Sen. Thom Tillis Censured by GOP For Backing LGBTQ Rights
Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis was censured by his own state party for voting against the party's platform on same-sex marriage and gun control.
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Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis was censured by his own state party for voting against the party's platform on same-sex marriage and gun control.
Delegates to the state convention in Greensboro this past weekend voted by better than 2 to 1 to censure Tillis because he negotiated deals that some felt violated the voters' expectations.
The vote Saturday in Greensboro cannot remove Tillis from office.
The North Carolina state Republican Party voted on Saturday to formally censure Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) for supporting and backing policies around LGBTQ+ rights…
Republican delegates in North Carolina voted Saturday at their annual convention to censure Thom Tillis, the state’s senior U.S. senator, for supporting policies they said violate key tenets of the GOP platform.