When Thom Tillis Looks Like a Statesman, It Can't Be Good for the NCGOP

 

CNN Capitol Hill reporter Manu Raju got Thom Tillis on the record about Mark Robinson, and Tillis went further than he's gone before. Meanwhile, the NCGOP issued a statement (posted earlier) defending Robinson and his "quirks of personality." Here's Raju's tweet:

Thom Tillis, the senior NC GOP senator, told me that Mark Robinson needs to provide evidence by Friday refuting the damaging information about his posts on a porn site — or the party needs to “move on” and focus on Trump and down-ticket races. 

“If Mr. Robinson doesn't put forth facts as part of a lawsuit that would discredit the sources by this week, then we've got to move on. We've got an election that's 40 days away, and we've got to move on,” he said, suggesting endorsements should be rescinded. 

(Trump has yet to rescind endorsement.) 

Asked Tillis if he thinks Robinson can win, and he said: “I supported a primary opponent against Mr. Robinson because I didn't think he could win the race then, and I was working with far less information than I'm in possession of now. And I'm hoping he discredits that information.”

I'm hoping. How forlorn is that?