Feb. 22, 2025 -- "The world is watching. The strength of our alliances are on the line and the future of democracy and the world is on the line if we do anything less than defeat Vladimir Putin."

Good morning and welcome to the Under the Dome newsletter. I’m. Sen. Thom Tillis has been consistently outspoken in supporting Ukraine since Russia attacked the country, and in expressing his view that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “a murderer.

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "loving" U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause military aid to Ukraine after a disagreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

I saw the impassioned speech against Putin that Sen. Thom Tillis made on the floor of the Senate. I kept waiting for him to go further.

The world is watching. The strength of our alliances are on the line and the future of democracy and the world is on the line if we do anything less than defeat Vladimir Putin.’

Thom Tillis (R-NC) argued that Russian President Vladimir Putin was "loving" U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to pause military aid to Ukraine after a disagreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office.

In the past, Tillis has not taken kindly to U.S. lawmakers verbally attacking Zelenskyy. In 2022, not long after the invasion, former Rep. Madison Cawthorn, a Republican from Western North Carolina, called Zelenskyy “a thug,” leading Tillis to find a primary challenger for Cawthorn.

NC, on the Senate floor Thursday and broke from the president and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a cancer. Sen. Tillis also pushed back on Trump's comments blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.

Sen. Thom Tillis speaks out against Russian President Vladimir Putin and the carnage in Ukraine with a Senate floor speech just one day after President Donald Trump criticizes the Ukrainian president.

Thom Tillis, R-N.C., delivered Thursday ... three-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine -- very important to talk about the nature of Vladimir Putin and the tactics that they use to terrorize populations. President Putin in October, prior to the ...

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin as a “cancer” not long after President Trump stepped up his criticism of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

Sen.Thom Tillis (R-NC) pushed back on President Donald Trump’s comments blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine, and issued a warning that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a “cancer” that cannot be given “any space.