Trump vs Tillis: GOP Senator Quits 2026 Race After Fiery Clash

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Republican Senator Thom Tillis announced that he won’t seek re-election in 2026, just days after clashing with Donald Trump over 'The Big Beautiful Bill' policy votes. Trump’s fierce backlash on social media sparked speculation, now confirmed by Tillis’ surprise exit. The move shakes up the GOP's plans in battleground North Carolina, as contenders rush to fill the vacuum.  #TillisRetires #TrumpVsTillis #GOPExit #NC2026 #BigBeautifulBill #SenateDrama #PoliticalShock #RepublicanRift #TrumpEffect #USPolitics #SenateShakeup #World  🔊 LIKE ➡ SHARE ➡ SUBSCRIBE  For More Updates:  English: https://newsable.asianetnews.com/  Hindi: https://hindi.asianetnews.com/  Malayalam: https://www.asianetnews.com/  Kannada: https://kannada.asianetnews.com/  Tamil: https://tamil.asianetnews.com/  Telugu: https://telugu.asianetnews.com/  Bengali: https://bangla.asianetnews.com/  Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AsianetNewsa...  Follow us on Twitter:  https://twitter.com/AsianetNewsEN  Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ann.newsable/  ➡ If you like our video, give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel to get the daily dosage of news, entertainment, sports and more.

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00:00Republican U.S. Senator Tom Tillis said on Sunday he will not seek re-election next year,

00:06a day after President Donald Trump said he would consider supporting challengers to Tillis

00:10in response to his vote against the White House's signature tax cut bill.

00:15Tillis was one of two Republican senators on Saturday to vote against opening debate on Trump's

00:20sweeping tax cut and spending bill, a procedural step necessary to advance the legislation.

00:25His North Carolina seat is seen as one of the few competitive Senate races in the 2026 midterm

00:31elections, when control of both chambers of Congress will be at stake. Trump on Sunday welcomed

00:38Tillis' move. Great news. Senator Tom Tillis will not be seeking re-election, he said in a truth social

00:45post. U.S. Senate on June 29th narrowly moved ahead with Trump's ambitious, one big beautiful bill for

00:53debate with a 51 to 29 vote. However, Trump's bill received fierce criticism from Senate minority

01:00leader Chuck Schcommer. Look, Republicans can use whatever budgetary gimmicks they want to try and

01:07make the math work on paper, but you can't paper over the real-life consequences of adding tens of

01:14trillions to the debt.

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