A Republican senator acquired his panties in a bunch on Monday after Kamala Harris’ marketing campaign quoted him precisely in a social media submit.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C) released a statement Sunday promising voters that, within the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, which devastated his state final week, he would “pursue long-term federal help for households and communities left devastated” by the flooding.
Tillis additionally vowed to clear forms that “needlessly delays the beginning of the long-term rebuilding course of.”
In his remarks, Tillis additionally criticized individuals who had been attempting to make use of the pure catastrophe to attain political factors.
“The very last thing that the victims of Helene want proper now’s political posturing, finger-pointing, or conspiracy theories that solely harm the response effort,” he mentioned. “The instant focus must be supporting search and rescue operations and making certain the protection of everybody in hurt’s manner.”
Tillis’ remarks got here within the wake of varied hoaxes and misinformation being unfold in regards to the catastrophe response, His factors struck a chord with Harris’ Democratic presidential marketing campaign, which highlighted his feedback on social media.
Informal readers would possibly have a look at the submit and assume it’s an instance of bipartisan help for Democrats and Republicans to work collectively to unravel the large points.
Nevertheless, Tillis wasn’t completely happy in regards to the shoutout, in all probability as a result of one of many fundamental individuals spreading lies and misinformation about catastrophe aid is none apart from Harris’ Republican rival, former President Donald Trump.
So he tweeted on X to inform Harris that his feedback weren’t referring to right-wing conspiracy theorists in any respect.
“I was speaking about politicians like YOU utilizing this catastrophe for political posturing,” Tillis insisted.
Many individuals on social media speculated that the rationale Tillis went after the Harris marketing campaign wasn’t to right the report however to cowl his heinie to forestall assaults from Trump and his supporters.
One individual harm Tillis’ declare by posting quite a few quotes from Tillis’ fellow Republicans and North Carolinians praising the assistance they obtained from the Biden-Harris administration.
