Whatley backs Trump’s $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization fund’ despite GOP revolt on Capitol Hill

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: May 22, 2026

Words: 614

Last Updated: 2 months ago

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Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) has been one of the most outspoken Republican critics of President Donald Trump’s controversial $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” to compensate Trump supporters who were prosecuted by former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice.

But the Republican nominee to succeed him, Michael Whatley, said he emphatically supports Trump’s proposal.

Asked at a Brunswick County GOP event on Wednesday if he will be on the president’s side on the fund, which has faced …

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