Here’s Speaker Thom Tillis’ response to Staffgate.
At this point I want to hear that “leave the legislative organization entirely” does not mean slide to some campaign-related effort. Would that be a crime? No, it is beyond common for pols to slide staff to the campaign side when the campaigns are flush with cash and need the help, then slide them back in-house — sometimes just for a few months at outsized government salaries — for a bit.
Tillis is in good company doing such things — which is the point. Republicans had a chance to radically alter the culture of Raleigh and opted instead for politics as usual. It will come back to haunt them, I am convinced.
