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Car Caravan Protest Calls on David Rouzer to Resign in Wake of His Vote to Challenge Biden's Election
Protesters held a socially distanced car caravan in Wilmington on Wednesday calling on Republican David Rouzer, the District 7 Representative in the U.S. House, to resign in the wake of his vote to undermine the 2020 Presidential election. Just hours after violent insurrectionists supporting Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, Rouzer and six other Republican members of the North Carolina delegation voted to support objections to validating the Biden Presidency. About 50 cars gathered in the parking lot of New Hanover County offices in Wilmington to express their outrage at Rouzer's betrayal of democratic values.
"Let's be very, very clear," said Leslie Cohen, one of the event organizers. "The violence that happened last week in Washington, is the direct result of lies that have been spread about the validity and safety of our election, and Representative Rouzer and others like him in continuing to spread those lies, has emboldened those violent insurrectionists that we saw on the Capitol.”
Rouzer has a history of going to absurd lengths to back Donald Trump no matter how damaging his outrageous lies and unhinged actions become. In addition to siding with the insurrectionists goal of derailing certification of Joe Biden's election win, Rouzer also signed on to a lawsuit from the Texas Attorney General last year that would have disenfranchised millions of voters and according to Ballotopedia, Rouzer voted against stopping Trump from diverting funds from North Carolina military bases to pay for his border wall, voted to allow Trump to continue hostilities against Iran, and, of course, voted against both impeachment attempts. Click here for WECT's news story about the car caravan.
Also NHCDP has been circulating a petition demanding Rouzer's resignation or removal. Click here to review and sign the Resign Rouzer petition.
Volunteers Sought for 2021 New Hanover Precinct Meetings
2021 Annual Precinct Meetings are to be scheduled in the two week period between March 6 and March 20. We have been advised by NCDP that we are to make our own plans on how to conduct these meetings considering the severity of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our planning team recommends either a Zoom meeting or a masked and socially distanced outdoor meeting. We realize most precinct leaders will require assistance in conducting a Zoom meeting and are working on plans to help. We are looking for volunteers:
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Zoom “experts” who can schedule multiple meetings on their paid Zoom accounts and who can run the technical aspect of the meeting.
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Zoom “helpers” to assist the Chair during Zoom meeting.
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Helpers to assist precinct chairs in making meeting notification phone calls to precinct members.
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Publicity volunteers who can place NHCDP precinct meeting announcements in media outlets
Please email Susanne Werner (2nd Vice-chair), [email protected], using 2021 Precinct Meetings Volunteer in the subject line.
Biden Harris Inaugural Day of Service: Food Drive For Nourish NC
The Biden/Harris Inaugural Committee has challenged Democrats to commit to a Day of Service on Monday January 18th, Martin Luther King Day. On that day New Hanover Democrats traditionally march in the MLK parade. Sadly, because of Covid 19, there won't be an MLK Parade this year. Instead, the New Hanover County Democratic Party has planned a contactless, drive-through food bank in the parking lot at our office, at 5041 New Centre Drive, from 1-3 pm. We plan to set up a drive-through lane which will enable you to drop off food without leaving your car. Volunteers will be available to receive donations or retrieve them from your trunk.Petition Seeks Scrutiny of New Foundation From Hospital Sale
When: Monday, January 18, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
Where: New Hanover County Democratic Party headquarters parking lot, 5041 New Centre Drive, Wilmington
We plan to set up a drive-through lane which will enable you to drop off food without leaving your car. Volunteers will be available to receive donations or retrieve them from your trunk. We are collecting food items for Nourish NC, which is actively working to feed struggling children. Here are examples of items they are seeking:
Where: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrceChqDooE9dlwnCLhFnlUUeO8ld6FDGQ
This is an important meeting and we encourage all Precinct Chairs and Vice Chairs to attend. We will elect SEC members to fill at least two vacancies. Only County Executive Committee (CEC) Members have a vote under the Plan of Organization. CEC members include Precinct Chairs, Precinct Vice Chairs, County Officers, Chairs of Organized Auxiliaries and elected officials. These SEC members will determine the Officers of the North Carolina Democratic Party for 2021-2023 at the Winter SEC Meeting so this is important.
Also we need to discuss Precinct Organization meetings which will happen primarily on Zoom from March 6 to March 20th.
Where: Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/367930935?pwd=UHFkWDVNdjJ2dWxXbTQ0WTM1M05ldz09
Bobbie Richardson has been serving as First Vice Chair of the North Carolina Democratic Party, and with the Resignation of Wayne Goodwin as NCDP Chair, she is now running to replace him. Bobbie is a former member of the NC House of Representatives who represented parts of Franklin and Nash Counties from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, she had a 35 year career as an educator in North Carolina public schools, and holds undergraduate and Masters degrees from NC Central University and a PhD from Chapel Hill.
Where: Zoom. Details TBD.
Best,
Richard Poole, Chair
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