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Public disputes concerning news and entertainment media, ownership, mergers, editorial decisions, reporting, and media institutions.
Counts show individual statements. They do not assign an overall position.
2 statements on this page. Dates: September 28, 2026 to October 8, 2026
2 matching statements. Dates: September 28, 2026 to October 8, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: September 28, 2026 to October 8, 2026
2 published statements. Dates: September 28, 2026 to October 8, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: September 28, 2026 to October 8, 2026
Role at the time: U.S. senator from North Carolina
Statement summary
Tillis rejects the public broadcast, comparing it with practices of oppressive dictatorships, while supporting Hasan's death sentence.
“Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.”
Tillis supports the death sentence but objects to a public broadcast.
His objection concerns the public execution and livestream, which this case asks about.
Role at the time: U.S. senator from North Carolina
Statement summary
Tillis said he disliked the ad he saw during an NFL game, that it was not a clear public service announcement, and that it made no sense to him that it was paid for with taxpayer dollars.
“And what most didn't make sense to me, it was paid for by taxpayer dollars.”
Roll Call quotes Thune approving the message while opposing taxpayer payment.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)The conduct under scrutiny is federal payment for Trump-promoting ads. Tillis says that what made the least sense to him was that taxpayers paid for the spot, which rejects public payment. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he says a clear public service announcement would be fine; it does not fit because he says this ad was not one.
