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Posted on 01/31/2026 10:44:23 AM PST by RandFan
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) compared Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller to fictional villains on Friday, calling them both a “sycophant” as tensions rise over the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts.
“A sycophant is more than just a ‘yes-man,’” Tillis wrote in a lengthy post on social platform X. “It refers to someone who acts excessively servile toward someone important in order to gain an advantage.”
He added, “They aren’t just being nice, they are using excessive flattery, often insincerely, to get what they want, whether that’s a promotion, social status or favor.”
The senator compared Miller to Grima Wormtongue from “The Lord of the Rings,” who is an adviser to a king.
“He uses whispers and false flattery to control the King’s decisions, all while secretly serving Saruman,” the North Carolina Republican continued in his post. “He is a classic example of a sycophant who uses his position to poison a leader’s standing for his own benefit.”
Additionally, the senator compared Noem to Dolores Umbridge from “Harry Potter,” calling her a “bureaucratic sycophant.”
“She is terrifyingly sweet while she is around those she considers her superiors and she sucks up to authority to gain the power she needs to bully those ‘beneath’ her,” he said.
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Effing Republicans.
Anything else would be out of character.
With teammates like this, who needs enemies?
I am so sad that he is retiring....said nobody ever.
Thom Tillis...A disguised “democrat communist” North Carolinian....
We have tens of millions of illegal immigrants. It is a problem for many reasons. The majority of Americans left AND right want it fixed.
Amen. Tillis must be one of those Trent Lott Republicans who found “a certain amount of comfort in being in the minority.” His words.
What’s up with this guy? He’s leaving the Senate. So does he feel the need to go on the record as opposing the Trump administration? So that he will be accepted in whatever his next gig is?
TDS runs deeper in R Swamp team members
Scumblicans like Tillis need to be primaried, stat!
sounds like tillis is projecting his own trait of being a sycophant
thank goodness he is not running again
are you a Tillis fan too?
Any point in waiting for fellow gophers to condemn tillis?
I'm not holding my breath.
Calling gop gophers is not a misspelling.
Hiding in dark spaces, doing nothing, is considered a virtue.
This happens when useless politicians are given the heave ho by their voters.
They lash out.
Just look at Walz in MN.
I hate this guy. But then I hate most “Republicans”.
Senator pretends to know what motivates Noem and Miller. Who ever asked him to play amateur psychologist? I’ll wager North Carolina voters did not.
With friends like Tillis, who needs enemas?
Effing RINO. Investigate for connections to human trafficking. Maybe he’s getting laundered Federal welfare $ in his war chest too.
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