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Outgoing GOP senator lastly finds his backbone and shreds Pete Hegseth

Editorial Board Published July 10, 2025
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Sen. Thom Tillis could also be heading for the exits, however he’s not leaving quietly.

The retiring Republican from North Carolina—who surprised the political world in June, when he introduced he wouldn’t search reelection—urged to CNN’s Jake Tapper on Wednesday that he regrets casting the deciding vote to substantiate Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth.

“With the passing of time, I think it’s clear he’s out of his depth as a manager of a large, complex organization,” Tillis stated, pointing to Hegseth inadvertently sharing navy assault plans with a journalist and, extra just lately, pausing weapons shipments to Ukraine with out informing the White Home.

“That’s just amateurish,” he added concerning the Ukraine pause. “That’s from somebody who doesn’t understand large organization dynamics.”

It’s the primary time Tillis has spoken at size with the nationwide media since his retirement announcement, which got here simply at some point after President Donald Trump threatened to again a main challenger over Tillis’ opposition to the invoice carrying Trump’s home agenda.

Trump additionally threatened Tillis earlier this yr. In January, Tillis reportedly labored behind the scenes to corroborate abuse allegations in opposition to Hegseth, and even urged Senate GOP management to drag the nomination. However after Trump floated backing a main problem, Tillis folded and voted “yes,” regardless of issues about Hegseth’s alleged historical past of extreme ingesting and alleged abuse of girls.

Now that reelection’s off the desk, Tillis admits he may’ve voted in a different way if the affirmation got here up immediately.

“If all I had was the information on the day of the vote, I’d certainly vote for him again,” he instructed CNN. “But now I have the information of him being a manager, and I don’t think his probationary period has been very positive.”


Secretary of Well being and Human Providers Robert F. Kennedy Jr. seems at Home listening to on Could 14.

Tillis additionally voiced remorse about one other Cupboard choose he supported—Well being and Human Providers Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—however Tillis stated he relied on the judgment of fellow Republicans in each situations. For Hegseth, it was the Armed Providers Committee. For Kennedy, it was Republican Sen. Invoice Cassidy of Louisiana, who has a medical diploma and chairs the Senate Committee on Well being, Schooling, Labor, and Pensions.

“The main reason I supported Kennedy was because Bill Cassidy thought that we should see how it plays out,” he stated. 

Tillis additionally took a swipe at Trump’s new home coverage legislation, which is able to slash Medicaid and food-assistance advantages to partially fund tax cuts and immigration enforcement. Solely three Republican senators voted in opposition to it—Tillis amongst them.

“What do I tell 663,000 people in two years or three years, when President Trump breaks his promise by pushing them off of Medicaid because the funding’s not there anymore?” Tillis stated in a scathing flooring speech because the invoice was going by way of Congress.

However even now Tillis avoids criticizing Trump immediately, as an alternative blaming the president’s inside circle.

“What the president needs to do is start really looking at the outcome of some of these policy decisions and ask himself, is he really getting the best professional advice?” he instructed CNN, including, “But as somebody who’s been in elected office for 20 years at the leadership level in the statehouse and doing all I can up here, I hope that [Trump] starts listening to more of us and fewer of those people who pretend like they’re the president when he’s out of the room.”

Tillis could also be free to talk his thoughts now. However for these residing with the fallout of his votes—particularly the one which put Hegseth in cost—it’s too little, too late.

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