{"entity":{"id":9269,"name":"Thom Tillis","slug":"thom-tillis","type":"elected_official"},"generatedAt":"2026-10-19T06:36:24.229Z","eventCount":4,"events":[{"date":"2025-07-01","year":2025,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: position_evolution","body":"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 reversal.","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"},{"date":"2025-01-24","year":2025,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: reversal","body":"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.'","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"},{"date":"2020-10-26","year":2020,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: reversal","body":"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.","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"},{"date":"2019-03-14","year":2019,"kind":"contradiction_analysis","headline":"Vote contradicts: reversal","body":"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.","internalUrl":null,"sourceUrl":null,"sourceLabel":null,"contradictionId":null,"confidence":"primary"}]}