{"id":2605812,"date":"2026-05-22T10:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-claims-tillis-quit-after-being-refused-endorsement\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:40:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T14:40:35","slug":"trump-claims-tillis-quit-after-being-refused-endorsement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-claims-tillis-quit-after-being-refused-endorsement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump claims Tillis &#8216;quit&#8217; after being refused endorsement"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-claims-tillis-quit-after-being-refused-endorsement%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2605812&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>President Donald Trump criticized Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Truth Social, saying Tillis dropped his reelection bid as Trump refused to endorse him. Trump portrayed Tillis as ineffective and as a \u201cquitter,\u201d arguing that Tillis had wanted to continue serving but lacked the courage to fight for another term.  <\/p>\n<p>the retiring senator, who has been a frequent Trump critic, had announced last June that he would not seek a third Senate term, and Trump subsequently endorsed RNC former chair Michael Whatley to replace him. Trump also suggested that Tillis would now spend time with Republican allies, framing it as a distraction from the party.  <\/p>\n<p>Tillis did not instantly respond to Trump\u2019s remarks. The article places the comments within a broader pattern of Trump\u2019s primary and endorsement strategy this cycle and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >notes growing strains<\/a> between Trump and Senate Republicans, including resistance to eliminating the filibuster and delays involving Trump-backed legislation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578764\/trump-war-on-democrats-gop-revenge-tour\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> took another shot at Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) on Friday, claiming the retiring senator ended his reelection campaign after being refused an endorsement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillis, a frequent <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578284\/trump-killed-by-fake-news-sons-wedding-attendance\/\">Trump<\/a> critic, announced in June of last year that he would not seek a third term in the Senate. The president would go on to endorse Michael Whatley, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, in the race to replace Tillis.<\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4578428\/senate-punts-immigration-enforcement-vote\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Senate punts immigration enforcement vote over \u2018anti-weaponization\u2019 fund outrage<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4577726\/cold-feet-republicans-trump-ballroom-sarah-bedford\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>\u2018Cold feet\u2019 among Republicans on backing White House ballroom: Sarah Bedford<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/4577358\/gop-weighs-scrubbing-security-funding-immigration-bill\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>GOP weighs scrubbing White House security funding from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-bidens-immigration-policies-may-fuel-migrant-caravan-crisis-at-southern-border\/\" title=\"Analysis: Biden\u2019s immigration policies may fuel migrant caravan crisis at southern border\">immigration bill<\/a> over ballroom controversy<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPeople don\u2019t remember that Thom Tillis, the weak and ineffective Senator from the Great State of North Carolina, a State I won, including primaries, 6 consecutive times, didn\u2019t have the courage to fight it out in the Senate, remain in place, and run again for office, a thing he desperately wanted to do,\u201d the president wrote on Truth Social Friday morning.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI called him a \u2018Nitpicker,\u2019 always fighting against the Republican Party, and ME, mostly on things that didn\u2019t matter,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhen I told him that I would not, under any circumstances, endorse him for another run, too much work and drama (he couldn\u2019t have won, anyway!), he immediately quit the race and publicly announced that he was going to \u2018retire.\u2019 I said, \u2018Wow, great news, that was easy!&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump claimed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walsh-we-have-cameras-to-monitor-police-officers-now-we-need-cameras-to-monitor-teachers\/\" title=\"WALSH: We Have Cameras To Monitor Police Officers. Now We Need Cameras To Monitor Teachers.\">media reports claimed<\/a> that Tillis was \u201cbrave\u201d for objecting to the president\u2019s agenda but argued that Tillis \u201cwas just the opposite \u2013 HE WAS A QUITTER!<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow he can have all the fun he wants for a few months, with some of his RINO friends, screwing the Republican Party,\u201d Trump said. \u201cIn the end it will only get bigger, and better, and stronger, than ever before!!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tillis did not respond to questions about the president\u2019s comments on Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump successfully orchestrated primary challenges this cycle against several Republican enemies, including Tillis, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY). He also opted to endorse state Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Republican Texas Senate runoff earlier this week, all but ensuring the loss of incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578764\/trump-war-on-democrats-gop-revenge-tour\/\"><strong>THE \u2018SECRET SAUCE\u2019 BEHIND TRUMP\u2019S MIDTERM PIVOT AWAY FROM PRIMARY VENGEANCE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent weeks, Trump\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4578599\/white-house-meeting-gop-leadership-canceled\/\">relations<\/a> with Senate Republicans have grown visibly strained. The caucus has resisted his calls to eliminate the filibuster ahead of the midterm elections and has failed to move the SAVE America Act, a Trump-backed election integrity bill, to the president\u2019s desk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Furthermore, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) opted to cancel a vote on the $70 billion Republican reconciliation bill before the Memorial Day holiday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump attacks Sen. 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