Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said a recent conversation with President Donald Trump convinced him not to seek reelection.

During an Axios News Shapers event on Wednesday, Tillis said he made a decision about his political future during a talk with Trump about the one, big, beautiful tax cut and spending bill that ultimately was passed by Congress.

“There was just a moment when I was having a discussion with the president,” Tillis, 64, told Axios’ Stef Kight. “And we’ve never had a really testy discussion. It’s always been very respectful.”

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