An avid supporter of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tiktok" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TikTok</a> — a controversial social media app that is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese Communist Party-controlled company — threatened to murder Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) this week over a bill in the U.S. Senate that would force the sale of the company or else it will be banned in the U.S.
&#8220;This is a voicemail my office received last night,&#8221; Tillis posted on X. &#8220;TikTok&#8217;s misinformation campaign is pushing people to call their members of Congress, and callers like this who communicate threats against elected officials could be committing a federal crime.&#8221;
&#8220;The Communist-Chinese aligned company is proving just how dangerous their current ownership is,&#8221; Tillis added. &#8220;Great work, TikTok.&#8221;
The company has repeatedly sent out alerts to all of its users encouraging them to call members of Congress and pressure them into not passing the bill. The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed the bill last week in a 352-65 vote.
The New York Post said that the company said in a recent alert to users: “If the Senate votes to ban TikTok, this means you could lose your right to self-expression.” The push alert also provides users with the information about how to contact their state&#8217;s senators.
In the audio clip released by Tillis, a woman can be heard saying while laughing: &#8220;Okay listen, if you ban TikTok, I will find you and shoot you.&#8221;
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&#8220;That&#8217;s people&#8217;s job and that&#8217;s my only entertainment,&#8221; the caller said. &#8220;And people make money off there, too, you know. I&#8217;m trying to get rich like that. Anyway, I&#8217;ll shoot you and find you and cut you into pieces. Bye.&#8221;
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This is a voicemail my office received last night. TikTok&#39;s misinformation campaign is pushing people to call their members of Congress, and callers like this who communicate threats against elected officials could be committing a federal crime. The Communist-Chinese aligned… <a href="https://t.co/X9uW03neqw">pic.twitter.com/X9uW03neqw</a>
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Two GOP senators are calling for an audit of Florida Republican Sen. Rick Scott&#8217;s National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) after weak results in the 2022 midterms.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) argued that an independent review of the committee should be held to determine how money was spent and investigate the lack of results in gaining a majority in the Senate.
Chris Hartline, an NRSC spokesperson, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/16/rick-scott-nrsc-00067439" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Politico that the call for an audit was unnecessary, as the committee provides regular filings with the Federal Election Commission.
“We get audited every month. It’s called an FEC report,” Hartline said, adding that “every member of the caucus was kept in the loop on NRSC strategy and spending all cycle.”
The NRSC raised $234.6 million for the cycle leading up to October 19, with the committee spending $235.3 million since the start of 2021, according to the report.
The calls for an audit also come as Scott vies to unseat Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Scott announced his intention to challenge McConnell for the leadership position on Tuesday.
&#8220;The status quo is broken and big change is needed. It&#8217;s time for new leadership in the Senate that unites Republicans to advance a bold conservative agenda,&#8221; Scott tweeted. &#8220;That&#8217;s why I&#8217;m running to be the Senate Republican Leader.&#8221;
&#8220;I’m writing to you today because I believe it’s time for the Senate Republican Conference to be far more bold and resolute than we have been in the past. We must start saying what we are for, not just what we are against,&#8221; Scott said in a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rick-scott-announces-plan-unseat-mitch-mcconnell-top-republican-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to his party&#8217;s fellow Republican senators. &#8220;I do not believe we can simply continue to say the Democrats are radical, which they are. Republican voters expect and deserve to know our plan to promote and advance conservative values.&#8221;
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The status quo is broken and big change is needed. It&#39;s time for new leadership in the Senate that unites Republicans to advance a bold conservative agenda.
That&#39;s why I&#39;m running to be the Senate Republican Leader.<a href="https://t.co/B0rdMuR64Z">https://t.co/B0rdMuR64Z</a>
&mdash; Rick Scott (@SenRickScott) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott/status/1592614847698833409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) is among those supporting Scott&#8217;s effort.
&#8220;I’ll be nominating @SenRickScott for Senate Republican leader. We need a different, more collaborative governing model for our conference that is focused on fiscal sanity &amp; bringing function to the Senate,&#8221; Johnson tweeted on Tuesday. &#8220;I hope elections are delayed so Rick has a chance to lay out his vision.&#8221;
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I’ll be nominating <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRickScott?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenRickScott</a> for Senate Republican leader. We need a different, more collaborative governing model for our conference that is focused on fiscal sanity &amp; bringing function to the Senate. 
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&mdash; Senator Ron Johnson (@SenRonJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenRonJohnson/status/1592666690109984768?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 15, 2022</a></blockquote>
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During a Fox Business interview on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said it was a bad idea to hold leadership elections this week.
“I think it is insane, it would be nuts for us to have leadership elections now and simply re-election the exact same leadership,&#8221; Cruz <a href="https://twitter.com/RichSementa/status/1592644774515048448" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
Concerns have also been expressed about House Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-mccarthy-wins-gop-nomination-for-house-speaker-over-conservative-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nominated</a> as the party&#8217;s leader by his colleagues on Tuesday in a secret ballot, though he was opposed by 31 lawmakers. He would need to receive at least 218 votes in January to move forward as the next speaker of the House.
The Daily Wire reached out to Sens. Scott, Blackburn, Tillis, and the NRSC for comment but did not receive responses by publication.

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The disciplinary process of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi">FBI</a> agents who mishandled the 2016 Crossfire Hurricane investigation has “slowed” while special counsel John Durham&#8217;s investigation continues, according to FBI Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/christopher-wray">Christopher Wray</a>.
Wray testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday. The director’s testimony comes as the bureau is again mired in controversy over recent whistleblower allegations that it wrongly dismissed potentially incriminating evidence against Hunter Biden during the 2020 election. Whistleblowers also accused the bureau of exaggerating the threat from domestic extremists.
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) questioned the FBI director on the apparent lack of movement on disciplining staff involved with the seriously flawed investigation into false claims of Trump campaign collusion with Russia.
“Well, we’ve taken a whole slew of actions in response to the Crossfire Hurricane report. I think over 40-plus corrective measures and so forth,” Wray said.
The senator from North Carolina responded: “Has anybody in the bureau been fired or disciplined?”
“There are a number of people who are currently in what we call the office of professional responsibility, which is our disciplinary arm. You may wonder why has that not yielded its results yet, and that is because we are working closely with, cooperating closely with, and assisting the Durham investigation,” Wray answered. “And so that whole process, which is not unusual, has been sort of slowed down to make sure that it does not interfere with the Durham investigation.”
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Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz released the <a href="https://oig.justice.gov/reports/2019/o20012.pdf">findings</a> of his investigation into the origins of Crossfire Hurricane in December 2019, identifying “at least 17 significant errors or omissions in the [former Trump campaign adviser] Carter Page FISA applications, and many additional errors in the Woods Procedures.”
After the release of the report, Wray, who became the FBI’s director in 2017 after the firing of his predecessor James Comey, pledged to prioritize institutional reform and accountability.
“[W]e will review the performance and conduct of certain FBI employees who were referenced in the Report’s recommendations — including managers, supervisors, and senior officials at the time. The FBI will take appropriate disciplinary action where warranted,” Wray wrote in a <a href="https://www.fbi.gov/news/press-releases/press-releases/fbi-director-christopher-wray-response-to-inspector-general-report">letter</a> to the inspector general.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, <a href="https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/whistleblowers-reports-reveal-double-standard-in-pursuit-of-politically-charged-investigations-by-senior-fbi-doj-officials">wrote</a> Wray last month detailing whistleblower allegations that at least one person at the FBI ostensibly under review for mishandling the Crossfire Hurricane investigation is involved with further misconduct involving the bureau’s investigation into Hunter Biden.
In August 2020, FBI Supervisory Intelligence Analyst Brian Auten falsely assessed the damaging information that the bureau had received on Biden as fake. Auten dismissed the verifiable and potentially damning reports on Biden as disinformation, whistleblowers allege, according to Grassley.
“FBI Headquarters” used Auten’s report to “improperly discredit negative Hunter Biden information as disinformation and caused investigative activity to cease,” Grassley wrote. “[T]he allegations provided to my office appear to indicate that there was a scheme in place among certain FBI officials to undermine derogatory information connected to Hunter Biden by falsely suggesting it was disinformation.”

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We all need a break from partisan political bickering. On Capitol Hill, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is giving staffers and politicians just that by bringing back his annual “bipawtisan” dog costume parade.
People <a href="https://people.com/politics/republican-senator-hosting-annual-bipawtisan-dog-party/">reported</a> that Tillis started the annual event in 2017 but had to pause (paws?) it in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
&#8220;Senator Tillis has always had a very dog-friendly office and may have 2-5 dogs come in any given day,&#8221; a spokesperson Tillis told People. &#8220;In that spirit, Senator Tillis hosted the first Bipawtisan Halloween Dog Parade in 2017 so members of Congress and staffers on both sides of the aisle could come together for a cause everyone can unite for: dogs in costumes.&#8221;
As the outlet reported, the parade will take place on October 27, starting in the Dirksen Senate Office Building and ending in the atrium of the Hart Senate Office Building. An invite for the event says that “All dogs &amp; humans are welcome &amp; encouraged to wear costumes.”
&#8220;Members of Congress weren&#8217;t in session in 2018, so he hosted his second event in 2019 that was a huge success and grew from the hallway outside our office to the Hart Atrium,&#8221; the senator’s spokesman told the outlet. &#8220;Unfortunately, Senator Tillis was forced to cancel last year due to COVID, so he is excited to host his third Bipawtisan Halloween Party on October 27th and invites everyone on Capitol Hill to join.&#8221;
In 2019, Tillis released a statement about the event that emphasized its bipartisan nature.
&#8220;Everyone thinks we all hate each other and we just came up with the idea that if you&#8217;ve got a dog, you&#8217;re a good person,&#8221; Tillis said at the time. &#8220;On any given day, I&#8217;ve got two or three dogs running loose in my office. They can join the pack.&#8221;
Tillis’ Twitter account shared video from the parade in 2019, showing a wide range of costumes (this author’s favorites: The Ty Beanie Baby and the little aviator), including some pups dressed as politicians. It’s also clear from the video that Tillis started this event so he could pet all the doggos.
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Always love hosting the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bipawtisan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bipawtisan</a> dog costume parade every Halloween! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/HappyHalloween?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#HappyHalloween</a> <a href="https://t.co/2zQf9mD6fe">pic.twitter.com/2zQf9mD6fe</a>
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Tillis’ own dog, Mitch, was unable to attend the 2019 parade, but the senator’s wife Susan posted a photo of him dressed as Iron Man to mark the occasion.
&#8220;Mitch hated to miss the bipawtisan parade on Capitol Hill today but he did dress up for the occasion as his favorite superhero,&#8221; she wrote.
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Mitch hated to miss the bipawtisan parade on Capitol Hill today but he did dress up for the occasion as his favorite superhero. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/bipawtisan?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#bipawtisan</a> 🐾🐾 <a href="https://t.co/hO2xzs6UGV">pic.twitter.com/hO2xzs6UGV</a>
— Susan Tillis (@susantillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/susantillis/status/1189980366771281921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 31, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Tillis regularly posts about his dogs on social media. In January 2020, he posted photos and a video of his and staffers’ dogs in the office.
“The Tillis office dogs are in full force this Friday! Mitch Tillis, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/teenietinytilly/">@teenietinytilly</a>, Freddie &amp; Bonnie and Blarney!” he wrote.
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The pets of Congress are a running source of entertainment for many inside the Beltway. In 2017, the Federal News Network <a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2017/09/photos-cats-dogs-and-congress/slide/1/">posted</a> photos of members of the House and Senate and their pets. And not everyone owns dogs, many lawmakers own cats as well. And though former President Donald Trump famously eschewed pets in the White House, many presidents have also had pets, including President Joe Biden’s German shepherds, President Barack Obama’s Portuguese Water dogs, and President George W. Bush’s Scottish terriers.

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), the junior senator from North Carolina since 2015, will undergo surgery to treat prostate cancer. 
Tillis, 60, made the announcement in a written statement Monday morning and said that his prognosis is good. “Next week, I will have surgery in North Carolina to treat prostate cancer. I am in the hands of outstanding medical professionals and expect to make a full recovery,” he said.
“I am blessed that my cancer was detected relatively early, and I can’t emphasize enough how important routine screenings are, regardless of how healthy you think you are. I had no symptoms and would have never imagined I had cancer. My prognosis is good because I went to my annual physical and received a PSA test, which led to a biopsy and eventually my diagnosis. Early detection can truly save lives,” he concluded.
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Next week, I will have surgery in North Carolina to treat prostate cancer. I am in the hands of outstanding medical professionals and expect to make a full recovery. <a href="https://t.co/HxdQuSyVtI">pic.twitter.com/HxdQuSyVtI</a>
&mdash; Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1376545392431661058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 29, 2021</a></blockquote>
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My prognosis is good because I went to my annual physical and received a PSA test, which led to a biopsy and eventually my diagnosis. Early detection can truly save lives.
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Before he was elected to the U.S. Senate, Tillis served as the speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives for several years beginning in 2011 until he left to join the U.S Senate. In the 2014 midterms, Tillis defeated incumbent Sen. Kay Hagan (D-NC), who was running for a second term. In 2020, Tillis defeated Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham, a former North Carolina state senator.
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men after skin cancer, and about one man out of every eight men will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis during their lifetime. The organization estimates that about 248,530 Americans will receive a prostate cancer diagnosis in 2021.
&#8220;Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind only lung cancer,&#8221; according to the American Cancer Society. &#8220;About 1 man in 41 will die of prostate cancer. Prostate cancer can be a serious disease, but most men diagnosed with prostate cancer do not die from it. In fact, more than 3.1 million men in the United States who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are still alive today.&#8221;
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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) beat Democrat challenger Cal Cunningham in North Carolina on Tuesday in what was a hard-fought race where the polls were once again wrong.
&#8220;With a vast majority of votes counted, Mr. Tillis was leading by just under 100,000 votes, according to Edison Research, in an election that drew more voters and political spending than any in the state’s history,&#8221; The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/10/us/politics/cal-cunningham-concedes-to-senator-thom-tillis-in-north-carolina.html">reported</a>. &#8220;The result was a relief for Republicans, who viewed the seat as a potential tipping point whose loss could have cost them control of the Senate.&#8221;
Tillis&#8217; win comes at the same time that President Donald Trump became officially projected to win the state and its 15 electoral votes.
Tillis, 60, responded to his win by writing in a <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomTillis/status/1326260018132492296">statement</a> on Twitter:
<blockquote>Earlier this afternoon, Cal Cunningham called me to offer his concession. This was a hard-fought campaign and I wish nothing but the best to Cal and his family going forward.
I am incredibly humbled by the chance to serve the people of North Carolina in the United States Senate for six more years and I pledge to continue keeping my promises and delivering results.
I know that my job is fighting for the jobs of the hardworking people of our state, which is why my first post-election priority will be defeating COVID-19 and getting the economy back on track.
North Carolinians have a solid record of weathering storms and coming back stronger than ever. I am confident that we all can come together and meet this moment and am ready to get to work.</blockquote>
Cunningham — whose campaign was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-senate-candidate-sent-sexual-texts-to-woman-who-isnt-his-wife">derailed</a> by a sex scandal that <a href="https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2020/10/07/army-investigating-senate-candidate-cal-cunningham-following-reports-affair/5909297002/">sparked</a> a military investigation — conceded to Tillis in a statement.
&#8220;I just called Senator Tillis to congratulate him on winning re-election to a second term in the U.S. Senate and wished him and his family the best in their continued service in the months and years ahead,&#8221; Cunningham said. &#8220;The voters have spoken and I respect their decision. While the results of this election suggest there remain deep political divisions in our state and nation, the more complete story of our country lies in what unites us: our faith and sense of confidence in our democracy, our civic values and common humanity, our shared aspiration to care for one another, and our belief that we live in a country that does exceptional things.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;ll always be proud of the work we did together to lift up the voices of North Carolinians who feel left behind by our politics. I want to thank my entire campaign team for their hard work, the countless volunteers and supporters who joined our effort, the North Carolinians who turned out to vote in record numbers to participate in our great democracy, and the election officials who worked in the face of a dangerous pandemic to administer this free and fair election,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The end of this campaign does not mark the end of our need to improve access to health care, strengthen education, heal racial wounds, and create better jobs. These are causes that still must be championed.&#8221;
He concluded, &#8220;Though this isn&#8217;t the electoral outcome we worked for, I&#8217;ll always be grateful to be a North Carolinian, and I&#8217;ll always believe that our country&#8217;s best days are ahead.&#8221;

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Republican Senator Thom Tillis Beats Democrat Cal Cunningham. Both Candidates Give Classy Statements.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) declared victory over Democrat Cal Cunningham, who in the weeks before the election became embroiled in a scandal and admitted to sending sexually suggestive texts to a woman.
With 100% of the precincts reporting, Tillis leads by 96,000 votes. Unofficial results showed him with 2.64 million votes and Cunningham with 2.54 million votes. But more than 117,000 absentee ballots remain outstanding, and it was unclear how many will be returned, WRAL<a href="https://www.wral.com/tillis-declares-victory-in-north-carolina-s-us-senate-race/19369224/"> reported</a>.
“What we accomplished tonight was a stunning victory,” Tillis said.
Cunningham was scheduled to speak at the Democratic Party headquarters in Raleigh on Tuesday, but around midnight, the party announced he would not deliver remarks.
The race is set to go down as the most expensive contest in Senate history, with the candidates and outside groups spending more than $287 million on the race, <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/most-expensive-races?display=allcandsout">according</a> to the Center for Responsive Politics.
Early on, North Carolina was expected to be a win for the GOP in the Senate. But even after a sex scandal, the race grew tighter as Election Day approached. The final polling average tabulated by Real Clear Politics put Cunningham up by 2.6% — 47.6%b to 45%.
Democrats, meanwhile, saw the state as a bellwether, predicting that a win in North Carolina would bode well for the party across the rest of the U.S. As <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/elections-overview/most-expensive-races?display=allcandsout">NPR</a> put it: &#8220;Cunningham had all the advantages, but late-breaking reports of marital infidelity will test whether old-school political scandals still register with voters.&#8221;
Text messages <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-senate-elections-north-carolina-thom-tillis-de011b865bb05df79a4d15a995ffe843">obtained</a> by The Associated Press showed Arlene Guzman Todd had a relationship with Cunningham that extended to an intimate encounter as recently as July. Cunningham, an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel, had sought to present a wholesome appeal until NationalFile.com published text messages between Cunningham and Todd, a public relations strategist from California.
&#8220;The newly obtained texts provide both a more specific timeline about their relationship, which shows it was recent, as well as details that describe intimate encounters — not simply a digital exchange,&#8221; the AP said. &#8220;In the text messages to her friend, Guzman Todd told her she was intimate with Cunningham in his home, which she later characterized as &#8216;weird.'&#8221;
<blockquote>In another exchange, Guzman Todd indicated that she was frustrated by the limited attention that he showed her. “I’m just going to send to his opponent his naked photos,” Guzman Todd wrote. “That will teach him.”
“You don’t deserve me Cal,” she said in a separate text message. She added in another, “He knows (that I) can tank his campaign.”</blockquote>
Todd later apologized. “A few months back, I displayed a lapse in judgment by engaging in a relationship with Cal Cunningham during a period of marital separation,” Guzman Todd said. “The relationship spanned several months and consisted primarily of a series of text exchanges and an in-person encounter.”

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This week, after revelations had surfaced about his alleged multiple extra-marital affairs, North Carolina Senate Democrat candidate Cal Cunningham blamed his opponent, incumbent Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC), stating at the 2020 North Carolina League of Conservation Voters <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NCLCV/videos/624086498285497">Green Tie Awards</a>, “He has now resorted to trying to make this campaign about something other than the issues.”
Cunningham stated:
<blockquote>There’s a lot we have to talk about tonight because there’s a lot at stake in this election. We can all agree that this is by far the most important election of our lifetime. But before we get into those issues that most affect this campaign, I want you to hear something directly from me. I am deeply sorry for the hurt that I have caused in my personal life. And I also apologize to all of you. And I hope each of you watching at home will accept this sincere apology and that we will continue to work together to change the direction of our country and strengthen our state …</blockquote>
“Because Thom Tillis knows he is losing and knows that we are winning, he has now resorted to trying to make this campaign about something other than the issues,” he continued. “But we know, I know, this campaign is about your hopes and your dreams.”
Tillis’s campaign manager, Luke Blanchat, responded:
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Cal Cunningham’s comments tonight only make his scandal — and the hypocrisy of his campaign — worse. Cunningham is afraid to directly address why and how he betrayed the trust of North Carolinians. He offered no explanation for his extramarital affairs, instead choosing to read off an insincere apology written by his campaign consultants from DC, in line with the fake and insincere persona he is trying to sell to North Carolina. Cal Cunningham needs to stop hiding behind prewritten statements and teleprompters. He needs to answer every single question from reporters he has spent the last week ignoring. North Carolinians deserve a full explanation; the truth still matters.
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“The fallout from the scandal has <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/07/cal-cunningham-fundraiser-tammy-duckworth-postponed-amid-affair/">upended</a> the North Carolina Senate race. It led  Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) to <a style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;" href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/07/cal-cunningham-fundraiser-tammy-duckworth-postponed-amid-affair/">postpone</a> her fundraiser with Cunningham that was scheduled for Wednesday night,” <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/10/07/democrat-cal-cunningham-now-blames-thom-tillis-for-his-affair-scandal/">Breitbart</a> reported.
“New texts <a href="https://www.wral.com/new-texts-shared-with-wral-suggest-cunningham-had-sexual-relationship-with-woman/19323479/">obtained by WRAL</a> and later verified by the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-senate-elections-north-carolina-thom-tillis-de011b865bb05df79a4d15a995ffe843">Associated Press</a> now suggest that Cunningham had a sexual relationship with Arlene Guzman Todd. According to the Associated Press, through several interviews late Monday as well as from texts, Guzman Todd talked about two in-person meetings with Cunningham, one encounter in March that she noted did not include intimate contact and a second meeting back in July in North Carolina where such contact did occur,” <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/north-carolina-senate-candidate-cal-cunninghams-extramarital-affair-went-beyond-sexting-report/ar-BB19LNwe">The Washington Examiner</a> reported, adding, “A second allegation of a Cunningham extramarital affair <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/second-mistress-allegation-rocks-cal-cunningham-campaign">was made by attorney Erin Brinkman</a> on Facebook, who claimed her ‘good friend’ has been in a relationship with the candidate since 2012.”

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The Army Reserve has launched an investigation into Democrat Cal Cunningham in response to a growing sex scandal that exploded last week, which has derailed his campaign to unseat Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC).
Simon B. Flake, chief of media relations and public information for the Army Reserve Strategic Communications, <a href="https://www.wral.com/army-reserve-investigating-cunningham-after-woman-confirms-affair-more-texts-emerge/19323479/">said</a>, &#8220;The Army Reserve is investigating the matters involving Lt. Col. James Cunningham. As such, we are unable to provide further details at this time.&#8221;
&#8220;An Army Reserve lieutenant colonel who projected what seemed to be a wholesome appeal, Cunningham was widely viewed as the kind of recruit Democrats needed to make inroads in conservative-leaning Southern states such as North Carolina,&#8221; ABC 11 <a href="https://abc11.com/cal-cunningham-wife-texts-affair/6826573/">reported</a>. &#8220;Yet the text messages and interviews offer a glimpse that is at odds with the image of a devoted family man.&#8221;
The scandal exploded on to the scene last Thursday when Patrick Howley at National File first <a href="https://nationalfile.com/exclusive-north-carolina-democrat-senate-candidates-sext-messages-with-veterans-wife/">reported</a> that Cunningham, who is married, had sent sexual messages to another woman. Cunningham later <a href="https://amp.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article246191610.html">confirmed</a> the news but claimed that this was a &#8220;personal matter&#8221; and that he should be entitled to his &#8220;privacy.&#8221;
Questions later emerged over whether Cunningham could be court-martialed over the sexual misconduct. On Sunday, a North Carolina attorney came forward and <a href="https://nationalfile.com/north-carolina-attorney-claims-friend-is-nc-democrats-second-mistress/">said</a> that her friend has also been having an affair with Cunningham.
The Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/election-2020-virus-outbreak-senate-elections-north-carolina-thom-tillis-de011b865bb05df79a4d15a995ffe843">reported</a> on new graphic text messages that surfaced that claimed that Cunningham had carried out one of the alleged affairs in the home where he lives with his family:
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The newly obtained texts, which are between Guzman Todd and a friend, provide a more specific timeline about their recent relationship, as well as details that describe intimate encounters — not simply a digital exchange.
The text messages were not obtained from Guzman Todd. But the AP contacted her to confirm their authenticity. In a series of interviews late Monday as well as in the text messages, Guzman Todd described two in-person encounters with Cunningham. One was in March in Los Angeles that she said did not include intimate contact, and a second was in July in North Carolina, where she said they were intimate.
In text messages to her friend, Guzman Todd said she was intimate with Cunningham in his home, which she later characterized as “weird.”
In another exchange, Guzman Todd indicated that she was frustrated by the limited attention that he showed her.
“I’m just going to send to his opponent his naked photos,” Guzman Todd wrote. “That will teach him.”
</blockquote>
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nc-democratic-senate-candidate-bails-on-town-hall-in-aftermath-of-sexting-scandal">reported</a> on Monday that Cunningham had dropped out of a town hall event that was scheduled as his campaign continues to struggle with the fallout. Cunningham then backed out of a fundraiser event that had been <a href="https://twitter.com/JamesArkin/status/1313642189000507395">scheduled</a> on Tuesday. Cunningham also <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate-candidate-cal-cunningham-goes-dark-after-sexting-scandal-emerges">reportedly</a> pulled ads late last week for fundraising.
Google Search trends at the start of the week showed that the vast majority of what people were searching for online in regards to Cunningham involved the sex scandal.
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Cunningham&#39;s Google Search trends are ALL about his affair. 
1. Sexting 2. Mistress 3. Strategist 4. Adultery 5. Text messaging 6. Sex Scandal 7. John Edwards (!!!) 8. Scandal 9. Elizabeth Cunningham<a href="https://t.co/XvVxIQlTGH">https://t.co/XvVxIQlTGH</a> <a href="https://t.co/JnI8qxiSmY">pic.twitter.com/JnI8qxiSmY</a>
&mdash; Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href="https://twitter.com/mattdizwhitlock/status/1313185626234253313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Newspaper headlines in the state also have painted a bleak picture of Cunningham&#8217;s campaign in wake of the scandal.
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Today’s front pages of the Charlotte Observer &amp; Raleigh News and Observer don’t inspire much confidence in Cal Cunningham’s candidacy 😬 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ncpol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ncpol</a> <a href="https://t.co/L7WPtPtVgM">pic.twitter.com/L7WPtPtVgM</a>
&mdash; Jesse Hunt (@JJHunt10) <a href="https://twitter.com/JJHunt10/status/1312741657176145926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 4, 2020</a></blockquote>
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North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis (R), one of the twelve GOP senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will be self-isolating at home for the next ten days after testing positive for coronavirus on Friday evening.
In a <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1312186614215368705">statement posted</a> to Twitter, Tillis said that he hasn’t been experiencing any symptoms but tested positive following a routine test, which he said he has been taking regularly over the last few months. He said his most recent negative test was Saturday.
“As we all know, COVID-19 is a very contagious and deadly virus, especially because many carriers are asymptomatic. I encourage all North Carolinians to follow the recommendations of medical experts, including wearing a mask, washing hands, and practicing social distancing,” he said.
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Tonight my COVID-19 test came back positive. I’m following the recommendations of my doctor. Thankfully, I have no symptoms and feel well. COVID is a very contagious virus. If you were exposed or start to display symptoms, please call your doctor, self-isolate, and get tested. <a href="https://t.co/fwc826dkvQ">pic.twitter.com/fwc826dkvQ</a>
— Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/1312186614215368705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 3, 2020</a></blockquote>
The North Carolina senator is the second member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which will oversee the nomination hearings of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/amy-coney-barrett">Judge Amy Coney Barrett</a> in less than two weeks, to announce a positive coronavirus test on Friday.
Earlier in the day, Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) revealed that he had tested positive for coronavirus after experiencing symptoms he believed were “consistent with longtime allergies.” The senator said he would self-isolate at home for the next ten days, and looked forward to returning to work in time for Barrett’s hearings.
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— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMikeLee/status/1312055257992753152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
The developments also come as President Donald Trump has been admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center after testing positive for coronavirus in what the White House has described as a precautionary measure.
Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), the chairman of the judiciary committee, took to Twitter on Friday evening, before Tillis announced his positive coronavirus test, to say that he looks forward to holding nomination hearings for Barrett beginning on October 12.
“Any Senator who wants to participate virtually will be allowed to do so,” Graham said in the tweet.
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I feel fine and look forward to the hearing for Judge Amy Coney Barrett on Oct. 12.
Any Senator who wants to participate virtually will be allowed to do so.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href="https://twitter.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/1312159952190939138?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 2, 2020</a></blockquote>
Graham has previously said that he plans to have Barrett out of the committee hearings process by October 26, at which point the process would be left to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who has said he plans to hold a vote for the nominee.
As The Daily Wire previously reported, Senate Democrats, who have called for the nomination process to wait until after the winner of the presidential election is sworn in, tried to push back the nomination process on Friday, with Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) suggesting that the president’s positive coronavirus test <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feinstein-again-calls-for-delayed-scotus-hearings-cites-trumps-gop-senators-positive-coronavirus-test">warranted delaying the hearings</a> for the time being. The Democratic duo also cited Lee’s positive coronavirus test as reason to delay, and the need for a contact tracing plan in light of the president’s positive coronavirus test.

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President Trump is expected to <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/20499/finally-trump-may-kill-obamas-executive-amnesty-ben-shapiro1">end</a> the unconstitutional Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program first instituted by President Obama in 2012. Fearing substantial backlash from illegal immigrants, the radical Left and countless other Americans, a handful of conservative lawmakers <a href="http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/white-house/article170547392.html">are seeking to soften the blow</a> by drafting their own &#8220;conservative DREAM act.&#8221;
The McClatchy Washington Bureau reports that Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) is crafting a bill that functionally serves a similiar policy prescription as President Obama attempted to create with DACA without using the executive branch as the kingpin in its implementation. McClatchy described it as follows:
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The proposal would grant high school graduates without a serious criminal record conditional immigration status for a five-year period. During that time, if they earn a higher-education degree, serve in the military or stay employed, they could apply for permanent residency and, eventually, citizenship.
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This program would only be eligible for illegal immigrants who arrived in this country as children prior to January 1, 2012 and were 16 years old and older, making 2.5 million &#8220;Dreamers&#8221; eligible for this program. The logic behind crafting this bill is to take advantage of President Trump&#8217;s own personal views that let some of these immigrants remain in the country while simultaneously fulfilling a promise to his base to curb illegal immigration.
Unlike Obama&#8217;s attempt to impose DACA, Tillis&#8217; plan would be consistent with the powers delegated in the United States Constitution. Furthermore, it seemed like the Senate was gearing up for an immigration fight after Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said that he <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/19364/mccain-say-lets-do-amnesty-elliott-hamilton">wanted to meet</a> with fellow Gang of Eight member Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to discuss the issue.
However, there will likely be extensive opposition coming from the Republican base, which remains vexed over lack of progress on the notorious &#8220;wall&#8221; and which has openly supported ICE&#8217;s latest campaign to deport illegal immigrants with violent criminal records.
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North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis was <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/17/politics/sen-thom-tillis-acli-race-seizure/">hospitalized</a> in George Washington University Hospital on Wednesday morning after he suffered a medical problem while running in the annual American Council of Life Capital Challenge race in Washington. Tillis later tweeted from his hospital bed to reassure others that he was doing well:
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I&#8217;m doing well. Looking forward to getting back to work. Thanks for all of your prayers and well wishes. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CapChallenge?src=hash">#CapChallenge</a> <a href="https://t.co/uQGQp85qzR">pic.twitter.com/uQGQp85qzR</a>
&#8212; Senator Thom Tillis (@SenThomTillis) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis/status/864839398575280136">May 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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From <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DC?src=hash">#DC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/SenThomTillis">@SenThomTillis</a> is awake at the hospital, appears to be dehydration.
&#8212; Bill Hemmer (@BillHemmer) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillHemmer/status/864835965189271553">May 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Event spokesperson Jeff Darman said Tillis suffered a seizure, but was alert when medical responders arrived.
Tillis, 56, elected to the Senate in 2014, serves on various committees in the Senate, including armed services, judiciary and veterans&#8217; affairs. He is a staunch conservative, having stated that human life begins at conception; he once stated, &#8220;Probably my proudest moment in public service happened this morning when I was driving up here. I just received the endorsement of the National Right to Life, and more than anybody else, more than any organization I can think of, I&#8217;m proud that they recognize the work that we&#8217;ve done to save the lives of the unborn.&#8221;
Tillis also supported the idea that marriage means a relationship between one man and one woman. He was speaker of the North Carolina House in 2012 when voters approved a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, which he <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/10-things-to-know-about-thom-tillis-106445">supported. </a>
Tillis won a close race for the Senate against Democratic Sen. Kay Hagan, 49%-47%, in the <a href="http://www.politico.com/story/2014/11/election-results-2014-republican-senate-majority-thom-tillis-112548">most expensive Senate battle</a> in U.S. history.

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