2025
2025-07-01
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: position_evolution
Tillis voted for the 2017 tax cuts that added $1.5 trillion to the national debt, benefiting corporations and high earners, but voted against the 2025 H.R. 1 in part because of deficit concerns. However, his 2025 opposition was driven more by Medicaid cuts affecting North Carolina than by a philosophical shift on deficit spending, making this a distinct policy calculus rather than a direct reversa…
2025-01-24
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Tillis personally solicited damning testimony from Hegseth's ex-sister-in-law, telling her it would move three votes including his own, then cast the decisive 50th vote to confirm Hegseth after overnight pressure including a Trump primary threat. The WSJ's 24-hour narrative and NC Newsline described it as a 'new standard for disingenuous flipflops.'
2020
2020-10-26
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Tillis blocked Garland in 2016 by arguing voters should choose the next president to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, then voted to confirm Barrett eight days before the 2020 presidential election. PolitiFact rated this a 'Full Flop' — a complete reversal on the same policy question of whether election-year vacancies should be filled.
2019
2019-03-14
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Tillis publicly staked out a principled constitutional objection to Trump's emergency declaration in a high-profile Washington Post op-ed, then voted to support the same declaration less than a month later. Multiple North Carolina news outlets labeled it an 'Olympic gold flip-flop,' and it triggered a primary challenge from conservative businessman Garland Tucker.
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