Capitol Hill correspondent for The News & Observer/The Charlotte Observer/McClatchy covering
#ncpol
. RTs/follows are not endorsements unless tacos are involved.
Bill sponsors have said they're struggling to end child marriage in NC because of the number of lawmakers who married a teenager, married as a teen or knows someone else who did:
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#ncga
NC Republicans are leaving the party in larger numbers after the Capitol riot. Here is a breakdown of the
@ncsbe
data and conversations about why people would want to leave:
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#ncga
According to the DNC schedule,
@RoyCooperNC
is scheduled to be the last speaker before
@KamalaHarris
takes the stage, which puts a major spotlight on NC for Democrats.
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Some personal news: After 15 years in NC I'm moving back to D.C. I'm excited to be joining the McClatchy D.C. bureau as the Washington correspondent for North Carolina. I'm so grateful to be given this opportunity and that I get to continue covering
#ncpol
.
White House weighing in on Rep. Tricia Cotham. Deputy Press Secretary
@AndrewJBates46
released this statement: "Bedrock American freedoms are at stake in votes the North Carolina legislature is taking." 1/4
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#ncga
My colleagues at
@theobserver
are reporting Sky 3 crashed near I-77 killing two today.
I interned at
@WBTV_News
and there are few newsrooms that act as much as a family as theirs. Devastating. Love you guys!
"In a devastating blow to public access, lawmakers wiped out one of North Carolinians’ primary tools for government accountability and gave themselves permission to operate almost entirely in the dark."
It happened. Chief Justice Cheri Beasley took the lead to keep her spot on the N.C. Supreme Court bench. Her opponent Justice Paul Newby had been leading since Election Day:
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Rep. Dan Bishop came out of House Speaker McCarthy’s office refusing to speak to the media. I caught him further up the road. He said he didn’t want to speak to me because I’m an inaccurate reporter but wouldn’t give specifics.
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**Some personal news** This is my last week at News & Record. I’ve loved every minute I’ve spent covering the Triad over the past 9 years. But I’m excited to say that starting Dec. 30 I’ll be in Raleigh working for
@ncinsider
.
North Carolina Highway Patrol breaks down what led to Rep. Madison Cawthorn being charged with driving while license revoked in Cleveland County.
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#nc11
And because I love you guys here's a better breakdown:
Beasley raised more than $2.1 million
Budd raised $968k
McCrory raised $750k
Eastman raised $423k
Walker raised $146k
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#ncsen
NBC reports that
@SenThomTillis
called Tucker Carlson reporting of Jan. 6, 2021 as a peaceful visit is "bullshit." “I was here,” Tillis said, according to NBC News. “I was down there and I saw maybe a few tourists, a few people who got caught up in things."
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#ncsen
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"We sincerely hope that all members of the state house and state senate listen to their conscience – instead of politics – and put North Carolinians’ rights and the safety of their communities first.” 4/4
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#ncga
"Republicans in the
#NCGA
have attempted to force a wide range of extreme policies on the people of the Old North State, including criminalizing doctors and nurses involved with reproductive health care," 2/4
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#ncpol
I was there for this interview with
@RepDanBishop
and his team is right. He absolutely did not say what is being alleged. Allie's explanation is what he said.
This is NOT what he said. This reporter is purposefully misconstruing the full quote.
Congressman Bishop said that he doesn’t plan to be on the hill for life, & that if we *eventually* can’t get the necessary changes to the institution, that he would shorten his planned tenure.
"prioritizing gun industry profits over the fight against violent crime and over children’s lives, and gutting funding for public schools." 3/4
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#ncga
This is a rare moment where I've written about myself but we felt like it was important.
COVID-19 longhaulers are finding themselves with disorders like
#pots
and
#dysautonomia
after recovering from the virus. Here's what you need to know:
@Dysautonomia
North Carolina's
@RepWileyNickel
introduces a bill that would prevent members of Congress from being paid if they fail to fund the government.
#ncpol
#nc13
“Cheri works hard. She’s honest. And most importantly, she always puts the people first… This is going to be a close race, and we can’t afford to get it wrong.”
I’m honored to receive
@BarackObama
’s endorsement for U.S. Senate. Let’s do this.
SBI investigation launched into whether Mark Meadows committed voter fraud after
@charlesbethea
's story in the New Yorker. Here's what I know so far about the investigation:
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#nc11
I watched a woman get bullied online by grown men last night for doing her job. Now they're calling for mental health resources to help stop violence in our community. Please realize the hypocrisy. Words and actions matter.
Vice President Kamala Harris is back in North Carolina on Thursday. This time she will be in Fayetteville.
She visited Greensboro last week.
Her trip coincides with the last day of RNC.
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1/ Congrats to the 20 journalists selected for the Women in Politics Journalism Fellowship. We're thrilled to meet them in Washington, D.C. from April 15-18 for 4 days focused on covering women legislators.
Outside Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s house where a group of people have gathered to protest his statements that homosexuality and “transgenderism” is “filth.”
.
@NCDemParty
Chairman Wayne Goodwin released this statement after today’s events at the
#USCapitol
:
“This is a sad, dark day for our democracy. Today’s terrorist violence & attempted coup was sparked by President Trump, who for 4 years has attacked ... (1/5)
#ncpol
@NCCapitol
@exceedhergrasp1
This sums up my living with POTS (which is one of the long COVID conditions) for the past decade: You're too sick to exercise but if you don't you'll get worse.
Normally I don't air dirty laundry on Twitter. I was forced to keep my mouth shut about sexual harassment and assaults at my a previous job & I warned them not to let it follow me to Raleigh. It followed me to Raleigh today and I refused to be a victim again.
People are reading up on
@MatthewPHoh
and
@ShannonBrayNC
on our website today so I'm here to remind you that there are other Senate candidates besides Budd and Beasley. Want to learn more about them? We have you covered.
Brunswick County Board of Elections Director
@SaraKnotts1
may be one of the strongest people I have ever interviewed. Read about her challenge to her mother's ballot to keep the election honest:
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NC's Rockingham County Sheriff’s Office losing its insurance coverage after 11 jail deaths. This will likely cost the county, taxpayers, officials say.
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Was given a strong mix of sedatives and pain killers in the ER last night (I’m fine now) and woke up at my apartment with dog toys all around me in my bed. Was Julie trying to play or comfort me? From the face she’s making I choose to believe it was the latter
.
@NCDemParty
feeling sassy, delivering this basket of chips to
@RepTedBudd
with the note: “No thanks to you, U.S. manufacturing will be stronger than ever. Hope you enjoy these chips while the rest of North Carolina gets to enjoy lower costs from increased microchip production.”
Breaking: The attorney for Scott Lassiter, the man suing House Speaker Tim Moore for alienation of affection, says the matter between them has been resolved, in response to a media inquiry about whether the case was settled last week.
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#ncga
“We thank Governor Cooper and the bipartisan work in the legislature to expand access to quality health care. We are excited to see the state move quickly to get half a million North Carolinians coverage, which is incredibly important.” -
@PressSec
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I should add I was asking him to address Charlotte Observer readers about his POV on what he and the Freedom Caucus are trying to do right now as the Capitol closes another day without votes and in a stalemate.
In the White House press briefing this afternoon,
@PressSec
addressed the gun violence in the United States calling it the leading killer of kids. While doing so she specifically mentioned
#ncga
's veto of the gun bill yesterday.
#ncpol
@newsobserver
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Kamala Harris should be the next President. I’ve known
@VP
going back to our days as AGs, and she has what it takes to defeat Donald Trump and lead our country thoughtfully and with integrity. I look forward to campaigning for her as we work to win NC up and down the ticket.