Meantly / Thom Tillis

Rhetoric profile

Thom Tillis

Across 9 statements tracked since 21 Sept 2026, Thom Tillis's most frequent rhetorical moves are threat & fear and absolutes.

U.S. Senator (R-NC) · Republican

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An AI brief of everything Thom Tillis said in each finished week and month: the lines they repeat, who they are talking to, how the tone moved and what changed.

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Most used moves, last 90 days

Per 100 words, from the transparent pattern engine

Threat & fear0.7
Absolutes0.3
Leverage0.2
Deniability hedge0.2
Vague promise0.2

Audience impact, last 30 days

+0.1 neutral

Average of 7 statements: how they are likely to leave the audience they target, from −5 (alarm, anger, division) to +5 (reassurance, unity). It describes effect, not truth.

This week against their usual

Hostility this week 1.7 / 10, 0.8 above their usual 0.9.

Hostility is a style measure from 0 to 10, built from threats, labels, “us versus them” framing and similar moves, compared with the same person's earlier statements. It says nothing about whether a claim is true.

Latest statements

21 Oct 2026 · Local 10 (Miami)

What an embarrassing and outrageous thing to say. You should go back to Ukraine and ask the families of the children Putin has kidnapped and murdered whether they agree your friend Putin is a ‘humanitarian.’.

Audience impact +1 leans reassuring

19 Oct 2026 · CBS News Politics

unconscionable that this administration is capitulating to a Russian dictator who illegally invaded Ukraine and butchers innocent civilians every single day.
Threat & fear

Audience impact −1 leans negative

9 Oct 2026 · KRDO 13 (Colorado Springs)

Public executions are what oppressive dictatorships like Iran and Afghanistan do. It should not be happening in America.

Audience impact −3 alarms or divides

3 Oct 2026 · KRDO 13 (Colorado Springs)

Mire, si quiere gastar dinero de su comité independiente de campaña o de otra cuenta de campaña para transmitir ese mensaje, está bien. No es un anuncio de servicio público adecuado. Simplemente no lo es; ya sabe, no es la forma en que deberíamos gastar el…

2 Oct 2026 · KVIA (El Paso/Las Cruces)

Look, if you want to spend money out of your super PAC or other campaign account to communicate that message, that’s fine. It’s not an appropriate PSA. It’s just not, you know, it’s not how we should be spending taxpayer dollars.

Audience impact 0 neutral

1 Oct 2026 · capitolhillblue.com

You want to sell people on your needs. You want to sell people on your priorities. Then you have to engage. I don’t think Hegseth has developed any productive relationships, even with Republican members.

Audience impact 0 neutral

30 Sept 2026 · Congressional Record

I have the privilege--I have been in the Senate for 12 years, and I have never led a codel, but I decided one last trip that I wanted to take before I left the Senate was to get back over to Ukraine to really understand what is going on, on the ground and…
Threat & fearAbsolutesLeverage

Audience impact +4 reassures or unites

25 Sept 2026 · Fox News Politics

I mean, the president campaigned on an anti-China policy. You go look at those MAGA rallies and look at everybody cheering when he said he's gonna take it to China.
Absolutes

Audience impact 0 neutral

21 Sept 2026 · Semafor

Anybody that tries to defend it [is] going to get a hammer. I feel like I’m in a world where the conservatives no longer care about market manipulation.

Audience impact −1 leans negative

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