He has represented North Carolina in Washington for a decade, and has clashed with President Trump as recently as Saturday.

Flake. Corker. Romney. And now, Sen. Thom Tillis. The roll call of Republican senators in the U.S. Congress who have called it quits, rather than endure a political career sideways with President Donald Trump,

The North Carolina Republican had already made up his mind to leave the Senate, but the run-in with the president over Medicaid moved up the timeline of the announcement.