Just made it official. After 45 years as a registered Republican, I am now an Unaffiliated voter. I leave the GOP having won 4 statewide elections in NC as the Republican nominee. Only 3 others in NC history have won more.
From 8 years ago. At that point, I was somewhat of a lone voice crying in the GOP wilderness. Now so proud to be endorsing
#KamalaHarris2024
for President and so glad to see so many R's also supporting her.
#Republicans4KamalaHarris
Judge Barrett's quote during the Garland controversy about his appointment "shifting the balance of power" shows a clear and dangerous view of the Court. There should be no "balance of power" in judicial matters.
It drives me crazy how so many people say "I'm a big 2A supporter but...." The 2A isn't the cornerstone of democracy. It was a practical concern in the 1790's to allow firearms for well regulated state militias. Now it's a political god that allows 18 year olds to buy AR-15's.
Listening to
@realDonaldTrump
comments in Minneapolis is simply nauseating. The blatant bigotry and racism as so called Republicans cheer and GOP officeholders are silent, puts a stench and stigma on everyone registered as a Republican. People like me are at a tipping point.
"I don't know what I've done to piss so many people off," says
@LindseyGrahamSC
. "... But every liberal wants to take me out because of my support for Brett Kavanaugh and Trump."
"I welcome the challenge," Graham says.
#sctweets
I suggest that moderators for any future presidential or VP debates be a retired trial judge with a gavel and a bad temper. Pence has already been allowed to drone on and on and on with his fake sincerity.
Two of my grandchildren go to elementary school and high school in Chapel Hill/Carrboro and were on lockdown on their first day back at school. It's time all responsible citizens hold the politicians unwilling to adequately address this crisis, responsible and accountable.
Uh, let's see. Slavery for 200 years; Jim Crow until the 1970's; systemic racism against our own soldiers in WWII and coming home; I'm sure the descendants of these Americans don't necessarily want "a leg up" but probably wish they'd had an equal opportunity over the years.
"The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” — CJ John Roberts
The Court got this one right. The hard path to equality cannot be shortcut through inequality. We have to find another way.
I again urge people to read the entire
@TheAtlantic
article. The stunning takeaway is the analysis from people that Trump is purely a "transactional" person, consumed totally by what's in it for him and failing to understand simple acts of shared charity, valor, or sacrifice.
Hey TwitterWorld, thanks for the extraordinarily positive response to my tweet this afternoon about registering Unaffiliated after 45 years as a Republican. All (well, almost all) very positive and encouraging. Wish I could respond to each individual but just not feasible.
I don't have the federal appellate experience of
@judgeluttig
but I believe
@neal_katyal
's argument was exactly what Judge Luttig said - simply the best. While the "army of people" helping w/ the case is critical, they don't have to answer the Court's questions at oral argument.
This is among the kindest and most generous things anyone has ever said to me. But the truth is behind every big oral argument at the US Supreme Court in a case like
#MoorevHarper
is an army of people. And I had the single best army assembled, ever.
Very embarrassing "performance" by Republican Senators on the Judiciary Committee in trying to torpedo the nomination of NC Solicitor General Ryan Park to the 4th Circuit COA. Tillis should be ashamed of his rank partisanship, exceeded only by La. Senator Kennedy who's a buffoon.
Some Presidents have their legacy linked inextricably to their time in office like Lincoln and FDR. President Carter's legacy will be inextricably linked to his lifelong commitment to service to others and the quest for peace.
2022 is supposed to be a big GOP off year election win. What does the Democratic Party have to lose, if they take a sensible, hard and fast stance on trying to protect children and others from gun violence? Make their GOP opponents take a stand for the children or against.
➡️"More than 1,000 Veterans and military family members have signed an open letter saying they are "appalled at Donald Trump and JD Vance’s politically motivated attacks" on the military service of Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz.
The letter, circulated with help
My first opportunity to see VP Harris in person. She gave a superb talk today in Greensboro. Really very impressive. And Governor Cooper was fired up preceding the VP’s talk. Best I’ve ever heard him.
Skimmed Alito's draft
#Roe
. He avoids the correct analysis of what right is at issue. It's the constitutional right to privacy applied to a person's health and well-being - not "the right to an abortion". His opinion would allow government to legislate personal health decisions.
Hey Twitter World, it's Saturday morning and my follower count is at 9,997. So looking for 3 folks who want to push me over the top of this magic number. (But who's counting? 😜 )
Hey Twitter world - the Lincoln Project is putting out some extraordinary ads and we need to support them. I'm giving again today. Hope you will too.
@ProjectLincoln
Breaking News:
@CawthornforNC
takes second loss in a week as US 4th Circuit Court of Appeals reverses lower court in challenge to Cawthorn's eligibility to run for public office.
The great genius of the NC 1868 Constitution was the right to a "free" public education for all. Taxpayer funded vouchers to private schools, drain resources and talent from the public schools leaving behind kids with "issues" and those w/ minimal family support.
#nced
#ncpol
Very excited w/ the selection of Gov. Tim Walz to be on the ticket with VP Harris.
#Harris2024
They're going to "Walz" across NC and a host of other states (maybe even Texas) to win this election.
"Choose Your School, Choose Your Future" only works if the school being chosen is required to accept the student choosing that school. With private schools it doesn't work that way. With public schools it does.
"Choose Your School, Choose Your Future," would finally expand access to the Opportunity Scholarship Program to ALL North Carolina families.
Students and their parents should decide what kind of education is best. They deserve better than a one-size-fits-all education.
#ncpol
Hey Twitter - X World, I have been released from Twitter jail and am back to engage w/ all of you. Many thanks to
@CapenConsulting
and Rachel Capen who engineered my return w/ a remarkable effort even tracking down a Twitter lawyer to free the old Judge from "suspension".
I am so incredibly honored to be the 2024 Democratic Party nominee for North Carolina Superintendent of Public Instruction based on the current results of the primary election. The results are humbling.
With
@ncaaec
declaring Tez Walker ineligible to play for the Tar Heels, now is the time to call the NCAA's bluff. Play him. Tell the NCAA to stuff it. Time to ignore them.
“My party’s leadership has chosen loyalty to one man over the core principles of the Republican Party and the founders of our great nation,” said Sen. Richard Burr (NC) after being unanimously censured by the NC GOP Central Committee for voting for impeachment of Donald Trump.
All these talking heads speculating that the GOP will come to its senses and disavow TrumpWorld are as delusional as Trump. Nothing in the GOP is going to change. The Democratic Party is the only thing protecting democracy from a longterm, totalitarian Trump regime.
I’ve never seen a national security adviser speaking through tears from the White House podium. Jake Sullivan calls the intricate diplomacy surrounding the release “vintage Joe Biden.” Adds, choking up, “today was a very good day.”
Welcome to the team that is going to help elect
@KamalaHarris
in North Carolina.
It’s going to take all of us & there's no time to waste.
Are you in, NC? Get in the fight.
.
@MichaelSteele
now taking the floor. “It’s time to give a damn. It’s time to get to work. There is a lot of work to do and if we don’t do it, it won’t get done. Our country is on the line. Vote against the felon—start there.”
#PrinciplesFirst
Less than 4 months until the election. Trump needs Roger Stone out of jail so he can coordinate with Russian interests to tamper with the election process.
BREAKING: Tim Walz just spoke at Aliquippa High School’s Football Practice. That Walz can walk into a football practice and communicate like this makes him one of the strongest communicators in the Democratic party. Retweet so all Americans see this.
And are moderate Republicans welcome in the Biden-Harris reelection effort? Wouldn't it be beneficial for President Biden to propose some inclusion of the likes of Mitt Romney into a 2nd Biden Administration and openly include ex GOP and "moderate" Republicans into the campaign?
#NC11
GOP runoff trending strong toward 24 year old
@madisoncawthorn
. Could be major repudiation of Trump, Mark Meadows, Gym Jordan and Ted Cruz, all of whom endorsed his opponent.
#NC11
will be trending democrat w/
@ColMorrisDavis
the favorite, if Cawthorn holds on.
This is the message the Nation needs to hear. This is the raw emotion and passion that members of Congress and State Legislatures need to have. This is the challenge that the Democratic Party needs to confront the Republican Party with.
North Carolina Voters Challenge Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s Candidacy for Reelection Under Fourteenth Amendment’s Insurrectionist Disqualification Clause via
@FSFP
The NC D's need to stop moaning about how the R's will win all these congressional races w/ the new maps. Field really good centrist candidates, fund them properly and message against extremism and who knows how many seats the D's could win.
@abreezeclayton
@JonahGarsonNC
I was a Republican for 37 years. I served as a Republican lawmaker and the State Party Chairman of Washington state. This year I will once again support Joe Biden for President. The party I belonged to has been transformed into a protofascist disgrace. Country before Party.
NC billboard campaign features Republican voters — for Biden
@R4NP2020
Thanks to our fellow Republicans for all their efforts to defeat Trump. We are MANY!
Was just in the new Barnes & Noble bookstore in Raleigh. I saw a huge collection of right wing garbage under "Current Affairs" consisting of books by every wing-nut out there. Does Murdoch own Barnes & Noble? Need to shop your local independently owned book store.
To all the many kind people who've followed me over the past two days, I'm overwhelmed by the number of you signing on. Thank you and if I can catch my breath over the next week or so, I'll try to follow back.
Jay Weber is a Milwaukee “talk show host” for 1130 WISN.
Yes he deleted this.
Yes he gave a half assed apology.
Yes he deleted that too.
Yes he apologized again.
He doesn’t mean it.
It’s unforgivable. He’s a former TEACHER.
It was a tough end to a great season for
@UNC_Basketball
but this was a really enjoyable team to watch. And for what it's worth, UNC beat 4 of the teams in the Elite 8 round including NC State and Duke twice and Clemson and Tennessee once.
When you compare Democrat Representatives Neguse and Raskin and the quality and integrity of their presentations to the GOP likes of Jim Jordan and Matt Gaetz, it's no wonder the GOP is a national embarrassment.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders announces that she has signed an Executive Order banning “woke phrases” such as “chest feeding,” “human milk,” and “birth giver.”
@Kevin_Coulter_1
@JudgeBobOrr
Test scores of traditional public schools can be predicted by 10th day membership. The system fails disadvantaged students as exhibited by consistently bad test scores. When the system fails children, their schools receive more money and obtain the same results. Accountablity?
How could any patriotic American vote for Donald Trump after he sends out a message like this on MEMORIAL DAY? Everything is all about him. His pronouns are Me, Myself, and I.
“If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.”
—Dwight Eisenhower
How will the GOP Senators who voted AGAINST the confirmation of an incredibly well qualified
#JudgeJackson
ever explain to their grandkids, why they voted to keep her from becoming the first Black woman to be a member of
#SCOTUS
in its 200+ year history?
Lots of Republicans in the NC delegation condemning the violence today. None of them condemned - nor will they - the role Trump has played in this taking place.
So,
@dohertymatt
was your pro-Trump/General Flynn tweet deleted because someone hacked your account or did you realize that supporting those two traitors to our country would hurt your public persona?
Interestingly, the Trump "gathering" in Asheville is NOT at the 6500 basketball arena at the Civic Center but instead in the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium which seats around 2500.
There was a time in my life when I would have been enthused over the candidacies of
#TimScott
or
#NickiHaley
but neither has the courage to say that they won't support Trump if he gets the nomination - thus they are totally disqualified for the presidency.
Curious how North Carolina compares to other states with regards to accountability for taxpayer vouchers going to private & religious schools?
Check out the below ⬇️⬇️⬇️
📉 cred:
@ForwardCarolina
#ncga
#ncpol
Trump’s former chief of staff, John Kelly, on his former boss: “The depth of his dishonesty is just astounding to me. …He is the most flawed person I have ever met in my life.”
I confess I don't ever recall anyone issuing a press release identifying themselves as "Acting Governor". What's his special event? An inauguration as "Acting Governor"? When's the parade?
In CPAC speech, former President Trump is expected to “declare that the incredible journey we began together 4 years ago is far from over,” according to excerpts obtained by
@NBCNews
ahead of Trump’s appearance.
As expected Judge Barrett is Trump's pick for the Supreme Court. In all due respect, I'm tired of nominees that clerked at the Supreme Court, have rarely if ever tried a case or argued an appeal and are of one particular religious persuasion.
Retired NC Supreme Court justice
@JudgeBobOrr
will be speaking at
#CFP2020
, and you'll want to tune in to hear his take on an independent federal judiciary.
So here we are. The GOP-controlled legislature has expelled the two Black Democratic legislators
@brotherjones_
and
@Justinjpearson
but did not remove the white female legislator
@VoteGloriaJ
. So tell me how to process that because I know what it feels like.
#TennesseeThree
One week away from kickoff for UNC and no final decision by the NCAA on Tez Walker's status. A failure to sue the NCAA (and UNC since that's who will decide not to play him) would be a travesty to this young man. The Courts are now receptive to the rights of college athletes.
The GOP that I once supported is dead and despite its adherents expecting JFK Jr and Princess Di to reappear, nothing will resurrect the party of Lincoln.
I'm done.
I no longer believe the Republican Party can be saved. The vitriolic rhetoric is inspiring violent radicals.
I'm quitting the GOP. And I hope more do the same.
What if the "Harris honeymoon" isn't a honeymoon at all but instead is the beginning of a long-overdue sea-change in American politics, a real grass-roots movement grounded in reality rather than reality TV? My latest.
Got to brag on granddaughter Lauren who is graduating from Millbrook HS summa cum laude and was named Millbrook’s Outstanding Female Athlete. Next stop is
@DickinsonCol
and soccer.
And then there is the stealth vote, all those R's who can't say publicly they don't support Trump, but in the privacy of the voting booth will deliver the final blow to Trump.
Here,
@realDonaldTrump
explains what’s required to earn his endorsement — blind loyalty to Trump and a pulse.
In related news, today Trump endorsed Mark Meadows’s wife’s best friend Lynda Bennet to be my opponent in November.
Actually, it's the United States Constitution, Sec. 3, 14th Amendment that is attempting to prevent a congressional candidate from being on the ballot.
@JudgeBobOrr
Interesting that the same guy who drew the congressional districts (cough* you) is also attempting to prevent a congressional candidate from being on the ballot. Seems like you may have had a slight conflict of interest. Did you tell the court about that?
#ncpol