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It’s a bit more complicated. Tills is a no because we called, but mostly because he wants to be re-elected. So it’s both/and. AND… I bet Thune counted votes and told Tillis his no was okay, in order to try to try to save the Senate seat in 2026. Also…“Tillis on Saturday announced that he was voting no on the Senate bill, because of its effects on his state. But while Tillis and a handful of other Republican lawmakers have made a lot of noise about Medicaid cuts going too far, they’ve also signaled they’re willing to live with cuts nearly as big, still on the order of hundreds of billions of dollars.”—from article below. Remember, Tillis was in the NCGA and responsible for denying Medicaid expansion when the ACA passed, denying healthcare to 650K in NC for TEN YEARS.
