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The GOP Is Not Listening to the Base

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Let's talk about Thom Tillis because I'm sure you read my powerful Townhall column on Thursday. I think it's charitable to say Tillis is just stupid. Where was the groundswell in favor of amnesty? Where were the Republicans in the base saying, "You know what we need to do? You know what'd be great? I'm not concerned about crime or money getting squandered in Ukraine. I don't mind trans perverts grooming our kids in strip clubs. I don't mind any of that. What's really getting me, a bunch of people who shouldn't be here anyway, are uncomfortable because they are not allowed to be here." Are you freaking kidding me? Who is that person? The only guy who is happy about this has to be Senator John Cornyn, who joined the Democrats on gun control. He has to be thinking, "Well, there's someone who made a bigger boneheaded maneuver than I did."