'Political opportunists' threaten to challenge Republicans who oppose Trump's picks, says GOP senator

(NBC News) Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., on Sunday blasted those who have promised to fund primary challenges against Republican senators who oppose President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, calling them "political opportunists."

"We’re not even in the new administration," Tillis said in an interview on "Fox News Sunday." "We haven’t even seen the background checks, which I know the administration is sending our way.

“So there’s a lot of information that needs to be gathered, and these folks who are making primary challenges, running ads, they seem more like political opportunists than me than thoughtful members of the Republican Party," he added.

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