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Thom Tillis: “Canceling August recess, where we have to have our members out campaigning and connecting with their voters, and people…”

On the recordAugust 3, 2026
Canceling August recess, where we have to have our members out campaigning and connecting with their voters, and people not understanding that, is about as tone-deaf as telling everybody to stay home in 2020 when we lost [Kelly] Loefler and [David] Purdue," Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., told Fox News Digital.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

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Commenting on Trump's demand to cancel August recess.

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