As the U.S. Senate considers president-elect Donald Trump’s nominees for top government leadership positions, political analysts say no Republican will face more scrutiny than North Carolina’s Thom Tillis. Jordan Shaw, a longtime advisor to Tillis, told WRAL that Tillis is focused on helping Trump and the new Senate Republican majority get off to a strong start. Robinson last week urged his 167,000 followers on the X social media platform to call the offices of Tillis and Republican Ted Budd, North Carolina’s junior U.S. senator, to demand that they support Florida Republican Rick Scott for Senate majority leader to replace Mitch McConnell.