{"id":2676416,"date":"2026-10-05T12:44:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthom-tillis-who-has-accomplished-nothing-thinks-hes-the-most-important-man-in-america\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T12:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:47:20","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthom-tillis-who-has-accomplished-nothing-thinks-hes-the-most-important-man-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthom-tillis-who-has-accomplished-nothing-thinks-hes-the-most-important-man-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Thom Tillis Thinks He\u2019s The Most Important Man In America"},"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\">20<\/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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignthom-tillis-who-has-accomplished-nothing-thinks-hes-the-most-important-man-in-america%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=2676416&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>The article discusses Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina, highlighting his recent controversial behavior and political stance. Known since summer 2025 for plans to leave the Senate,Tillis gained attention through a stunt involving a jump across Capitol subway tracks during a CBS &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; interview,aimed at promoting his new book. The book criticizes Trump, his management, and Republican voters, labeling them negatively and condemning their influence. Despite touting bipartisan efforts,Tillis has a history of opposing key trump priorities,including blocking the SAVE America Act and supporting policies considered Democratic or liberal. His actions and rhetoric suggest that his true target is the loyal Trump base, whom he portrays as problematic. Tillis presents himself as fighting to preserve American democracy but ofen distances himself from his voters, seeking media attention rather than serving their interests. His departure from Congress is seen by some as a result of his disconnect with his constituency and internal party conflicts.  <\/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<div>\n<p>Americans have known <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tillis.senate.gov\/2025\/6\/statement-from-senator-thom-tillis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">since summer 2025<\/a> that Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., planned to jump ship from the Senate. It was his recent leap across the Senate subway track that affirmed the best place for him is anywhere but Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Okay the jump itself was not that problematic. To some, including <em>60 Minutes<\/em> interviewer Ross Douthat, Tillis\u2019 bounce from one people mover platform to another could even be considered an impressive feat for a 66-year-old man. What\u2019s not impressive is that Tillis\u2019 little stunt was the hardest he\u2019s worked in months.<\/p>\n<p>Even worse, Tillis only did it in a <em>60 Minutes<\/em> interview in an effort to promote his new book, which vilifies his party leader, effective Republicans, and the conservative voters who elected them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the second Trump administration, though, there\u2019s been too little legislative work for an energetic senator,\u201d CBS\u2019 Ross Douthat claimed. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As 60 Minutes followed Sen. Thom Tillis around Capitol Hill, the 66-year-old senator dares Ross Douthat to see if he can jump across the Capitol subway tracks \u2013 then does it himself. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/T20W3Nju7n\">https:\/\/t.co\/T20W3Nju7n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9o8PTw4MNG\">pic.twitter.com\/9o8PTw4MNG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 60 Minutes (@60Minutes) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/60Minutes\/status\/2106902736587366555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Notably missing from this description is that the reason the GOP trifecta controlling the federal government can\u2019t seem to get anything done is because the Republican Senate and Sen. Thom Tillis specifically have proved to be an obstacle to one of President Donald Trump\u2019s biggest legislative priorities: the SAVE America Act. <\/p>\n<p>The accompanying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/senator-thom-tillis-60-minutes\/?ftag=CNM-00-10aab7d&#038;linkId=1016817604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS article<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=r_RlRdm2pQQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>60 Minutes<\/em><\/a>  segment aren\u2019t much better. In addition to fawning over Tillis\u2019 hops, Douthat and his co-writers uncritically accept that the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/02\/26\/senate-gop-finds-time-to-pass-thom-tillis-dog-parade-but-not-the-save-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2026 \u201cDoggi Gras Pawrade\u201d pioneer\u2019s<\/a> career is defined by him walking the \u201ctightrope\u201d between criticizing Trump and wanting the president to \u201csucceed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tillis provides no evidence to back that claim and CBS doesn\u2019t ask for it. <\/p>\n<p>Never mind that it was Tillis who helped the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/5971999-thom-tillis-trump-save-america-act-voter-id-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Senate GOP stall<\/a> the SAVE America Act against Trump\u2019s will, tanked <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/16\/thom-tillis-wants-you-to-forget-his-role-in-tanking-ed-martins-d-c-attorney-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trump\u2019s D.C. attorney pick<\/a> and then <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/16\/thom-tillis-wants-you-to-forget-his-role-in-tanking-ed-martins-d-c-attorney-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">hid from his role<\/a>, scrambled to salvage Democrats\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/04\/10\/today-in-republicans-being-useless-gop-senators-salvage-democrats-green-energy-bailouts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">green energy bailouts<\/a>, tried to <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/08\/28\/10-senate-republicans-just-tried-entrench-obamacares-taxes-health\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">entrench Obamacare\u2019s taxes on health<\/a>, attempted to give <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/07\/will-thom-tilliss-plan-to-give-amnesty-to-illegal-aliens-be-senate-republicans-next-act-of-betrayal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">amnesty to illegal aliens<\/a>, and whined about JD Vance\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/03\/27\/cowardly-senators-anonymously-whine-about-j-d-vances-america-first-foreign-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America First foreign policy<\/a>. As Federalist Staff Writer Shawn Fleetwood <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/06\/today-in-republicans-being-useless-thom-tillis-plans-to-sink-ed-martin-nomination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously documented<\/a>, Tillis also insulted his voters by supporting bills that rewrote the definition of marriage, gave Democrats some of their gun control wants, allowed trans-identifying individuals in the military, mad women eligible for the draft, and threw taxpayer money at Ukraine. And he did so without remorse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSometimes those bipartisan initiatives got me into trouble with my own party, but I wouldn\u2019t have changed a single one,\u201d Tillis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tillis.senate.gov\/2025\/6\/statement-from-senator-thom-tillis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in his June 2025 retirement statement. <\/p>\n<p>Instead, the North Carolinian expressed regret to CBS at confirming Trump\u2019s cabinet, most specifically Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Tillis also droned on about the danger of a \u201cdictator king\u201d and spent a significant part of the interview on the \u201cdespicable\u201d January 6, 2021 Capitol chaos. At one point, Tillis claimed without evidence that Trump supporters might riot if president-backed candidates lose their midterm elections. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe only difference between me and a lotta people that call themselves true conservatives is I got a long list of things that were ratified and they don\u2019t,\u201d Tillis told CBS. <\/p>\n<p>In <em>How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents: The Trouble with Sycophants, Courage Outsourcing, and Partisan Groupthink<\/em>, Tillis pretends his ire is directed at \u201cpresidents.\u201d This claim is claim refuted by his cover alone, which features pictures of several Trump admin officials and allies, but no Trump. <\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>The book description is far worse than Tillis\u2019 title and the cringe-y cover combined. In the span of just 166 words, Tillis dubs Trump administration officials \u201cgrifting sycophants and useful idiots\u201d and refers to the president\u2019s allies as \u201cspineless Republican yes-men (and -women)\u201d and \u201cweirdos of the MAGA world.\u201d He even claims to have devised the terms \u201cMAGATS,\u201d even though it\u2019s been used by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MichaelJEpstein\/posts\/i-just-saw-someone-use-the-term-magat-and-it-made-my-day-that-is-all-carry-on\/10104311131050629\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">chronically online<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/firstthings.com\/woke-totemism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats<\/a> for the <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@whitfieldlarrabee\/how-to-deal-with-magats-eea50d0af0e6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">better part of the last decade<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s clear from Tillis\u2019 description and media tour attitude that the real target of his mudslinging is not Trump, the cabinet, or the Senate, but the people who voted for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis portrays himself as a hero who is fighting an uphill battle to \u201ckeep the American experiment from going off the rails.\u201d There\u2019s nothing special, however, about Tillis\u2019 tired Trump bashing, especially when his attacks on the Make America Great Again coalition are indistinguishable from those fomented by corporate media and Democrats. <\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t the first time Tillis <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/02\/12\/mcconnell-tillis-openly-trash-dim-and-short-sighted-gop-voters-after-base-rejected-mcconnells-bogus-border-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">took aim at his base<\/a>. And even though his time in the Senate is limited, it likely won\u2019t be his last. From the time Tillis took office in 2015 to his retirement, he\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/07\/10\/today-in-republicans-being-useless-tillis-runs-to-russia-hoaxer-tapper-for-retirement-pity-party\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cared more about attention from the hoaxing media<\/a> than his base.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis should be falling over himself to please his voters, not sell them on his self-proclaimed GOP stardom. Instead, he built his brand around being an obstacle the people who have kept his party relevant and electable. Tillis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tillis.senate.gov\/2025\/6\/statement-from-senator-thom-tillis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claims<\/a> that Washington\u2019s poisonous partisanship ultimately pushed him out of office, but perhaps, as he describes in his new book, the real nail in his congressional career was the backstabbing and bashing of the people who elected him in the first place.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Jordan Boyd is an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-cruelty-is-the-point-folks\/\" title=\"The Cruelty Is the Point, Folks\">award-winning staff writer<\/a> at The Federalist and producer of \u201cThe Federalist Radio Hour.\u201d Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on X @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tillis\u2019 Senate exit shows he\u2019s done with Congress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":490,"featured_media":2676417,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-8.54.55-AM-scaled-e1791208841559.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[33567,50410,50402,5894,41388],"class_list":["post-2676416","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-american-politics","tag-controversy-2","tag-leadership-2","tag-politics","tag-thom-tillis"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Screenshot-2026-10-05-at-8.54.55-AM-scaled-e1791208841559.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/490"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2676416"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2676420,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2676416\/revisions\/2676420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2676417"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2676416"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2676416"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2676416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}