NC-SEN: Tillis will be a no-show Monday when Trump thanks RNC delegates in Charlotte
He’s in the middle of one of the most contested Senate races in the country as Republicans battle to keep control of the upper chamber. And he’s been a strong supporter of President Donald Trump and an advocate to bring the 2020 Republican National Convention to Charlotte.
But U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., will be a no-show Monday when Trump stops at the Charlotte Convention Center to thank the 336 RNC delegates meeting there for nominating him to a second term.
Tillis will be in Charlotte on Monday, his campaign said. But he scheduled another event at noon — the same time Trump is expected to greet the delegates at the scaled-back Charlotte portion of this week’s GOP convention.
Why is Tillis not joining Trump and the delegates?
“Senator Tillis has no role in the official business occurring at the convention tomorrow,” his spokesman Andrew Romeo said in a statement Sunday. “So he will instead spend the day at a small business contrasting his support for the Paycheck Protection Program and the need to extend it with (Democratic opponent) Cal Cunningham’s hypocritical criticisms of the PPP.”
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