Thom Tillis' Tea Party Challenger Greg Brannon Dredges Up Scandal In North Carolina GOP Primary

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post

Thom Tillis' Tea Party Challenger Greg Brannon Dredges Up Scandal In North Carolina GOP Primary
The Huffington Post | By Samantha Lachman
Posted: 01/09/2014 7:00 pm EST

Tea party-supported obstetrician and U.S. Senate candidate Greg Brannon called North Carolina's House speaker, Thom Tillis (R), "an establishment-backed insider" in a fundraising appeal to supporters Thursday.

WRAL reports that in an email to potential donors, Brannon referenced a scandal involving Tillis' staffers. Tillis was attacked for giving $19,000 in severance pay to two of his staff members who resigned last spring because they were in romantic relationships with lobbyists.

"His Chief of Staff – who shared an apartment with my opponent – and his Policy Analyst were forced to resign after it was revealed they were having 'inappropriate' relationships with lobbyists," Brannon wrote in the Dec. 31 fundraising appeal. "But my opponent still gave both of them 'golden parachutes' -- a full month's pay after they resigned from their position."

Tillis released his first ad in the race on Jan. 2. As Roll Call noted, he doesn't mention his title as speaker or his political background in the ad, instead focusing on Sen. Kay Hagan (D) and the Affordable Care Act.


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[okaawhatever]

1. Wasn't Tillis the one who had the debts from his business mysteriously paid off? nt