Senator Thom Tillis is fast becoming a huge disappointment. I, like many other conservatives, voted for a champion to do battle with the progressives in Washington D.C. What we are getting is something completely different. Here is an excerpt from an op-ed published in the Charlotte Observer:
What the vast majority of Americans want
now is for both parties to cast aside their petty partisan differences in order
to deliver solutions that benefit the nation.
Unfortunately, the far-right and
far-left are already mobilizing to prevent that from happening, ensuring that
we keep the status quo: polarizing rhetoric, stalemate in Congress, and no
meaningful results.
The far-left has vowed to stop Trump
every step of the way, even though he hasn’t even been sworn in yet. These
extreme voices already seem to be influencing the rhetoric of Senate Minority
Leader Chuck Schumer, who recently made the proclamation that the only way he
would work with Trump is if the President-elect “moves completely in our
direction and abandons his Republican colleagues.” If Schumer is sincere about
closing the door shut on bipartisanship, then Democratic leaders want to
maintain gridlock.
Meanwhile, the far-right is already
creating their own definition of what “draining the swamp” means. They’re
demanding Republican members to go on record supporting their agenda, which is
certainly not the same agenda the American people voted for. This is nothing
new. For years, so-called “conservative” for-profit special interest groups
have attempted to turn every provision in every bill into a litmus test of
ideological purity. They promise to primary any Republican who dares to even
think about working in a bipartisan manner.
Both the far-right and the far-left want
to maintain the gridlock and dysfunction. Together, they represent the single
greatest threat to producing progress for the American people.
I, for one, have no intention of sitting
down and watching another re-run of the same divisive partisanship we see year
after year. I resolve to work with my colleagues to succeed in producing the
good rather than failing to produce the perfect.
I’ll be reaching across the aisle to
find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need
to be addressed: reforming the nation’s broken immigration system, providing
regulatory relief, overhauling the VA, reforming our criminal justice system,
and modernizing our nation’s crumbling infrastructure.
Well, I did vote for gridlock. The simple fact is Democrats never compromise
their principles while Republicans do it all the time. And look at what Senator Tillis is
proposing. That looks like a progressive
wish list to me. The man is a fool if he
seriously believes Democrats are going to help provide regulatory relief.
Senator Tillis even adopts the vernacular of Democrats
by evoking progress numerous times in his op-ed.
Republicans are in
power and have the potential to deliver historic results – but only if we work
together with the Democrats who also want to see progress. We owe it to the
American people to set aside the areas where our ideology may prevent progress,
and find common ground where there are plenty of opportunities to produce good
results. It is time for Republicans to step up and lead.
If I wanted to work
with Democrats, I would have voted for a Democrat. Senator Tillis is right about one thing:
conservatives primary RINO’s. See you
next election cycle Senator.
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