GOP Senator Says He Opposes Any Trump Crackdown in His State: ‘It’ll Be a Problem for Me’

Sarah Rumpf Sep 9th, 2025, 9:32 pm

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) was blunt when asked about the possibility that President Donald Trump might send federal troops into Charlotte, North Carolina in the wake of a brutal murder on one of the city’s light rail trains, saying that it would be a “problem” for him.

The Trump administration has controversially deployed federal agents in several U.S. cities, including Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, and Chicago , claiming it was necessary to fight crime. Local and state officials have publicly denounced the federal crackdown, but thus far the elected representatives from these areas speaking out in opposition have been m

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