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Thom Tillis

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Thom Tillis is an American politician and businessman currently serving as the junior United States senator from North Carolina, a position he has held since January 6, 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Tillis has focused on issues such as tax reform, healthcare, and national security during his tenure in the Senate. He previously served as the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 2011 to 2012, where he played a significant role in shaping state legislation.

Quotes by year · 2015–20261,046 total · peak 2023 (219)
2015: 108 quotes2016: 81 quotes2017: 130 quotes2018: 94 quotes2019: 3 quotes2020: 3 quotes2021: 46 quotes2022: 23 quotes2023: 219 quotes2024: 34 quotes2025: 148 quotes2026: 157 quotes

★ Featured Quote

October 11, 2026

I’m telling you, I fucked up and he needs to go.

— Thom Tillis

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  1. I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country.4 sources2026foxnews.com
  2. Social Security is on an unsustainable path that will lead to dramatic benefit cuts for retirees and growing skepticism among workers paying into a program on the brink of insolvency.3 sources2026durbin.senate.gov
  3. I will continue working in good faith to put an end [to] this legal and political albatross and prevent any potential misallocation of taxpayer dollars.2 sources2026rollcall.com
  4. Despite comments as late as yesterday that the fund is dead, President Trump clearly intends to resurrect the payout pot for punks either by inappropriately establishing another bogus fund or pushing Congress to vote for a bill that the majority of Republicans in the Senate would be against.2 sources2026cbsnews.com
  5. We owe it to our Afghan allies to provide a fair and efficient process to preserve the service records documenting the sacrifices they made while serving alongside U.S. forces.2 sources2026rounds.senate.gov
  6. I’m proud to cosponsor this effort to ensure those records are available for those who stood with our servicemembers in Afghanistan.2 sources2026rounds.senate.gov
Oct 11, 2026

I mean this is performative at the worst level, and it has to be reversed.

huffpost.com
Oct 11, 2026

Yeah, I mean, look, he murdered a number of people, and you can argue back and forth about the death penalty, but this is not who we are.

huffpost.com
Oct 11, 2026

No, we’ve gotta stop that, this is bullshit, there’s no way we should be doing that.

huffpost.com
Oct 10, 2026

Broadcasting his execution is beyond disgusting.

theguardian.com
Oct 9, 2026

Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do.

npr.org
Oct 9, 2026

Hasan should face the death penalty, but making his execution public and streaming it? Beyond disgusting. Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.

theguardian.com
Oct 7, 2026

The people that led the charge, the people that assaulted police officers, I wish they were still in prison and serving a very long sentence.

huffpost.com
Oct 7, 2026

I really do. It would be another political unforced error if we do that.

huffpost.com
Oct 7, 2026

I’m hoping we can do that for good, and I think we’re going to see the results of being out of touch with some of the voters in November.

huffpost.com
Oct 7, 2026

In politics, you’ve got to play the hand that’s dealt you.

huffpost.com
Oct 7, 2026

If we have endless resources, then we should spend endlessly in every state. Absent endless resources, you've got to make data-driven decisions about where you can win.

abcnews.com
Oct 6, 2026

I care if you fail and right now we are failing.

abcnews.com
Oct 6, 2026

Everyone reaches a breaking point.

abcnews.com
Oct 6, 2026

If you oppose him and lose, you are in even worse shape.

abcnews.com
Oct 6, 2026

If you oppose Trump on everything, you lose all influence.

abcnews.com
Oct 6, 2026

My beef is not with him, but the idiots he’s got working for him.

abcnews.com
Oct 5, 2026

There were probably a few instances where if [you] kind of ripped the bandaid off early, then I think we'd have had a lot better midterm environment than we're confronted with now

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2026

It would be another unforced error if we do that

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2026

I think there's a risk. I really do

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2026

We will have a sort of dictator king if we're not careful

cbsnews.com
Oct 5, 2026

I want checks and balances. I want all three branches to have their individual role and continue to check power as they have for 250 years.

cbsnews.com

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