and vote with the democrats

He’s afraid Trump will sic his cult to kill him or his family.

To the senator - your party only cares about a few things 1. Money & power for Felon Teump 2. Tax breaks for rich 3, bleaching America white 4. Keeping oil companies happy 5. Using working people to pay double tax via tariffs Gop is scum - you know it !

In a better Senate, this would inspire other GOP members to wake TF up.

Welcome to the motherfucking resistance….FINALLY.

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This guy is not a hero. The number of horrible I’ve responses I’ve received back from writing Tillis constituent feedback letters…too many to count.

At long last, Tillis has found some shame

Too little too late

You know how ole grandma get bolder because each year she running out time to straighten everyone out? Well, Tillis is in full Grandma Velma mode.

You tell them to vote with their interests

MORE OF THIS COURAGE, REPUBLICAN SYCOPHANTS! 👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘

Just a reminder of who Thom Tillis is: In 2013, as N.C. House Speaker, he passed a massive voter suppression law that was struck down because it targeted Black voters "with almost surgical precision.” In the Senate he voted against the Freedom to Vote Act and the John R. Lewis Voting Right Act.

Yes. But would you prefer he stay the course and vote for the bill? Didn't think so. Take your wins when they come.

I get it & my 1st instinct is to agree. But TBH, if the US were a little more discriminatory about who it gets in bed w/ to achieve its goals (ie, get Russia out of AFG) we might not be here right now. Just a thought. We don’t need hero’s; we just need people with a conscience and an oz of courage

Not a good analogy. Because if you want purity in the people you "get in bed with", the scale matters. And when it comes down to the importance of a single person's one vote, you can't demand that the person casting that vote be Gandhi in order to accept it. You'd never win anything , ever.

The scale matters, I agree. My thought is towards something to reform when this regime is toppled. IOW, we need better candidates and we need to stop voting for the incumbent 80% of the time when we know damn well 80% of the current crop ARE NOT effective reps

… but we need ‘im now!

It was the GOP that made it so you couldn't keep the same doctor. Tillis knows this as well and is still pushing lies.

To save our country and keep his campaign promises, Tillis should stop voting for Trump's horrible policies and nominees. He should atone by notifying the Majority and Minority Leaders that he will become a Democrat (or Independent) and start caucusing with Senate Democrats.

Agreed!

95% of the time Tillis is in lockstep with djt.

Oh, someone’s finding out that he’s gonna have to lie in the bed that he helped make

Who had Thom Tillis, hero of the resistance, on their bingo card?

He’s not a hero – he probably just found out he’s gonna get some sort of crap for it so now he has to act all indignant

He's only the "hero" because he not running for reelection. If he were, he'd be a zero like the rest of the thugs in his party. 😉

They don’t get off that easy. They ALL own this shame.

He's not a hero. Too little, too late. Even tho he's not running again, he's afraid of folks once he gets back home. We need to remember this. They want to be revered, re-elected, and run scared when threatened with being primaried. Constituents must become more important than DJT.

He bailed. Another POS.

we need better whistle blowers about the tactics used by DT administration to force through these votes

Apparently spines can regrow.

It's about time JEEZUZ H Christ

Joni Ernst raises her hand and blurts "I know! I Know! Yield to me!"

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Nope. While it's nice that he has finally balled up and called out the lie, he has let far too much happen for far too long. GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE.

Took him long enough. I’m in NC.

He Was Doing Okay Until He Brought Up The "Big Democrat Lie" That If You Want To Keep Your Present Healthcare, You Can"....What Happened Was That There Were Fake Healthcare Policies That Covered Nothing...They Were Banned In The ACA....So 2% Of Policies That Were Fraudulent Were Outlawed....

“Sorry I thought he was only gonna hurt brown people” would probably land just fine down there. And it’s more than likely, probably true.

EVERY SINGLE ONE of these losers is going to bend the knee and kiss the ring. GUARANTEED. #MAGACOWARDS

Wont matter. These fucktards are still full steam ahead. Glad we could give more money to mega corporations

He should tell them “sorry you voted Trump”

A reminder that Medicaid cuts will start taking effect in 2027 (as Tillis says two or three years) & after the midterms so that if Dems take the House and/or Senate they must either repeal the mess or be blamed. Of course this is by design & Trump has space to speedrun the rest of his awful agenda.

Come on folks. Tom Tillis is not a good guy.

I know folks from North Carolina. Goodnight, Senator Tillis.

He is weak and worthless!

If only a few more Republicans ran out of fucks. 🙏

Their constituents all need to make it clear that none of them have a seat after this, then maybe some more will grow a conscience.

One whole guy? One entire lobbyist whore speaks out? Not impressed. Fuck that asshole nazi enabler.

Why do videos constantly stop on Bluesky? And I just cannot get them to play. No matter how many times I refresh? So frustrating!

They don't care, NOW DO YOU GET IT? Your constituents get it.. how stupid you are Mr. Tillis....

Tell them the GOP started years ago to destroy these programs and that you helped them do it.

Called the Felon out by name. Good job. maga morons need it spelled out.

Too late though, eh?

I don’t know, asshole? What did you tell them 2017-2021? What did you tell them when you voted against Biden’s border bill. Guy grows some stones as he takes his $180k/yr retirement and free healthcare for life. Fuck outta here.

What's that old saying about the circle..."it begins where it ends and it ends where it begins".

It's real easy to speak up when you have nothing on the line.

It’s incredible to me how many true cowards have made it into positions of power in this country

surely if they can find money for billionaires, they can find money for the "poor" on medicare, no? Maybe they can start by canceling all contracts they have with Elon.

The funding is there, given by American taxpayers. They're just stealing it from the poor and putting into the pockets of billionaires.

Hopefully his silent colleagues find their courage to speak up as well.

He helped create this mess. He is not one we should celebrate for FINALLY telling the truth. He could have changed party and kept fighting, but he's a chicken 💩 like the rest of them. This was his moment to make good trouble, and he failed miserably.

I imagine that he feels like someone who has been constipated for weeks & then finally the 💩 dam breaks free. 😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Why doesn't he believe standing up for his district will get him votes? Or is it just the primary system is mostly attended by idealogues?

Oh DAMN

Tillis can tell those 663,000 people whatever he told them when he chose to vote for Trump in November knowing he’s a convicted felon charged with rape… No flowers for Thom Tillis! 🤬🤬🤬

Oh, look! A Congressman concerned about representing his constituents instead of kissing the ring of the new Dictator. Congressional colleagues, pay attention. This is how it's done.

Tell them you took his d**k out of your mouth long enough to tell them. In other words, the truth.

Burn in hell Tillis. He's been MAGA/Nazi scum his whole career. This is just one useless, performative protest before running off with his loot. He screwed the US for 20 years then quit 2 months after people started showing up to this office to be heard. Burn forever Thom.

North Carolina is ready to become a solid blue!

Tillis announced his retirement.

Honestly, he likely won't need to tell them anything because they'll be dead by then... just how the 🍊🤡 wants it.

THIS WILL BE REPEATED... Kinda late Uh?

Funny when you were in on the joke, Uh ?

It’s a theft and money transfer right now.

Meh. If he really gave no fuck he would declare he’s an independent.

The rest of them just don't know it yet.

That it was necessary so that we could add 3T to the debt because greedy people like him didn’t have enough.

Tillis was only cool with the racist part of the Republican agenda. When they go after poor white folks it's a bridge too far for him.

What do you tell them? You tell them you allowed it to happen by enabling Taco Shitler for over a decade.

Tell them the truth - you’ve made enough $$$ from the MAGA grift, no longer need to “work”, so you’re checking out & pretending it’s the honorable thing to do.

He can now join the resistance.

How about to 350 million Americans?

I did not vote for him but he HAS spoken up for me and responded to me consistently. He deserves to be credited for that and for the courage to do it over time as he Has done.

He is taking the moral path (never thought I would say this about him.)

Tillis "if you would have had integrity, morals, stood with patriotism yrs ago, spoken against Trump, inspired others to do the same, spoken about Republicans intentions against our Democracy THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING, SO A LITTLE TO LATE! U made your millions now trying to clean your conscience?

What do you tell 260 million in 5 years that now and have belonged to Russia?

I’m sad to say but it seems more and more that it’s going to take someone from the Republican Party to rally support from within to put a stop to this nonsense.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqbk...

'Bout time.

Tom, tell them you stood up for them…,you should have voted NO!

Without Snap or MediCal,many seniors will have to default on credit card payments and loans in order to keep food on the table and to help make ends meet.Such a ripple effect...In some way or another,everyone will suffer.

Our census results in NC show that many of these rural areas have an aging population. So the conclusion is that younger people don't stay or move there. With this pattern, rural areas won't even have a local tax base to support their hospitals.

My question is just what happens to Alzhimers patients?

Ahh well what was it McConnell sai to tell them? Oh yea, get over it!

Two, three years??!! Try two or three months!

I imagine NC voters might be too. By now.

Probably he should explain to his constituents why he supported Trump for Prez to begin with knowing full well this was always the plan

His main concern is Republicans losing seats. He doesn't give two shits about what happens to his constituents. He simply not on board with "The big short" brand of politics. He's more interested in Republican filth holding power forever. Republicans weren't good before trump. PERIOD.

Republicans are just like trump! Trump let them out of the closet. Now they don’t have to say that they are fiscal conservatives. Now they can just say that the poor people are not paying their fair share.

I’m so relieved I did not birth Thom Titties. The ACA is a God send, and he’s today still blasting it. Good riddance Thom.

which billionaire paid for this? Barre Seid??

I’m taking personal responsibility for this. I sent so many emails to Senator Tillis in the past week, I think I broke him.

Same!

Oh hell yes! 👏👏👏

I don’t understand people saying this is courageous or righteous. It’s pure cowardice. Only speaking up when you have nothing to lose take no courage. Speaking up when you have everything to lose is the brave thing to do. And righteous.

After doing all the damage he can do, Tillis will leave with free healthcare, Social Security, plus a large pension for life up to 80% of his final salary. Shed no tears for Thom Tillis, he is set. How about you?

I’m guessing he’s a no?

Maybe that is what his bolo medallion says, all out of fucks

I’m all out of fucks for Tillis.

As a North Carolinian, I never thought I’d be proud of Tillis. Unfortunately, though he is manning up in this moment, he is still running ads affiliating himself with the Russian piss puppet, and he is also responsible for putting him in power along with all the other Repugnicans.

So we finally found the level of “lack of humanity” beneath which Republican Senator Tom Tillis won’t dig? Everything else was hunky dory. Deporting cancer patients. The end of due process. The illegal funding interference. The firing of all the Inspectors General. That was FINE.

Come on, Senator Tillis. Do one last good thing and help bury this awful bill!!

Preach Tillis. Preach.

Tillis is doing FAR too little and WAY too late.

I’m here for it. We haven’t been able to reach them. Maybe one of their own can.

Finally grew some balls. Too little, too late.

I'm in NC & couldn't agree with you more. BTW, when he was the Speaker of the NC House - he helped enshrine laws that are destroying people's lives to this day. He was a major player in the gerrymandering that is alive & well in NC today that was used as a prototype across the U.S.

So odd what he is doing now then. Running for president in 2028?

You can bet that he found out there’s a consequence somewhere so now he’s backpedaling

He’s made millions from the NRA,will get lifetime healthcare, and a beautiful pension paid for by us.

He knows that the people are riled as never before so he wants to be in their good books if things do go awry…

he could walk across the aisle...

Fuck this coward

Nothing. You retire. The D's will get your seat and fix it. Better yet, tell your former constituents to vote for the D's.

A Republican politician actually being truthful to the American people? They must not be up for reelection. Oh wait…

MAGA is so fucking awful. hooow awfullll are theyyyy? MAGA are so fucking awful in the past few weeks they've made me align with MTG, Elon Musk, and now this colossal fucknut Tillis.

Fu, fu,fu, you're cool.... and fu! I'm out

The most interesting part of this, to me, is that he says "when" instead of "if."

A: Everybody dies. B. You'll get over it. The GOP

Hey asshole Tillis what about voting against women?

5calls.org

A man can eat only so many turd sandwiches.

Tell Thommy there that when Obama said "You can keep your doctor," it was true. The bill he finally signed into law had changed quite a bit between his statement and the signing. And Thommy knows it. STOP LYING, REPUBLICANS.

Destroying medical research and expertise and closing rural hospitals, "It's the MAGA way." No hospital for 50 or 100 miles, in an emergency, white people (including children) will suffer and die. Trump doesn't a give a shit!

Republican Party platform in 2028 "We happily killed kids by closing rural hospitals so scum billionaires could have a few more baubles that they will never look at." www.childrenshospitals.org/news/newsroo...

Rural hospitals will close. USA only developed country in the world without universal health care coverage. www.kff.org/infographic/...

People not running for re-election hurling invectives at their own party from the safety of standing off stage right is anything but heroic.

Too little, too late

Hey, at least one of them is noticing Trump's a fucking liar. Not sure it'll help at this point, but nice to see.

Will he vote yea or nay? 😏

He’s still feasting on the lie about Obamacare. They fought Obama every step of the way, and then blamed him for what was left. He got there on a platform of lies, and will leave no better a man. Slink out, coward; the deaths will be on your hands for your YEARS of MAGA lies and subservience.

Nice tie. I’m pretty sure elected officials from Southern states knew how to dress appropriately for their jobs in the Senate & Congress for hundreds of years.

🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏💙💙💙

I don't think it's possible for any person with a high school level education to take seriously someone - anyone - who wears a bolo.

"Promise". They actually use that word and trump in the same sentence. Just how slow are some people?

YAAAASSSS preach say it 💪

Still had to shit on Dems tho.

Republicans are scum. Fuck'em all.

Not their problem It's Afther the midterms

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About time he found some balls.... too little, too late but better than silently bowing to the master and going along with it.....

And even being Tillis... he's correct!

I love his Bolo tie. Maverick style! 🤠

He should know what to do to correct the situation or he should STFU!

As a North Carolinian I am shocked that I am in support of Tillis. How did this happen? This timeline is weird.

Well, what do you know

Will it really take two full years to bankrupt Medicaid?

He's still a racist POS.

I'm out of "Fell For It Again" awards.

He's just a simple coward.

Does he have the most irritating voice ever!!??

As he should be. He was a “good soldier” for a long time. But there are lines for most people.. and NC is a very purple state.. and if he does live on Lake Norman as someone says, lots of dems there. His personal life won’t be easy in NC