Fucking asshole:
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/...
North Carolina House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-NC), the frontrunner in the North Carolina GOP Senate primary, told a crowd two and half years ago that we must "divide and conquer" people on government assistance. Tillis proposed pitting those who are legitimately in need against those who made bad choices.
Tillis made the comments in October 2011 in Asheville, North Carolina. They were reported by local press at the time and are being circulated now by the campaign of Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC) whom Tillis is vying to unseat. They were highlighted on MSNBC"s Hardball Monday.
"What we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on assistance," Tillis said. "We have to show respect for that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice, in her condition, that needs help and that we should help. And we need to get those folks to look down at these people who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government and say at some point, ‘You’re on your own. We may end up taking care of those babies, but we’re not going to take care of you.’ And we’ve got to start having that serious discussion."
Tillis went on to say that discussion wouldn't happen until at least 2013. - TPM, 5/6/14
No wonder Mitt Romney (R. MA) backs this clown:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/...
Indeed, the 47 percenter-ism on display in this video didn’t occur in a vacuum. Tillis not only opposed the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, which would have expanded coverage to 500,000 people he would represent; he also boasted in an ad that he was personally responsible for stopping that outcome “cold.” Tillis and North Carolina Republicans also dramatically slashed unemployment benefits, which, in the words of one national observer, turned help for the jobless into a ”thinner safety net than it has been in decades.”
Tillis has heaped contempt on those protesting such policies, arguing: “What I see from the folks who are opposing our agenda is whining coming from losers.”
As Ed Kilgore has noted, the real hallmark of 47 percenter-ism is a gut-based appeal that separates the deserving from the undeserving poor, a dichotomy that reveals “the politics of selfishness and self-righteousness that is at the emotional heart of conservative politics at present.”
The “divide and conquer” line seems relevant. As Chris Matthews noted in his commentary on the video: “The goal here politically is to get the sick people to attack the poor people.” A Tillis spokesman didn’t answer my emailed request for clarification of his comments.
Beyond the overt 47 percenter-ism, during the primary Tillis also called the minimum wage hike a “dangerous idea” and even cast doubt on whether we should have a federal minimum wage, another issue where Dems may be able to gain some traction among swing voters, even in a state carried by Mitt Romney. - Washington Post, 5/6/14
Well it may now be proof that Tillis is a true blue conservative douche:
http://www.buzzfeed.com/...
The Senate Republican primary in North Carolina tonight has been described as a test of the “Tea Party vs. Establishment” fight for the heart of the GOP.
But in North Carolina, state officials and long-time political strategists are pushing back against the idea that front-runner and state House Speaker Thom Tillis is really an “establishment” candidate and not sufficiently conservative enough.
“I think it’s been a very convenient thing for journalists to write about,” said North Carolina’s Republican Sen. Richard Burr. “But the fact is Thom Tillis spans all different divisions within the Republican Party. From the polling I’ve seen he leads Tea Party voters, he leads conservative voters, and if anything this may be a narrative generated by others in the race. He is a practical legislator and maybe that’s the difference.”
Tillis, who has generally led in polling, has gotten enormous support from Karl Rove’s group American Crossroads, the Chamber of Commerce, and Mitt Romney. The Tuesday primary will, however, lead to a July run-off election, if he fails to get to the magic 40% of the vote.
The notion that Tillis is just a part of the get-along establishment has baffled some in the state. When Tillis became speaker of the House, he passed sweeping conservative reforms to education, and blocked medication expansion in the state. He passed anti-abortion legislation and voting reforms that have enraged Democrats in the state, spurring large weekly protests known as “Moral Mondays.” - BuzzFeed, 5/6/14
And this video came out when Tillis is trying to avoid a runoff today:
http://www.usnews.com/...
At the second of three visits to polling places Tuesday, state House Speaker Thom Tillis suggested his campaign hasn’t yet quite reached the 40 percent threshold necessary to advance to the general election as the GOP nominee.
“We’re trying to do our best to get to 40 percent and we believe we’ve got work to do to get there,” Tillis said outside an elementary school serving as a polling place.
Moments later, he told U.S. News,”If we do make it, it’ll be extraordinary.”
Polling has shown Tillis hovering right around the magic number, but privately his campaign is seeking to tamp down expectations about the result.
Tillis leads an eight-person primary field that includes constitutional conservative Greg Brannon and Baptist minister Mark Harris.
Polls close at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Tillis said he expects to know the result by 10 p.m. - U.S. News, 5/6/14
We'll see what the results are tonight. But if Tillis wins, I guarantee more of these videos and remarks will resurface. In the mean time, lets make sure Senator Kay Hagan's (D. NC) campaign is ready to win in November. Click here to donate and get involved with her campaign:
http://www.kayhagan.com/