Hometown paper hammers GOP SenThom Tillis for backing #Trump's '$80 million punch to the gut'
Wishing all news papers would do the same for their state politicians!
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC). (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Hometown paper hammers GOP senator for backing Trump's '$80 million punch to the gut'
https://shareblue.com/paper-gop-senator-thom-tillis-north-carolina-military-projects-80-million-gut-punch/
By
Oliver Willis -
September 5, 2019
North Carolina lost funding for multiple military projects so Trump can use the money for his wall.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) was criticized on Thursday by his hometown newspaper, the Charlotte Observer, for allowing Trump to steal money from some of the state's vital institutions for his border wall.
The paper described the move as an "$80 million punch to the gut" and took the senator to task for repeatedly believing Trump's assurances, describing them as a "lesson that Thom Tillis never seems to learn."
Mexico refused to pay for the wall like Trump promised, and Democrats blocked Trump from spending billions of tax dollars on it. So he is now taking cash from previously authorized military spending.
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"North Carolina's military bases will lose about $80 million in planned military construction," the Charlotte News Observer reported on Wednesday.
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