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A bunch of NC House Democrats walked out of the vote for a resolution to support Israel after Hamas terrorist attacks killed hundreds of Jews over the weekend.
Reps. Amber Baker and Nasif Majeed waited outside the chamber during the vote. The resolution passed 104-0.
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This has to be the corniest campaign announcement I've ever seen.
#ncpol
I've officially been drawn out of my congressional district by a small group of politicians.
It’s blatant corruption, but I’ve got news for them:
I’m running for Attorney General, and I’m going to use that job to fight political corruption.
Join us:
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Joe Biden is about 17 points underwater in North Carolina.
NC voters disapprove of the job Biden is doing as president by a 57-40% margin.
#ncpol
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Some personal news:
If you or anyone you know might be interested in my role, use this link to apply and see the job posting:
#ncpol
#NCGA
@CarolinaJournal
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Is
@NC_Governor
Cooper really declaring a *State of Emergency* over a school choice education bill because he disagrees with it?
@FordPorter1
#ncpol
#NCEd
#NCGA
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NC House passes bill to ‘fund students, not systems’
@DeAngelisCorey
@triciacotham
@AFPNC
#ncpol
#NCGA
via
@CarolinaJournal
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North Carolina man discovers Christian private schools for the first time
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Additionally, it appears Josh Stein used campaign funds to buy a $63,000 car.
I wonder how Stein's donors are feeling after his mid-year report.
#ncpol
#NCgov
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Georgia Democrat is SWITCHING PARTIES over school choice
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Cooper to national media host on the abortion bill: “We had a legislature that did this is 42 hours with… no public input allowed.”
This is a lie. A joint Rules Committee spent two hours meeting about S20 and over an hour receiving input from the public:
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NEW: NC Senate Republicans call on Gov.
@RoyCooperNC
, Attorney General
@JoshStein_
, and Democratic Party Chair
@abreezeclayton
to denounce the silence of the 4 Senate Democrats who they say have refused to sign onto the Senatorial Statement in support of Israel.
#ncpol
#ncga
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By my calculations (and
@GOPGovs
),
@NC_Governor
has vetoed teacher pay raises of at least 24.9% during his time as governor.
#ncpol
#NCGA
#NCEd
The GOP legislature is planning to choke the life out of public education, and you need to know what’s happening. Watch Gov. Cooper's special address on public education.
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Speaker Tim Moore, referring to other Democrats considering a switch: [Cotham] is not the only one we've had good conversations with.
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It appears 4 Senate Democrats refused to sign onto the Senatorial statement condemning Hamas: Sens. Mujtaba Mohammad, D-Mecklenburg, Graig Meyer, D-Orange, Julie Mayfield, D-Buncombe, and Natalie Murdock, D-Durham.
#ncpol
Also, several Senate Democrats refused to sign the Senatorial Statement supporting Israel and condemning the barbaric acts of the Hamas terrorists.
#ncpol
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#NCGA
lawmakers passed an abortion restriction into law in 1995 that requires minors to obtain permission from their parents to get an abortion.
NC Governor
@RoyCooperNC
voted for the bill. Cooper has called new restrictions on abortion a "ban."
#ncpol
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My new favorite Twitter conspiracy is that
@TriciaCotham
was a covert Republican all along, and this was an 8D-chess coordinated GOP effort to achieve a supermajority via Trojan horse.
Maybe this idea is easier to swallow than it being a self-inflicted Democratic wound.
#ncpol
Cotham raised a whopping $54,000 for her competitive 4-way primary - almost two-thirds of which came from a group of strongly Republican corporate PACs in Raleigh.
This wasn't spontaneous. It was a coordinated plan.
#ncpol
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Shots fired! Jeff Jackson was always going to take some punches, but who would’ve thought they’d come from Democrats?
#ncpol
Satana Deberry is instantly the most qualified person in this race.
Attorney General is position that should not be a consolation prize, nor should any race be a coronation.
North Carolina needs candidates of substance with clear values and a bold vision.
She has my full support.
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SCOOP: Rep. Jon Hardister, R-Guilford, will report $280k Cash-on-Hand in his bid to be the GOP nominee for NC Labor Commissioner.
$280k is nearly 3.5X the COH for incumbent Josh Dobson in 2019 and nearly 10X the COH of Cherie Berry in 2015.
#ncpol
#NCGA
@JonHardister
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Someone needs to keep a running count of how many times Wiley Nickel has tweeted this
Hi Twitter 👋 If you don’t know me, I’m Wiley Nickel. I’m the Democrat who won North Carolina’s most competitive congressional district against a “100% Pro Trump”, Madison Cawthorn-endorsed candidate: Bo Hines.
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Sen.
@AmyScottGaley
: “I can't understand why it would be controversial to say that children ages 5 to 9 years old should not be taught about sexuality or sexual activity in a public school classroom. That blows my mind.”
#NCGA
#ncpol
via
@CarolinaJournal
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"While Gov. Cooper has tried to stand between parents and their kids...the NC House will continue to affirm parent’s rights, protect female athletes, and advocate for the health and safety of our children."
-
@NCHouseSpeaker
#ncpol
#NCGA
@CarolinaJournal
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Breaking
#NCGA
news: Sen. Leader Phil Berger and House Speaker Tim Moore announce agreement on Medicaid expansion plan. Included in the plan:
-work requirements
-No SAVE Act
-some Certificate of Need reform
#ncpol
@CarolinaJournal
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Our teachers deserve to be paid like the professionals they are. We can’t let the legislature continue to drive qualified educators out of the profession and dismantle public education.
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Brennan: "Compared to some of your surrounding states, 12 weeks is more permissive."
Cooper: "It's not a 12 week ban."
@margbrennan
: "Umm... okay. You don't have the votes though... Where is the compromise?"
Cooper: "We have super gerrymandered districts."
#ncpol
#NCGA
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It is fairly odd that Jeff Jackson refuses to call Patrick McHenry, his fellow North Carolinian and Congressional seat neighbor (NC-10), by name. He just says “this person” several times.
He also criticizes him for gaveling hard.
#ncpol
An extraordinary day.
Staring at a revolt from his right-flank, Rep. McCarthy decided to make no offer to the minority party and to roll the dice with his own party.
A fateful decision, for him and the country.
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"I think women are the only ones who can have an abortion."
-Dan Blue, radical right-wing Senator from Wake County
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Imagine if NC's Supreme Court had not controlled the Congressional maps. NC Republicans could have a 10-4 GOP delegation.
This might not be happening right now.
#ncpol
The official McCarthy vote from the North Carolina delegation is 7-7, with all Ds voting to remove McCarthy, and all Rs voting to keep him.
#ncpol
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NCAE, the closest thing NC has to a teacher’s union, unhappy with 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑑𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡 raises. Budget "has a ways to go."
Rep. Elmore, a teacher, said this budget would raise avg teacher pay to $62,650. By my calculation that would make NC
#1
in Southeast.
#NCEd
#NCGA
#ncpol
We need a budget that put our public school student needs at the center. If we want North Carolina to thrive, then our final budget should reflect that priority. This budget proposal has a ways to go.
#nced
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NEW: The Republican Attorneys General Association has endorsed Dan Bishop for AG.
Bishop announced his candidacy on Thursday.
#ncpol
@jdanbishop
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Young Democrats of NC call out Reps. Carla Cunningham, D-Mecklenburg, Shelly Willingham, D-Edgecombe, Garland Pierce, D-Scotland, and Cecil Brockman, D-Guilford for helping Republicans pass “anti-Black legislation”
See the joint statement from the presidents of YDNC,
@CollegeDemsNC
, and
@NCTeenDems
on bad faith Democrats voting with Republicans on the state budget.
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It seems Stein’s phrase “Raleigh Republicans” is intended to make the GOP
#NCGA
seem out-of-touch or power hungry.
Ironically, zero Republican lawmakers represent Raleigh and the bill doesn’t give the GOP control of the elections boards.
#ncpol
Raleigh Republicans just introduced a bill to take control of the NC Elections Board following another bill to make it harder to vote.
We shouldn't be surprised—after taking away North Carolinians' fundamental rights, Republicans don’t want to be held accountable to the voters.
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"Three forces combine to allow Cooper very little, if any, say in policy outcomes this year: the House’s 'working supermajority,' the Senate’s supermajority, and Cooper signing a Medicaid expansion bill that is tethered to the passage of a state budget."
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NEW: The state Senate map is approx. 29 GOP, 17 Dem, and 4 swing districts.
The state House map is approx. 67 GOP, 44 Dem, and 9 swing districts.
The Dem & GOP seat counts above had > 5-point margins in the 2022 U.S. Senate race.
#ncpol
#NCGA
@CarolinaJournal
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N.C. Rep. Patrick McHenry is now the acting Speaker Pro-Tem for the United States House of Representatives.
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Wait until he finds out food stamps can be used on religious bread
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Prisha Mosley, who received "gender-affirming care" as a teen to "transition" from female to male, talks about the detrimental the effects of treatment.
Mosley has de-transitioned but has permanent damage. Says she probably can't conceive a child and has a lower voice.
#NCGA
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RAGA announces $4.5 million television ad reservation for Dan Bishop in the NC Attorney General race.
#ncpol
@jdanbishop
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#WakeCounty
voters currently cast ballots for all 7 members of the Board of Commissioners. However, H.B. 99 changes the law so that voters in each district will vote on candidates running to represent the district they live in.
#ncpol
#NCGA
@ErinforNC
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North Carolina is still under a State of Emergency, according to .
When will the State of Emergency be over? When the
#NCGA
overrides the governor's veto of school choice legislation? Before then?
@RoyCooperNC
@FordPorter1
#ncpol
#NCEd
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NEW: House Majority Leader
@JohnBellNC
becomes first NC lawmaker to endorse Florida Governor
@RonDeSantis
for president. 🧵⬇️
#ncpol
#ncga
“Gov.
@RonDeSantis
is a principled leader, a protector of individual liberties, and the Left’s biggest nightmare,” Bell said in a statement to
@CarolinaJournal
. “He will beat Joe Biden and usher in a Great American Comeback..."
#ncpol
#NCGA
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Cooper's team seems to have two objectives with this statement:
1) Calm down his Democratic legislators and allies.
2) Control Tricia Cotham.
#ncpol
#NCGA
Much has been made about the
@triciacotham
switch from D to R in the legislature. If she keeps her word on the issues, her votes and the positions she takes in Republican Caucus can still stop bad legislation that hurts people she promised to help, regardless of her party. 1/4
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Interesting language from Cooper. He calls private schools “unaccountable.” Who should schools be accountable to?
#NCEd
#ncpol
#ncga
The House budget fails public schools while injecting culture wars into classrooms, increasing vouchers for unaccountable private schools, giving even more tax breaks to wealthy people and letting childcare centers fail when they’re needed to help parents get back to work. 1/
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Here is the current Durham school system policy. It directly contradicts the Parents Bill of Rights, which is now state law.
I'm not sure how long
@DurhamPublicSch
has to change this.
#ncpol
#NCGA
Hmm sounds a little like a Durham school board member saying (in euphemisms) that they plan to ignore state law & won't keep parents in the loop on serious issues their kids are going through. With suicide/mental health/addiction sky high, that's unacceptable.
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Dale Folwell has loaned himself $1,000,000 in his bid for governor. Additionally, Folwell's mid-year report shows $166k raised and only spent about $21k.
#ncpol
#ncgov
@DaleFolwell
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NC Senate budget will increase average teacher pay to almost $60,000 in North Carolina, per
@SenatorBerger
.
#ncpol
#NCGA
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Rep.
@timreedernc
introduces bill to ban public healthcare facilities from performing surgical gender transition procedures or providing puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones to minors. It would also prohibit state funds being used for those purposes.
#ncpol
#NCGA
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NEW: Per a press release from the Hardister campaign, outgoing NC Labor Commissioner
@JoshDobsonNC
has endorsed
@JonHardister
for the job.
#ncpol
#NCGA
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Rep. Julie von Haefen missed an entire week of critical votes last year, including the budget vote. Her state house opponent even called her out for it.
#ncpol
#NCGA
Ridiculous. If Republican members don’t want to show up for work after almost 6 weeks off, I can think of a lot of Democrats who would be happy to take their places.
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Senate President Pro-Tem Phil Berger's press office replied to Cooper’s video, saying that he is “embarrassing himself and his office with this blatant audition tape for the Biden-Harris administration.”
#ncpol
#NCGA
@SenBergerPress
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"Democrats did not gerrymander NC for decades."
This table shows partisan % in both
#NCGA
chambers by decade:
#ncpol
#NCGA
This, here is a perfect glimpse into Republicans' political motivations for their newest gerrymander. Like everything, it's pure victimhood.
Of course, Democrats did not gerrymander NC "for decades," but they have to construct this mythology to excuse what they're doing now.
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@triciacotham
These PACs that
@ForwardCarolina
alleges "generally take their cues from GOP leadership" have given at least $150,000 to Roy Cooper and $139,400 to Democratic House minority leader Robert Reives since 2016.
#ncpol
#NCGA
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Lawmakers move appointment powers away from Cooper, future governors
#ncpol
#NCGA
via
@CarolinaJournal
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A funny
#NCGA
story I just witnessed ⬇️
It seems Sen. Lowe was not very pleased with Everitt's tweet. He walked over to Everitt's office asking, "Where is Representative Terence?" and then told his LA, "Tell him to meet me in my office. We need to have a conversation."
#ncpol
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This
@DifferentData
poll from January shows 62% overall support for abortion restrictions 1st trimester or earlier.
GOP: 92%
UNA: 68%
Dem: 33%
A more recent poll (March) from
@meeting_st
showed 57% support.
#ncpol
#NCGA
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Interesting. Rep. Julie von Haefen, D-Wake, apparently called for primaries against her Democratic colleagues Reps. Michael Wray (
@RepWray
) and
@CecilBrockman
after the pistol purchase permit vote.
#ncpol
#ncga
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“The
@JohnLockeNC
Foundation’s analysis showed that Cohen’s DHHS was three and a half months behind the rest of the country in reporting death data to the very same CDC that she is now likely to helm.”
#ncpol
@MatthewFoldi
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"Following Michigan's repeal of its right-to-work law, the
@NCChamber
of Commerce took out a full-page advertisement in one of Michigan's major newspapers, the Lansing State Journal."
#ncpol
#NCGA
via
@CarolinaJournal
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“The biggest factors that have really improved the state—fiscal accountability, lower taxes, lower regulations—those things had to be done…in spite of the objections from [Cooper],”
@NCHouseSpeaker
Moore told
@CarolinaJournal
.
#ncpol
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It's not even the most extreme and egregious gerrymander in North Carolina political history, much less American.
#ncpol
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First media question for the Jeff Jackson campaign, given his history:
If elected, will Jackson commit to four years in office? Or will he run for U.S. Senate in 2026?
#ncpol
I've officially been drawn out of my congressional district by a small group of politicians.
It’s blatant corruption, but I’ve got news for them:
I’m running for Attorney General, and I’m going to use that job to fight political corruption.
Join us:
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Rep. Julie von Haefen has issued a statement, but did not say why she walked off the floor to avoid voting on the resolution to support Israel and condemn Hamas.
#ncpol
#NCGA
🧵 I stand with President Biden & our NC Democratic congressional delegation in condemning the terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel. Brutal violence has no place in our society and my heart and prayers are with everyone affected by this horrible war.
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Some
#NC13
News: Dr. (and Col.) Josh McConkey, a newcomer to
#ncpol
, will report raising $313,607.26 in Q2 of 2023.
I'm hearing
@DevanBarbour
will surpass $100k Cash-on-Hand.
I have not received a number from the
@BoHines
camp yet.
@CarolinaJournal
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I think
@juliefornc
waited until the sun went down to give her speech so she could use the "dark of night line"... It's 8:33 PM.
#ncpol
#ncga
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“Gov.
@RonDeSantis
is a principled leader, a protector of individual liberties, and the Left��s biggest nightmare,” Bell said in a statement to
@CarolinaJournal
. “He will beat Joe Biden and usher in a Great American Comeback..."
#ncpol
#NCGA
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Also Stevens: All Republicans will be supporting this proposal.
This means there will be enough support in both chambers to override a Gov. Cooper veto on the issue.
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A brief
#ncpol
history of ideological purity in the NC Democratic Party, last 4 years:
2019: Dem-aligned groups launch “Disloyal Dems” targeting then-state Sen. Don Davis and others for being too moderate
Much has been made about the
@triciacotham
switch from D to R in the legislature. If she keeps her word on the issues, her votes and the positions she takes in Republican Caucus can still stop bad legislation that hurts people she promised to help, regardless of her party. 1/4
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North Carolina’s Republican-led legislature overrode Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of three bills affecting transgender children. This is a victory for parents, despite what you read elsewhere.
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