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How Trump is purging and purifying the GOP

How Trump is purging and purifying the GOP

In Trump’s GOP, dissent isn’t debated — it’s eradicated. Thom Tillis is just the latest to learn what happens when you cross the boss

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Jul 07, 2025
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Forget the doomsday predictions about what President Trump’s cuts might do — his “Big Beautiful Bill” has already notched its first major casualty: Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican.

Tillis, who couldn’t support a bill that would kick an estimated 660,000 North Carolinians off Medicaid, told reporters: “I respect President Trump, I support th…

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