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Sen. Tillis will oppose Trump Fed chair pick Warsh until Powell probe resolved
cnbc ^
| Jan 30
| cnbc
Posted on 01/30/2026 6:03:54 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Thom Tillis said Friday that he will oppose President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair until the criminal probe of the current Chair Jerome Powell is “fully” resolved.
“Protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve from political interference or legal intimidation is non-negotiable,” the North Carolina Republican said in a statement on X.
Tillis, who is set to retire, vowed earlier this month to oppose any new nominee for the Fed until the Department of Justice’s controversial investigation of Powell is completed.
Tillis is a member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, which has 13 Republicans and 11 Democrats.
The refusal of a single Republican on that panel to vote for a presidential nominee would set up a stalemate that could leave Warsh’s nomination without a recommendation of approval by the full Senate.
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TOPICS: Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: 5thcolumnonfr; federalreserve; frtraitorslist; good; goodtraitor; hostingseditiononfr; kevinwarsh; nevertrumping; northcarolina; randfan; randpaulisatraitor; randpaulsucks; randspam; randstanding; rinosediton; thom; thomtillis; whyishestillhere; whyisthistraitorhere; zot
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He said he would be awkward (on the way out)
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:03:54 AM PST
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RandFan
To: RandFan
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:05:19 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Ann Archy; FLT-bird; All
It’s getting embarrassing
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:06:00 AM PST
by
RandFan
To: RandFan
This DB is showing his true colors!!
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:07:16 AM PST
by
bantam
To: RandFan
Why do unelected banksters get to run our financial system?
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:07:56 AM PST
by
cp124
(Bring back the Constitution.)
To: RandFan
Why is this lame duck POS on any committees?
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:09:14 AM PST
by
HYPOCRACY
(Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
To: Ann Archy
Follow the money. I’m getting a hunch where his next meal is coming from.
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:10:17 AM PST
by
HombreSecreto
(The life of a repo man is always intense)
To: RandFan
He’s been an EMBARRASSMENT for a long time.
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:13:48 AM PST
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion.....the HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: RandFan
I should have voted for Kay Hagan way back when. I almost did.
Thillis is Big Money all the way. He is absolutely not to be trusted.
To: RandFan
How much is this Tillis idiot on the take for? What is his net worth? How much has it increased in the last 5 yearrs?
To: AndyJackson
Tillis another argument for repealing the 17th Amendment!
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:27:00 AM PST
by
Reily
To: RandFan
“Protecting the independence of the Federal Reserve from political interference or legal intimidation is non-negotiable,” the North Carolina Republican said in a statement on X.
Does Thom Tillis really believe the Fed is a fourth separate-but-equal branch of government? It's not.
To: RandFan
Thune just needs to remove him from the committee. Problem solved.
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posted on
01/30/2026 6:50:07 AM PST
by
lp boonie
(Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment)
To: lp boonie
That would require Thune to step up. I haven’t seen much of that. He seems to specialize in doing the minimum MAGA and the max business as usual.
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posted on
01/30/2026 7:16:00 AM PST
by
JayGalt
( “The strong do what they can, the weak suffer what they must”.)
To: RandFan
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posted on
01/30/2026 7:26:24 AM PST
by
redinIllinois
(Pro-life, accountant, gun-totin' Grandma - multi issue voter I'm)
To: cp124
Why do unelected banksters get to run our financial system?To protect their assets and interests, while fleecing/undermining ours?
"pay no attention to the man behind the curtain"
"it's a big small club and you ain't in it"
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posted on
01/30/2026 7:28:33 AM PST
by
RckyRaCoCo
(there are demons out there, and they look like people)
To: RandFan
Sooner this guy is gone the better... 1 more year of this nonsense.
To: RandFan
He’s been awkward/RINO for a long time.
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posted on
01/30/2026 7:52:24 AM PST
by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
To: Ann Archy
He’s not a moron, he is an enemy. Always has been.
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posted on
01/30/2026 7:54:50 AM PST
by
Frank Drebin
(And don't ever let me catch you guys in America!)
To: cp124; RckyRaCoCo
You’re right and Tillis is dead Wrong.
Congress can change that law whenever and nowhere does the Federal Reserve appear in any of your exalted founding documents
But they wont do anything sadly. Probably not until it’s too late and collapsing with the currency (dollar)
Sad times. I liken it to watching a car crash in slow motion.
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posted on
01/30/2026 8:05:34 AM PST
by
RandFan
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