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Thom Tillis: “I think we've drifted a bit now in our, in our populist era.”

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

Published | Video Starts at 45:11

I really do believe in conservative ideology. I believe in open, believe in free markets. I believe in federalism. I believe in the roots of the Republican Party. I think we've drifted a bit now in our, in our populist era. But I'm going to work really hard to get candidates who believe in free markets, limited government, federalism, get them elected because I saw what happened when we got the … (45:11–45:17)

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Asserts that the Republican Party has drifted in the populist era.

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