NC Senator Thom Tillis changed his vote for Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense from a firm 'no' to a 'yes' due to pressure from President Trump.

Trump’s friendlier approach to dealing with Republican lawmakers is a stark departure from his first term, when he often took his critics to task on social media.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) is emerging as one of the Democrats’ top targets in the battle for the Senate after voting for all of President Trump’s most controversial nominees. Democrats view Tillis and Sen.

U.S. Senator Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who has on rare occasions stood up to Donald Trump, cast the deciding—and, to some, unexpected—vote to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense.

To suddenly submit to Trump’s reckless pause in military aid would be a stunning reversal by one of the most outspoken supporters of Ukraine in the Senate.