Suing to obtain full partisan control over the elections apparatus of North Carolina is not "saving democracy."
Urging courts to overrule the people by invalidating a constitutional amendment for voter ID is not "saving democracy."
#ncpol
The General Assembly doesn't amend the constitution. The people of North Carolina do.
And nearly 56% of them supported the voter ID amendment. Gov. Cooper is advocating for the court to invalidate the votes of more than 2 million people.
#ncpol
The NC Supreme Court heard arguments today on this question: Should an unconstitutionally elected legislature be able to amend the constitution? I think that’s a clear no. - RC
Here's the Congressional map offered by
@JoshStein_
when he was in the Senate.
Doesn't look like he had the same Constitutional qualms back then.
#ncpol
An issue as important as gerrymandering must be decided by the NC Supreme Court. We look forward to arguing why we strongly believe the North Carolina Constitution bans partisan gerrymandering. In a democracy, voters should choose their representatives, not the other way around.
Weird there was no national uproar when
@NC_Governor
sued (successfully) to gain exclusive partisan control over counting North Carolina's votes, or when he fired the widely-respected elections director after her successful investigation into election fraud.
#ncpol
Republicans in Wisconsin are engaged in an all-out assault on the state’s election system, pressing to give themselves full control over voting in the state. GOP officials want to eliminate a bipartisan elections agency — and maybe send its members to jail.
Why are you attempting to rewrite election law in the middle of an election?
When will you provide all of the documents requested under GS 120-19 regarding your secretive settlement with Marc Elias?
Why won't you follow your own Aug. 21 rules for absentee ballots?
#AskNCSBE
Gov. Cooper is throwing another tantrum because he believes that only Democrats should be in control of elections. That’s not how it should work. We need a truly bipartisan Board of Elections, not one that is under single-party control.
#ncga
#ncpol
Has a single media outlet informed its readers of the good news that, because of the vaccine, there were fewer NC COVID deaths in the entire month of July than on a single given day in January?
Perpetual panic may sell papers, but it's not healthy.
#ncpol
The columnist who wrote this piece,
@BarnettNed
, attended a private religious high school.
He wants to deny low-income families the same school freedom he was privileged enough to enjoy.
School freedom should be available to all, not just the select few like
@BarnettNed
.
#ncpol
On Friday, Mark Robinson delivered a speech filled with divisive language and hateful rhetoric. Not one Republican official has condemned his comments. These are NOT the words of a leader and they don't represent North Carolina values.
Parents who have never been active in politics before are protesting in the streets. They're buying billboards begging Dems to vote to reopen schools so their kids can stop suffering.
And this is the
@NCSenateDems
response to the reopen bill: "Cool story bro."
#ncpol
For those wondering why
@NC_Governor
's veto of the school reopening bill was not overridden, a Democratic senator told the
@newsobserver
. "He asked. I am a Democrat. He’s the governor, and a Democratic governor."
#ncpol
Following the longest debate to take place on the NC Senate floor in the last decade, the Upper Chamber has passed the “Care for Women, Children, and Families Act.” The bill will now go to the Governor.
#ncpol
#ncga
Gov. Cooper's bold new strategy to remain relevant is brazenly lying to the press and public.
He's lying about the Opportunity Scholarship expansion bill to gin up artificial outrage about a proposal a majority of North Carolinians support.
#ncga
#ncpol
A small group of
@NCSenateDems
reveal during floor debate why they oppose outdoor seating for bars and restaurants: "We are taking power away from the Governor."
They care more about
@NC_Governor
's power than giving people the power to feed their families.
#ncpol
#ncga
"Twitter is a mass-reality-distortion field for liberals and reporters. The group-think and liberal high-fiving was as bad as ever and continues to be a massive trap and distraction for journalists."
#ncpol
Now we know who really drives
@WRAL
’s news coverage. It’s because they told us. It appears that management looks to discredit legitimate questions (if they’re from Republicans) to cover for
@NC_Governor
.
Cc:
@setheffron
#ncpol
#JimGoodmon
.
@NC_Governor
says "states across the country are struggling" with submitting the application for Pres. Trump's $300 unemployment supplement. Not true at all.
Seven states have already been APPROVED, but Gov. Cooper hasn't even applied yet. What's the holdup?
#ncpol
Two weeks ago, Democrats alleged Plan A was too "dangerous" for schools.
This week, they voted to allow every school in the state to adopt Plan A.
The science didn't change, but the political winds did.
Parent advocates banded together and they won.
#ncpol
I applaud
@NC_Governor
for his decision to veto this dangerous legislation. I voted against the bill and will vote to sustain the Governor’s veto.
Republicans are playing partisan politics with the health/safety of our educators and our kids. 1/4
#ncpol
It's a boy! The President Pro Tem's office scheduler gave birth today to her first child. We've placed a blue flag outside the office to commemorate the big day. Congratulations to our colleague!
#ncpol
Gov. Cooper *literally* sued to keep full partisan control of the Board of Elections. Democrats are so hell-bent on keeping single-party control that they view bipartisanship as a threat to democracy.
#ncpol
No. They sued to stop the partisan
@NCSBE
, in the middle of the election, from eliminating laws passed by a near-unanimous legislature to prevent the type of absentee ballot fraud that took place in 2018.
#ncpol
President Donald Trump's campaign committee and the Republican National Committee sued Saturday to block North Carolina election officials from enforcing rule changes that could boost the number of ballots counted in the presidential battleground state.
If you're calling the Parents' Bill of Rights the "Don't Say Gay" law, you're parroting Democratic talking points and misrepresenting the content of the bill.
#ncpol
It was an incredibly busy day in
#ncpol
yesterday. Big news for the Biden and Trump campaigns, a new racial gerrymandering lawsuit, and the start of the new Parents Bill of Rights/Don't Say Gay law in the state's biggest school district.
A thread, ICYMI 🧵
ICYMI: Gov. Cooper capped off his crusade against election integrity legislation with a flat-out lie about the bill in his veto statement.
#ncpol
#ncga
“Neutral” Special Master redraws congressional districts.
“Neutral” Special Master then endorses candidate in a redrawn congressional district.
🤷 Nothing to see here, folks.
#ncpol
I’m very grateful to earn the support of
@JudgeBobOrr
in this race for Congress. This is a campaign for Democrats, Republicans, and Independents, and doing what’s best for North Carolina regardless of party.
#ncpol
#nc13
Imagine believing that restricting school choice to only the wealthy elite who can afford it will somehow fix the "wealth gap."
Just the opposite is true. School choice allows EVERYBODY, not just the wealthy elite, to choose the education that's best for their children.
#ncpol
@jdanbishop
@DeAngelisCorey
Privatizing education is a major contributor to widening the racial wealth gap by taking money away from public schools. Don't want people on welfare? Fund public education
The
@NC_Governor
's orders imply that it's safe to sit down at a table in a restaurant or brewery and order a drink, but it's dangerous to sit down at the same table and order the same drink at a bar.
What is the public health distinction between those activities?
#ncpol
"We’re six days into Phase 2 and on a day when we’re seeing some of our highest numbers of hospitalizations and death, the senate wants to open bars," Gov. Cooper said.
#ncpol
#ncga
You’d think they’d have the decency to inform readers the bill they’re talking about passed the Senate unanimously. Every Democrat supported it. But not a single mention of that fact.
#ncpol
[Opinion] The tearing down of Confederate statues at the State Capitol Friday wasn't about what Gov. Cooper didn't do. It was about what a Republican-backed monuments law made inevitable.
This is just blatantly untrue. The drive to withhold what the bill actually says probably signals that opponents know how unpopular their position is.
Which part of the bill does
@ACLU_NC
find objectionable? The one that says one race isn't inherently superior to another?
#ncpol
3/3
@markrobinsonNC
is now pushing, along with NC legislators, for
#HB324
, a bill that would interfere in discussions about the role that systemic racism has and continues to play in creating these kinds of inequities.
Resist HB324:
#NCPOL
#NCGA
"Fighting to achieve"? You've opposed North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program since its inception.
For nearly a decade, you've been "fighting" to withhold from children a scholarship they can use to attend a school of their choice.
#ncpol
Your kid deserves a high quality education. Under the constitution, every student in North Carolina has a right to a sound, basic education. We need a strong principal in every school and a good teacher in every classroom. That’s what I am fighting to achieve.
Gov. Perdue is trying to rewrite history. Those “tough choices” she had to make? Furloughing teachers, freezing their pay, and raiding funds meant for school construction to cover for the Democrats’ disastrous fiscal policies.
#ncga
#ncpol
It’s no surprise that the attorney who aided a collusive settlement with a partisan board to benefit his party would oppose a bipartisan board of elections that isn’t controlled by a single party.
#ncpol
It's no surprise that the political party making unpopular decisions like banning abortion and defunding our public schools doesn't want to be held accountable in the next election. This bill is a naked power grab and an attack on our democracy.
Instead of lying about the bill and belittling North Carolinians who want to observe what is happening in their polling places, he should work with us to improve election security.
#ncga
#ncpol
Read the bill. It doesn't restrict any conversations.
Do you think teachers should require students to profess belief that "one race is inherently superior to another"?
That "an individual's moral character is determined by race"?
Quote the actual bill.
#ncpol
HB 324 would restrict conversations about race and gender that teachers can have in the classroom. Tune into an N.C. legislative committee discussion on HB 324 today at 2:00.
#ncga
#ncpol
Gov. Cooper wants credit when it comes to North Carolina being named America’s Best State for Business, but for years he’s worked AGAINST legislative efforts to improve the state’s business climate.
#ncpol
#ncga
An NC Congressional candidate called for "stomping" on "necks" until a "crisp snap."
The
@NCAE
endorsed a group whose motto is written by a cop-killer on the FBI's Most Wanted List.
Dozens of legislators pledged to defund the police.
When will
#ncpol
media ask questions?
Another day, another misleading take from a struggling
@WhiteHouse
. NC’s GOP-led reforms resulted in thousands of well-paying manufacturing jobs & the nation’s strongest economy.
The only thing the Biden administration has led us to is record-high inflation & a recession.
The Opportunity Scholarship program has real, positive impacts on families and students in North Carolina. Don't just take our word -- listen to the families that have benefitted.
#ncpol
#nced
A 4.5% pay bump for teachers next year alone is "trash," apparently.
Of course,
@NCSenateDems
also opposed the highest teacher pay raise in the entire country a few years ago.
There's no teacher pay raise they'd ever support if it's offered by Republicans.
#ncpol
School freedom means letting all families, not just a select few, decide which school is best for their children. Fund students, not systems.
#ncpol
Watch
@SenatorBerger
discuss on
@FrontRowmarc
:
Gov. Cooper on Rebuild NC: “I think overall the recovery in the state has been successful.”
What reality does he live in? Rebuild NC is a mess because his admin consistently tries to block oversight & he is in complete denial of his agency's failings.
#ncpol
#ncga
The failures of NC's hurricane recovery programs continue (and yet very little about the program seems to change despite years of these headlines)
#ncpol
Today, I propose a $2,000 bonus for teachers and principals, and a $1,000 bonus for school support staff. Many educators were left out this year when it comes to raises. I’m also proposing a $1,500 bonus to community college and university employees who didn’t get raises either.
ICYMI: Top Democratic Party lawyer
@marceelias
, who was behind the secretive settlement deal with
@NCSBE
to change NC's election laws after voting had begun, was sanctioned for ethics violations by a federal court in Texas.
#ncpol
Breaking: NC Policy Watch accuses
@NCSenateDems
of executing a pro-Republican gerrymander.
The only ppl to touch the maps were Democrats or their map experts.
When will
#ncpol
media ask Senate Dems why they gerrymandered the maps to elect Republicans?
Every
@NCSenateDems
legislator voted against a voter access bill that makes it easier for blind voters to access the ballot and delivers free photo voter IDs straight to people's homes. All their theatrics about "voting rights" are just that -- theater.
#ncpol
A
@WRAL
poll found North Carolinians overwhelmingly support making Election Day the mail-in ballot deadline. Despite the strong support, we’re only hearing crickets from the
#ncpol
media.
#ncga
Gov. Cooper won HALF of the districts in the remedial Senate map. The remedial Congressional map includes four highly competitive districts.
Denying the competitiveness of these maps is just another one of Eric Holder’s “sue-til-blue” tactics.
#ncpol
Guess you can mark least one of the plaintiff groups down for submitting a couple of maps. Former Attorney General
@EricHolder
calls
#ncga
Senate and Congressional maps an “abomination.”
#ncpol
Statement from NCAE thanking NC Gov. Roy Cooper for vetoing SB37, saying the school reopening bill “needlessly endangered the health & safety of educators & students.”
#nced
#ncpol
#ncga
#coronavirus
"The media treats him like he’s some kind of neutral enforcer of election law when, in reality, he’s a Democrat operative and a political hack with a law license who peddled the Steele dossier as Hillary Clinton’s legal counsel."
#ncpol
Statement from Locke CEO
@TheRightAOC
:
"Marc Elias shouldn’t be taken seriously in a courtroom or the court of public opinion. His purpose for intervening in both cases is to stave off the coming red tsunami in the fall.”
#NCPOL
#NCGA
Watch Lt. Gov.
@markrobinsonNC
's response when Democrats dismissed the thousands of concerned parents speaking up all over the state about what they see in their children's schools.
#ncpol
The
@NCSenateDems
just accused the thousands of parents pushing back against
#CRT
of being either liars or dupes: "There is no indoctrination. Indoctrination is fake news. It's a bold-faced lie." The insults to concerned parents just keep flowing.
#ncpol
That Judge Lee is arguing with another judge over how to best spend state money and set education policy shows how absurd this "case" has become.
#ncpol
Must-read
@newsobserver
op-ed from the chief of pediatrics at one of the world's top hospitals.
#ncpol
"A bill requiring in-person learning in NC schools...will now go to Gov. Roy Cooper. I want him to have a full picture of how children are impacted."
No. They sued to stop the partisan
@NCSBE
, in the middle of the election, from eliminating laws passed by a near-unanimous legislature to prevent the type of absentee ballot fraud that took place in 2018.
#ncpol
President Donald Trump’s campaign committee and the Republican National Committee has sued to block
#NC
election officials from enforcing rule changes that could boost the number of ballots counted in the presidential battleground state.
New DPI data on K-3 reading levels shows
@SenatorBerger
’s Excellent Public Schools Act is working. Student learning outcomes don't improve from publicity tours or a fake state of emergency. It's a matter of policy and implementation.
#ncpol
#nced
Dems today: We want the Republicans to tell us what
#NCGA
plans to do on redistricting.
Also Dems today: It's not really clear what the court wants us to do so we'll have to wait until the opinion comes out for clarity.
#ncpol
This is why
@NC_Governor
will reopen all playgrounds in the state, but leave school reopenings to "local control."
His admin knows that kids need to be in school. But he refuses to take the politically fraught step of angering his allies on the far-left
@NCAE
.
#ncpol
Teachers group to fight reopening NC elementary schools. NCAE says move unsafe. It's urging teachers to lobby school boards not to adopt Plan A for elementary schools.
#nced
#ncpol
#coronavirus
Correction:
As AG Stein refuses to defend the legislature when he thinks it's politically disadvantageous, and as AG Stein secretly negotiates settlements to change the rules of his own election, GOP moves to restrict him.
#ncpol
When new curricula like "math is racist" start becoming the norm in schools around the country, parents rightly become concerned about what's taught in their schools.
The
@newsobserver
is wrong on this one.
@markrobinsonNC
's initiative is right on the money.
#ncpol
GOP leadership has increased state-funded per pupil spending by 39%.
Democrats opposed every one of those increases, just like they opposed every teacher pay increase (including the
#1
raise in the entire country).
#ncpol
NC's constitution enshrines every child's access to a sound, basic education - but GOP leadership has failed to deliver.
@NCHouseDems
are working to fix that, with a bill that would get schools the resources they need, no matter the zip code.
Republican budgets increased K-12 appropriations by 39% over the past 10 years and brought NC teacher pay to
#2
in the southeast.
NC Democrats opposed each and every one of those increases.
#ncpol
NC Republican leadership would rather defy a court order than fund public education.
Pretty telling about their priorities.
#LeadWithLeandro
#nced
#ncpol
This is crazy. The voter ID provision in the bill adds public assistance IDs, which is what
@NCSenateDems
and the court say they wanted. Now they're opposing adding IDs they themselves requested.
#ncpol
#ncga
Last 5 years of teacher pay raises:
2014-15: 7.0%. Opposed by Sen Dems.
2015-16: 3.8%. Opposed by Sen Dems.
2016-17: 4.7%. Opposed by Sen Dems.
2017-18: 3.3%. Vetoed by
@NC_Governor
, opposed by Sen Dems.
2018-19: 6.5%. Vetoed by
@NC_Governor
, opposed by Sen Dems.
#ncpol
What an absurd conspiracy theory. Here's an explanation actually supported by facts:
Dems on
@NCSBE
have long sought to rewrite election law. After federal and state judges rejected those efforts, they went with the option of last resort: a collusive settlement.
#ncpol
.
#NCDP
Chair
@WayneGoodwinNC
on resignations of 2 NCSBOE members: '“This is I believe part of a master plan...that (
@realDonaldTrump
) wants to stop votes from being counted so he can stay in office."
#ncpol
Firing a widely respected and apolitical elections director after she successfully prosecuted election fraud is not "saving democracy."
Vetting a replacement elections director through your own political campaign staff is not "saving democracy."
#ncpol
According to
@ABC11_WTVD
, Wake County says they have several MONTHS' worth of PPE.
@NC_Governor
needs to be transparent and release the current statewide PPE supply and how much he needs. "More" is not an acceptable answer.
#ncpol
#transparency
The
@NCSenateDems
who are "frustrated" by the process might want to read the letter from their own leader outlining the process they helped create way back in March.
Odd that the
@newsobserver
didn't think this a pertinent fact to report on.
#ncpol
#NCGA
Republicans have a proven track record of fiscal responsibility, unlike the Democrats. GOP spending plans have built a robust Rainy Day Fund and slashed taxes so you can keep more of your hard-earned money.
#ncpol
The law firm at the center of this Russiagate indictment, Perkins Coie, is also the law firm that orchestrated the secret collusive settlement deal with
@marceelias
,
@JoshStein_
and
@NCSBE
to change 2020 election laws after voting began.
#ncpol
Appointing multiple elections board chairs who then have to resign in disgrace, including for overt partisan activity, is not "saving democracy."
Vetoing legislation to block private interests from funding elections administration is not "saving democracy."
#ncpol
All the amendments are from Democrats. The Democrats requested a 30-minute recess so they can discuss their proposed amendments, which nobody has seen, internally.
There are no Republican amendments.
Stop spreading bad information.
#ncpol
The NCGOP legislative leadership playing "hide the ball" gets old. 😒 The people of North Carolina deserve to know what their lawmakers are doing & get to see documents more than 5 minutes before a committee meeting starts.
Last week ALL 30 Senate Republicans:
-Overrode the Governor's veto to secure Second Amendment rights for North Carolinians
-Sponsored a $1.3 billion expansion of school choice so all NC families can apply for an Opportunity Scholarship
#ncpol
#ncga
It's a disgrace that you secretly negotiated a change to the rules of your own election after votes had already been cast.
That the "attorney general" would subvert the law to impact the rules governing his own election should terrify everybody.
Where are your emails?
#ncpol
BREAKING: The Republicans have appealed the 4th Circ.'s recent decision authorizing the extension of the receipt deadline for mail-in ballots here in NC. It’s a disgrace that they are trying to block eligible voters from having their votes counted. 1/
At what point will
#ncpol
reporters start demanding more than pre-screened press briefings from
@NC_Governor
, who hasn't held an in-person press conference for the entirety of this emergency?
Asked if he was going to get a
#COVID
test since he was out with protesters,
@NC_Governor
says "Good point." Never gave a yes or no answer. Says the state wants more people to get tested, including people participating in mass gatherings and protests.
#ncpol