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Friend --
If you haven't purchased
your tickets to the Hall of Fame dinner on December 7, go ahead
and do that now! A lot of stuff went down this week, and it was't just
the public's
views on impeachment. Another relatively boring Democrat debate
that showed a lot of favoritism toward Sen. Elizabeth Warren (can't
imagine why). Cooper's corruption finally sways the liberal editorial
boards that have treated him with a feather over the last three
years - the same liberal editorial boards that treated McCrory with a
baseball bat. The media puts their head back into the sand when it
comes to things happening under Obama. Some of them are almost beyond
parody at this point. Let's go.
WHAT HAPPENED
STORIES FROM THE
NATION
There was a ton of presidential candidate news this week so we're
going to go by candidate:
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Pete Buttigieg - His campaign has several sections on
his websites detailing his plans for the African-American community.
The problem? A lot of them were stock photos of Kenyans and some
people had never been contacted about endorsing him. Fox
News
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VP Joe Biden - There has been a lot of scrutiny this
week over his son's involvement with a Ukrainian natural gas company.
But there's happy news: Hunter Biden fathered another grandchild for
the VP! Fox
News
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Sen. Elizabeth Warren - She held an event in Atlanta
last night. Warren, once a huge supporter of charter schools until she
sold out to unions, had her event interrupted by a large minority
community of protestors who were pro-school choice. The
Hill
A news story came out this week about the number of immigrant
children being held us U.S. Border Patrol detainment centers, about
100,000. As soon as the source of the figures revealed that number was
from 2015 under the Obama administration, they
pulled the story. It seems that something only becomes newsworthy
if it's not Obama. The
New York Post
Speaking of Obama, there's a new ABC report out regarding how much
middle-class Americans are spending on health care. In 2008, they
spent about 8% of their income on health care. In 2018, that number
climbed to almost 12%. Wasn't there something passed in 2009 that was
supposed to save families $2500 a year on health insurance? ABC
News
I'm piling on the media this week, namely because some of the
national outlets deserve it. Most of y'all remember the "She
Persisted" moment of Sen. Warren or Sen. Harris' rude questioning of a
witness that caused Sen. Burr to intervene. The same thing happened to
Rep.
Elise Stefanik via Rep. Adam Schiff. The double standard of how
Stefanik is being treated compared to Warren or Harris is
appalling. Washington
Examiner
STORIES FROM
NC
We've all known Cooper is not only incompetent, but corrupt. He
served in the NCGA when that culture was the norm and now it's
trickled over to the Governor's Mansion. A report
from the investigators hired after a bipartisan committee vote found
some potential criminal violations with Cooper's $58M slush fund from
the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. WBTV
For a deeper dive into the ACP issue, check out this story about
how some permits to cut trees may have been a way that Governor Cooper
and his senior advisors were able to extract the $58M slush fund as a
way to get the permits approved. Carolina
Journal
Cal Cunningham is Chuck Schumer's hand-picked candidate to be the
Democrat nominee for U.S. Senate. Schumer has instructed him to sit in
a windowless
basement and raise money while completely ignoring the people he
needs to court, and a recent poll shows him losing to his primary
opponent. This fact check won't help him. WRAL
North Carolina was scheduled to transition its Medicaid program in
order to save the state money and increase the quality of care for
those enrolled in the program. Because of Cooper's veto, that
transition is on hold indefinitely, putting the health and safety of
NC at risk. Carolina
Journal
TRACKING YOUR REPRESENTATIVES
CONGRESS
Democrats passed a bill
to keep government open, which is sure to be gutted into something
resembling reasonable legislation by Sen. McConnell (and yes, your NC
Congressional Republicans held strong on the bill). They did pass a bipartisan
bill in support of the Hong Kong protestors (something the NBA is
too cowardly to do).
On the Senate side, they passed
their version of the spending bill that the President signed into
law. They also unanimously passed the same
bill in support of the Hong Kong protestors. McConnell stays true
to his motto: "Leave no vacancy behind." He
filed cloture on several more federal judicial nominees and two more
were confirmed. One of the confirmations flips the 2nd Circuit
from Dem-controlled to Republican majority. When the others are
confirmed, the 11th Circuit will flip as well. These actions will help
the courts to remain in conservative hands for a generation and should
absolutely inspire you to do the same thing in NC.
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
Both chambers adjourned last week upon completion of the new
Congressional maps. The court has already put
an injunction in that does not allow candidates to file for the
districts when filing opens on Dec. 2. A hearing is scheduled for the
same day. Depending on what happens with the courts, those running for
Congress who have primary opponents may have their elections delayed
until April or potentially May. The primary election for all races in
North Carolina is currently scheduled for March 3, 2020.
UPCOMING EVENTS
December 7th is the NCGOP Hall of Fame Dinner! Award applications
and tickets are available here: 2019
Hall of Fame Dinner
Make sure to visit the NCGOP
Events page to see more events than what's listed
there.
There won't be a Recap next week because of the Thanksgiving
holiday. Hope you and yours have a safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Jeff Hauser
j_hauser9
http://www.nc.gop/
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