NC GOP Censures Thom Tillis For Backing LGBTQ+ Rights, Gun And Immigration Reform

[uneducated]

@discobot

The vote — which took place behind closed doors

Another form of Trump cowardice.

[billymac]

Tillis should be delighted with the attention.

[leftcoaster]

Republicans in disarray again.

[tsp]

@tpr

This is proof that the GOP is never going to get better on its own. It must be destroyed so that something healthy can grow in its place.

The acronym “GOP” and the words “something healthy” should never be used in the same sentence. They are fundamentally incongruous. FYI.

[old_guru]

Yep, so much for allowing any hint of independent thought in the Fascist Party. Tillis is not my favorite Senator, but give the man a break. He is apparently seeing the change in people’s tolerance of the rightwing bigotry, and being a fairly astute pol, he is moving ever so slightly to the center.

[edhedh]

@enceladus

The greatest crime an elected republican can commit is showing signs of human decency. The cult will not allow it.

Many in North Carolina want to at least be seen as having some modicum of empathy and common decency. It’s good for bidness. The Republican hierarchy in NC has not received the message. Tillis deserves some measure of respect … well, not enough to vote for him, but better than the other R choices. The lesser of evils thing.

[juvenal]

The 2024 NC governor’s race will be telling about the state of sanity of the NC electorate. Pretty scary right now. Apart from governor, the Dems have a pretty bad losing streak under the old state party leadership. The new leadership is mostly younger, more progressive, but relatively untested. Good candidates, though.

[ronbyers]

It is clear that Thom Tillis wants to remain in the US Senate and his advisors have looked closely at the demographics of North Carolina. Holding a state wide office isn’t the same as holding an office in a heavily gerrymandered district.

[brian512]

@birdford

What law of physics requires that state Republican parties have to be at least 3 x as crazy as the average Republican in that state?

Look who actually shows up to the meetings. Start with the worst HOA board you can imagine, then fold in a heaping cupful of racist resentment and aggressive ignorance, stir, and bake at 500º until half done.

[birdford]

@brian512

then fold in a heaping cupful of racist resentment and aggressive ignorance, stir, and bake at 500º until half done.

Is that a clever way of saying half-baked?

[brian512]

Got it in one.

[brian512]

@uneducated

@discobot

The vote — which took place behind closed doors

Another form of Trump cowardice.

They like to talk big, don’t they? And sneer at all of those effete lib’rul snowflakes. But they’re the ones who keep melting when a few rays of sunshine hit them.

[psudawnc]

And here I am, moving there soon.

[psudawnc]

Here in Michigan we got one that believes in demons.

Karamo believes that demonic possession is real and may be transferred through sexual relations. She has also said that abortion is child sacrifice and a satanic practice,[23][24] that pop stars such as Beyonce, Jay-Z, Cardi B, Ariana Grande and Billie Eilish are tools of Satan recruiting their followers into paganism, and that yoga is a ritual to summon demons

Kristina Karamo

[benthere]

Gee, I thought the Republican party touted and even bragged about their support for “freedom.”

[epicurus]

@FI9981

I guess Tom gives zero fucks.

Sorry, no cat picture.

Of course he doesn’t care. It’s not like he’s going to lose his seat. Pierce is correct, there is a prion disease ravaging the brains of the Republican Party.

[trnc]

I have been pleasantly surprised about some of Tillis’ work with dems.

@discobot

Tillis spokesperson Daniel Keylin defended the senator’s voting record in an email to the Associated Press, listing Tillis’ support for a number of GOP priorities including the Trump tax cut, “introducing legislation to secure the border and end sanctuary cities, delivering desperately-needed funding to strengthen school safety and protecting the rights of churches to worship freely based on their belief in traditional marriage.”

I don’t know how to break this to you, Dan, but anything less than 100% lockstep gets your guy branded as a pansy in today’s GOP. You can beg to be loved, but it would be better to just tell them to fuck off.

[sparrowhawk]

@psudawnc

Kristina Karamo is an American far-right politician and former poll watcher

I’m sorry, but in what world is “former poll watcher” an item of interest worthy of being put in someone’s bio? It’s not a real job in itself. It’s basically a partisan activist position. She’s a “partisan activist who has served as a poll watcher in previous elections for the Republican Party.” Did/Does she have an actual CV beyond “poll watching”?

[fuadreviez]

@tpr

It must be destroyed

They’re working on it.

[psudawnc]

God knows. I never got much past the demonic possession stuff. GOP gone wacko in Michigan.