Wall Avenue Journal: “Over the subsequent 24 hours, Tillis would go from no to the decisive sure vote for Trump’s controversial decide to steer the Pentagon. This story of how he flipped—a last-minute blitz by the president, vp, the Republican whip crew and Hegseth himself—exhibits how political and get together strain got here to bear on a susceptible senator going through re-election subsequent 12 months and on witnesses who got here ahead and obtained assurances of safety from Tillis, solely to turn into collateral harm within the battle for a single vote.”
“This dynamic might be replayed within the weeks to come back with different cupboard nominees and even votes on points like taxes or the debt ceiling, as different Republican senators wrestle with how to answer the second Trump administration’s efforts to muscle by contentious nominations and coverage adjustments, a few of which they strongly, however to this point privately, oppose.”
