FILE - In a May 2006 file photo, Senate leader Marc Basnight speaks on the Senate floor at the Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C. Basnight died Monday, Dec. 28, 2020, ...

FILE - In this March 2, 2020 file photo, Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks during a campaign rally for President Donald Trump in Charlotte, N.C. Tillis is calibrating his ...

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, Trump said, has “been by my side!”But at that moment, Tillis wasn’t. Trump is holding a rally in Fayetteville, his fourth event in the battle...