Former US President Donald Trump said his bride Lara Trump is his “first choice” to replace the Republican Senator Tom Tillis as the state of North Carolina. Tillis recently announced that he will no longer apply for re -election in the next year’s elections, the magazine reported Newsweek.
Trump Tillis criticized his attitude towards the so -called. “Great, beautiful law”, which has already passed the Senate and is currently discussing in the House of Representatives. The aim of the proposal is to extend the validity of the 2017 tax relief, which would prevent their extinction and subsequent increase in taxes for US families by 22 %. At the same time, the law envisages a tax deduction of up to $ 25,000, overtime up to $ 12,500 for working with average and higher income and introduces an additional deduction of $ 6,000 for pensioners over $ 65 – valid until 2028.
On your platform Truth Social Trump threatened to try to dismiss Tillis as he voted against the bill. In response to the question of journalists who could replace Tillis, he said, “Someone who would be really great is Lara Trump. She grew up there, although they now live in Florida and lead a very nice life.” He added that Lara “knows very well North Carolina” and described it as an important part of his political strategy. He recalled that he won three times in this state.
At the same time, Trump admitted that he had not spoken directly about Lara about the candidacy. He added, however, that other Republicans could also be strong candidates. Lara Trump, wife of his son Eric and program presenter The Right View with Lara Trump At Fox News, she confirmed that the candidacy is considering: “North Carolina is my home. I was born there and grew up. If the time comes, I will certainly consider this option,” she told Fox News.
Tillis justified his decision not to run again by the desire to spend more time with his family: “The choice is clear – the next six years in a political theater and stalemate party situation or time spent with the love of my life, Susan, our two children and three beautiful grandchildren.”
The leader of the Republican minority in the Mitch McConnell Senate awarded Tillis’s work as one of the “most effective and co -ugial members of the Senate”. On the contrary, the independent Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont criticized Trump’s influence on the Republican side and said that “the Trump’s Republican party does not allow independent thinking”.
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