Senator Thom Tillis started this week getting eviscerated by local editorial boards and opinion-makers for his “Supreme Court flip-flop” and his week only got worse from there. Undecided voters watching Tuesday night’s debate said “they viewed Tillis less favorably” after Tillis wouldn’t “really answer the question” and made it clear he “doesn’t really have a position.” Political analysts agreed and declared “Cunningham won Tuesday’s debate” because “Cunningham actually did give more substance to a lot of his answers.”
The week didn’t get any better for the vulnerable incumbent who faced swift backlash after recklessly embracing a debunked conspiracy theory and falsely suggesting that the coronavirus death toll was inflated. Tillis also touted “an extreme anti-vaccine position” and a herd immunity strategy that Dr. Anthony Fauci has previously said would lead to an “enormous” and “unacceptable” death rate. Tillis’ comments echoed fellow vulnerable incumbent Senator Joni Ernst who came under fire earlier this month for saying she was “so skeptical” of the COVID-19 death count. The irresponsible rhetoric is just part of a troubling trend from Tillis who has consistently shown he is too weak and too spineless to stand up to his party leaders in Washington to protect public health.
And if that wasn’t enough, Tillis rounded out the week questioning the integrity of North Carolina’s absentee ballot system –– just days after saying “he had so much faith in the system.” The vulnerable incumbent’s “about face” on the subject followed a unanimous decision by the North Carolina Board of Elections that would make it easier for North Carolinians to fix mistakes on their absentee ballots, a decision that Republicans have recklessly politicized.
Check out some of the headlines from Tillis’ brutal week:
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