Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) claimed on Monday that Republicans will for sure win the election in November because people’s lives are better under Republican leadership. He said that people will remember how the country was pre-pandemic and ignore how bad the GOP actually handled the coronavirus.
Tillis told the North Carolina Republican Party’s virtual convention that the economy would crumble under Democrats and voters will “remember” that, according to Huffington Post reporter Igor Bobic.
“The stakes are very high this election, but you know why I know we’re going to win? Because people remember how good their lives were back in February,” said Tillis, whom polls suggest is in a very competitive Senate race with Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham.
“Can you imagine if we had had a Democrat president and a Democrat majority in the Senate and the House, what our economy would’ve looked like at the worst possible time?” he asked rhetorically. “At least we had that economy to buttress us while we fight and ultimately win the COVID war.”
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Thom Tillis’ message at the (virtual) NCGOP convention: “The stakes are very high this election, but you know why I know we’re going to win? Because people remember how good their lives were back in February.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 13, 2020
Tillis: “Can you imagine if we had had a Democrat president and a Democrat majority in the Senate and the House, what our economy would’ve looked like at the worst possible time? At least we had that economy to buttress us while we fight and ultimately win the COVID war.”
— Igor Bobic (@igorbobic) July 13, 2020
Tillis completely failed to mention that this pandemic has already taken more than 135,000 American lives, over 40 million people lost their jobs, and the percentage of unemployment is in double figures. Not to mention that Republicans have been fighting against giving struggling Americans a helping hand, just a one-time $1,200 check that was supposed to last people these past four months.
It also appears that Tillis hasn’t been looking at the poll numbers.
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