{"id":2677410,"date":"2026-10-06T20:25:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-thom-tillis-sucks-up-to-the-view-by-threatening-to-dox-trumps-personal-phone-number\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T20:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:30:02","slug":"gop-sen-thom-tillis-sucks-up-to-the-view-by-threatening-to-dox-trumps-personal-phone-number","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-sen-thom-tillis-sucks-up-to-the-view-by-threatening-to-dox-trumps-personal-phone-number\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Sen. Thom Tillis Sucks Up to &#8216;The View&#8217; By Threatening to Dox Trump&#8217;s Personal Phone Number"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fgop-sen-thom-tillis-sucks-up-to-the-view-by-threatening-to-dox-trumps-personal-phone-number%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=2677410&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 content includes a humorous article about North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis promoting his memoir on \u201cThe View,\u201d where he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bernie-sanders-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-and-slams-aipac-financial-influence-on-congress\/\" title=\"Bernie Sanders criticizes Israel for war crimes and condemns AIPAC&#039;s financial sway over Congress\">made bold statements<\/a> against former President Donald Trump. During the interview, Tillis threatened to share Trump&#8217;s phone number publicly, implying he has it, which garnered attention and was perceived as a show of toughness. The article criticizes Tillis\u2019s motivations, suggesting he is more focused on self-promotion and distancing from trump to secure his political future rather than genuine concern for the country or his party.It points out that Tillis&#8217;s actions appear to be aimed at boosting book sales and political longevity, rather than principled stands, and highlights his declining political prospects as the current race for his seat favors Democratic candidate Roy Cooper. The piece ultimately portrays Tillis as opportunistic, using confrontational rhetoric on a platform that critics see as biased, and questions his commitment to traditional Republican principles.  <\/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\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Some guys will go anywhere if they\u2019ve got a book to sell.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing Republican Sen. Thom Tillis \u2014 a man looking squarely at political retirement, thanks to his habit of crossing President Donald Trump \u2014 took his rapidly aging act to one of the most virulently Trump-hating venues on network television Monday to hawk his memoirs of a vanquished political career.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, he was appearing on \u201cThe View.\u201d And naturally, he wasn\u2019t shy about attacking Trump, even including a veiled threat to dox the president himself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) THREATENS to DOXX President Trump\u2019s phone number on The View if he releases his, like POTUS did over the weekend to Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR).<\/p>\n<p>Sunny Hostin: \u201cIn the book, you include some private exchanges with the president after he called you a \u2018loser\u2019 and took credit for forcing you out of the Senate, actually. You claim to have written him denying his account and saying, \u2018I would have immediately told you to go blank yourself\u2019 and \u2018I don\u2019t take this BS from anyone, including you, Mr. President.\u2019 Did you hear back from him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thom Tillis: \u201cActually, we\u2019ve talked or texted back and forth several times since then.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ana Navarro: \u201cHe\u2019s gonna give your phone away after this!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thom Tillis: \u201cWith all due respect I have his number, too.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sunny Hostin: \u201cAre you concerned about the president coming after you after he has someone read this book to him?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Thom Tillis: \u201cNot at all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedWavePress\/status\/2107176529696522700?\">October 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Tillis is on a talk-show tour, promoting his book \u2014 <em>on sale now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.com\/products\/how-to-lose-friends-and-antagonize-presidents-thom-tillis?variant=46259361579042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">from HarperCollins!<\/a> <\/em>It\u2019s titled, arrogantly enough, \u201cHow to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents: The Trouble with Sycophants, Courage Outsourcing, and Partisan Groupthink.\u201d Given Tillis\u2019 behavior, that subtitle could just as easily be: \u201cThe Trouble with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gen-flynn-loose-thom-tillis-ed-martin-opposition-tells-truth-rinos-hope-nobody-hears\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Betraying Your Party<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/thom-tillis-unloads-hegseth-ken-paxton-weekend-tantrum-gops-establishment-wing-faces-extinction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Siding with the Opposition<\/a> When It Counts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Part of the book\u2019s pre-publication publicity \u2014 maybe <em>all<\/em> of its pre-publication publicity \u2014 focused on passages where Tillis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-senators-confrontational-profanity-laced-text-messages-trump-revealed-new-book\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">described cussing<\/a> at the president and otherwise demonstrating his own manliness. (Cussing at Trump is, apparently, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-sen-thom-tillis-runs-cnn-brag-swearing-trump-behind-closed-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">big Tillis schtick<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>But on \u201cThe View,\u201d Tillis took things to a different level.<\/p>\n<p>When Tillis said he and Trump had spoken by text and phone even after the crude exchanges recounted in the book, co-host Ana Navarro (another <a href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/the-view-republican-cohost-ana-navarro-explains-party-affiliation-12155133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Republican has-been<\/a>) warned him that Trump might release Tillis\u2019 phone number to the public. (It was a reference to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/furious-trump-partially-doxxes-ar-sen-tom-cotton-sharing-reported-cell-number-entire-world\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tactic Trump used<\/a> on Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton over the weekend.)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith all due respect, I got his number, too,\u201d Tillis responded, drawing an impressed \u201coohh\u201d from the Trump-hating audience, and what appeared to be nervous laughter from hosts.<\/p>\n<p>The whole interview can be seen below. (The \u201cI got his number\u201d line comes about the 5-minute mark.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Thom Tillis Discusses Trump's Influence And Why He Regrets Backing Pete Hegseth | The View\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f1FL7Sr37Ng?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Well, with all due respect, the tough-guy talk would be a lot more convincing if it hadn\u2019t been delivered on a show where it was guaranteed to be greeted with swooning feminine approval \u2014 as opposed to any kind of questioning pushback.<\/p>\n<p>And it might be more convincing coming from a guy who seemed more concerned about his country and his political party than he does about his own hide. The Republican Senate seat Tillis is leaving is the subject of a tough race between GOP nominee Michael Whatley and Democratic former Gov. Roy Cooper, where Cooper is enjoying a sizeable lead, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolling.com\/polls\/senate\/general\/2026\/north-carolina\/cooper-vs-whatley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RealClearPolling<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis\u2019 main campaign contribution to Whatley appears to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/4730704\/thom-tillis-urges-michael-whatley-dont-shy-from-healthy-disagreement-with-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">some carping advice<\/a> about \u2014 you guessed it \u2014 standing up to President Trump. How much does he care about dangers downhill of the path the increasingly socialist modern Democratic Party is determined to take if it wins power? Maybe the biggest clue is that he was appearing on \u201cThe View,\u201d which the conservative Media Research Center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbusters.org\/blogs\/free-speech\/gabriela-pariseau\/2026\/06\/22\/mrc-president-david-bozell-hands-fcc-receipts-views\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has documented<\/a>, might as well be a fully owned subsidiary of the Democratic National Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, occasional Republicans make it to \u201cThe View\u201d stage. In June, for instance, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-jd-vance-turns-tables-view-co-hosts-try-immigration-guilt-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">J.D. Vance<\/a> delivered a masterly defense of the Trump White House on a stage where it\u2019s least expected. But it\u2019s safe to say that defending the Trump White House, as midterm elections loom within the month, was not exactly the Tillis priority.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis is an outgoing senator with his eye firmly on the exit door \u2014 a door he\u2019s only taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/24-hours-pushing-trump-far-thom-tillis-leaving-senate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">because he crossed Trump<\/a> on \u201cThe Big Beautiful Bill\u201d and knew that he\u2019d lost his voters because of it. His biggest ambition in the months he has left in the upper chamber is, apparently, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/retiring-gop-sen-tillis-vows-block-save-america-act-way-can-will-use-every-device\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blocking his own party<\/a> and its efforts to ensure election integrity by passing the SAVE America Act.<\/p>\n<p>And his biggest ambition outside the Senate is, apparently, to sell as many copies of his life story as possible.<\/p>\n<p>If doing that means broadcasting some juvenile cursing like a high school sophomore trying to sound tough, so be it. If it means turning his back on his own Republican Party and the Republican voters of North Carolina who put him in the Senate in the first place, no problem.<\/p>\n<p>And if it means sucking up to the Trump-hating coven on \u201cThe View\u201d by going on the ghastly show and going all studly by pretending to stand up to the president, then bring it on.<\/p>\n<p>Tillis is on board with it.<\/p>\n<p>The guy\u2019s got a book to sell, after all.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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