How Thom Tillis caved on Pete Hegseth

https://www.electoral-vote.com/evp2025/Items/Jan30-2.html

...When nothing seemed to be working, John Thune talked to Tillis to try to cajole/bully him into getting to "yes." Tillis still wanted to cancel the vote, to spare all Republicans the pain and also to spare him from a vote that the Democrats are going to put front and center in 2026, especially, in the event that Hegseth screws up or another, bigger scandal, comes to light this year or next. No matter what, Tillis still wanted to scrap the vote. Thune refused, thus forcing Tillis to vote on it. Donald Trump also worked Tillis by calling him repeatedly...

Plenty more details on article.