Tillis also expressed disagreement with Trump's pardon of J6'ers, and said that if Martin were being nominated as U.S. Attorney for any other district except the one where the January 6 protests happened he would "probably" support the nomination. That is a nonsensical distinction. Either the man is qualified to be a U.S. Attorney - regardless of jurisdiction - or he's not. Tillis is attempting to enforce a litmus test on this nominee related to past events and the ability to punish political enemies, and that says a whole lot more about Tillis than it does Martin.

Perhaps Tillis would rather have someone like Merrick Garland in the position since Tillis voted to confirm Garland as Attorney General. //

Debnco
4 hours ago
I don’t know if Tillis realizes it, but he is not there to vote for himself. He is there to vote for the people of North Carolina who elected him. //

GSD Owner
4 hours ago
Thune is turning out to be McConnell light. Allowing anyone with Liz Cheney’s Jan 6 viewpoint anywhere near the judiciary committee is political malpractice.