Two-Faced Tillis is at it again

Proving once again that he will say anything, however ironic, to score political points:

Now is not the time to raise taxes - especially on single moms, senior citizens and the unemployed.

I think we should create a new category of political propaganda, let's call it "parading your victims", in which you use people you've already abused yourself in an effort to generate sympathy. We'll start with the senior citizens:

One thing Ms. Colbert told our group about was her critical need for increasingly stronger eyeglasses. She has a fairly serious medical condition where one of her eyes continues to get weaker and she really needs a new pair of basic eyeglasses to be able to see.

Unfortunately, House Speaker Thom Tillis and the GOP-led General Assembly cut the state Medicaid budget by $350 million this year and one of the first things to go was eyeglasses for older adults in the Medicaid program. This includes the eyeglasses desperately needed by Ms. Colbert, who was told by her eye care provider that all the money had been eliminated so she could no longer get new glasses.

I guess Tillis figures if elderly folks can't see what the Republicans are doing in Raleigh, it won't affect how they vote. Then again, if they can't see well enough to find the DMV and get themselves a picture ID, it won't matter anyway.

Now let's see what Thom thinks about those single moms:

At some point, we’ll say, ‘First kid, we’ll give you a pass. Second, third or fourth kid, you’re on your own. But what we have to do is find a way to divide and conquer the people who are on [public] assistance. We have to show respect that woman who has cerebral palsy and had no choice in her condition, that needs help, and we should help.

And we need those folks to look down at these people who choose to get into a condition that makes them dependent on the government and say at some point you’re on your own. We may end up taking care of those babies, but we’re not going to take care of you. [...] One of the reasons why I may never run for another elected out of office because some of these things might get be railroaded out of town. But in 2013, I honestly believe we have to do this.

Bolding mine. If they included language like that in the anti-abortion doctor's briefing, methinks there would be a spike in terminations. Of course they won't, and the lack of outrage to these comments from pro-life groups simply highlights the blatant hypocrisy from that crowd.

Now let's look at how Tillis really feels about those unemployed:

“You get 99 weeks of unemployment now, and giving it to people who have literally stolen from their employer,” he said. Tillis went on to say that the unemployment insurance system needs restructuring, so that people who need it can get it, and people who are abusing the system will get energized and start searching for a job. Gov. Perdue issued an executive order that extended unemployment benefits to 37,000 North Carolinians in early June, after Tillis and other Republicans could not reach an agreement with the Governor over policy issues attached to bills that would have extended benefits to the 37,000 Tar Heels out of work. Both sides accused the other of playing political games with the unemployed.

Again, bolding mine. That's right, not only are those unemployed lazy layabouts, they're actually thieves, as well.

You know, I never thought a politician would come along who was worse than Richard Burr in the "say anything" category. That's a damned high bar to leap, let me tell you. But Tillis just soared right over it without breaking a sweat.