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Thom Tillis: “If a nominee for attorney general is put forward who has, in any way, excused the events of January 6, 2021 — or who has…”

On the recordOctober 16, 2026
If a nominee for attorney general is put forward who has, in any way, excused the events of January 6, 2021 — or who has played a role in setting up a fund to pay those people for the supposed suffering they endured — he (or she) is not going to get past me.
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Thom Tillis
Republican · North Carolina

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Discussing his stance on future attorney general nominees.

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