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Thom Tillis: “Every time we break precedent, I tell my colleagues...I…”

Featuring: Thom Tillis, Republican | U.S. Senate North Carolina

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Extended interview: Sen. Tillis on not running for re-election and Trump's Cabinet

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And then we got Neil gorsuch, because Mitch McConnell did exactly what he. He's a long game sort of person. He saw where that was headed. So Every time we break precedent, I tell my colleagues...I think we'll live to regret it. in one or the other, I said, as long as you own this, I hope that I live to a ripe old age, mainly because I want to see my grandbabies grow up. (27:05–27:32)

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Asserts that breaking legislative precedent will have regrettable long-term impacts.

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