Donald Trump’s stooge Thom Tillis is in trouble

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One of the states most critical to the Senate race this year has been North Carolina, already a major swing state that Joe Biden has been targeting in his campaign. The state went blue last in 2008, and if Biden wins, itโ€™ll make Donald Trumpโ€™s path back to the White House significantly more difficult. Heโ€™s currently trailing Biden by anywhere between 1-4 points as per the latest polling averages. Cal Cunningham, the Democratic candidate for Senate, is performing about the same, with a slight lead over the incumbent, Thom Tillis.

Tillis spent the last four years putting Trumpโ€™s interests ahead of the well-being of his state. Even before the pandemic hit, he put soldiers in Fort Bragg at risk deciding to use funds intended for the fort to pay for Trumpโ€™s racist border wall. Tillis thought he caught something of a break when Cunningham admitted on October 5 to having an extramarital affair, and Tillis has been mentioning it in negative campaign ads ever since.

Unfortunately for Tillis, almost two weeks later, the raceโ€™s numbers remain steady, with Cunningham even showing a slight advantage that he didnโ€™t have several weeks ago in a Monmouth University poll. State GOP officials argue that the full impact of the scandal hasnโ€™t been felt yet, and that may be true, but it would be somewhat risky on Tillisโ€™ part to steer the campaign in this direction, going after his opponent for a consensual affair that his opponent has already admitted to and apologized for, rather than discussing his own plans for healthcare or how heโ€™ll improve the lives of his constituents.

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