Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he doesn’t intend to support any nominee for attorney general if that candidate makes excuses for the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The retiring senator’s ultimatum came after President Donald Trump fired Attorney General Pam Bondi, who is being temporarily replaced by her deputy attorney general, Todd Blanche.
“For me, the threshold for somebody following Pam Bondi ends the moment I hear they said one thing that excused the events of Jan. 6. I’ve been very clear on that,” Tillis said on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins Thursday night. “So I hope whoever they have in mind to follow General Bondi is very clear-eyed on my position on Jan. 6.”
“I won’t support any nominee who thought that any element of Jan. 6 was excused,” he added.
Tillis strongly supported Bondi’s confirmation as attorney general last year but made it clear to her at the time that
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