I'm about having Republicans in majorities, and we are teeing ourselves up for a disastrous electoral outcome this November.

Hello, hello, and welcome to The Conversation.

I'm Dasha Burns, Politico's White House Bureau Chief, and every week on this show, I invite one of the most compelling

and sometimes unexpected power players in Washington and beyond in for a chat to find out how

they're navigating and shaping this incredible era of American politics. This week, I sat down with

Republican Senator from North Carolina, Tom Tillis, and he did not mince words.

Tillis is in a vocal minority of Senate Republicans who are criticizing the Trump administration

for its handling of the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Preti by federal agents in Minneapolis.

In the wake of this incident, Tillis is calling for DHS secretary Christy

Nome to be fired. And he told me that he thinks White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller

is, quote, equally incompetent. Now, while he's got strong words for Trump and his allies,

Tillis' bigger concern is how these events reflect on the Republican Party in the long term

and what that means for

the midterms. And meanwhile, Trump is weighing his options for Fed Chair nominee and the administration

is still eyeing Greenland. So Tillis and I covered a lot of ground. Here's my conversation with

Senator Tom Tillis. Senator Tom Tillis, thank you so much for joining the conversation.

My pleasure.

First, I got to ask, how are you faring with the weather this week?

I think it's one of the top things on the minds of everyone here in Washington.

Well, you know, I was just talking with some of my staff about the people in Western North Carolina,

you know, they're still digging themselves out of a deep pole and out of a Haleen.

And now we've had the rain and the ice adding to that.

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