Michael Whatley Is Throwing Out the Tillis Playbook in North Carolina

Michael Whatley Is Throwing Out the Tillis Playbook in North Carolina

Michael Whatley, the former chair of the Republican National Committee, is happy to campaign on Republicans’ reconciliation bill. That’s a departure from the retiring Republican senator he’s running to replace, who saw it as a political liability. And it’s just one of several ways that Whatley, the candidate Republicans have coalesced around, is embracing the MAGA agenda. While that political strategy carries a level of risk in a battleground st…