{"id":1030829,"date":"2024-04-19T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1030829"},"modified":"2024-05-10T14:28:16","modified_gmt":"2024-05-10T14:28:16","slug":"under-trump-the-north-carolina-gop-has-reached-new-levels-of-maga-mess-and-extremism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/under-trump-the-north-carolina-gop-has-reached-new-levels-of-maga-mess-and-extremism\/","title":{"rendered":"Under Trump, the North Carolina GOP Has Reached New Levels of MAGA Mess and Extremism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Like so many GOP state parties throughout the country, the North Carolina Republican Party\u2019s descent into chaos and fringe extremism offers yet another example of how Republicans continue following Donald Trump down the rabbit hole of pushing dangerous conspiracy theories and supporting unpopular plans that would be disastrous for this country. Whether they\u2019re fighting amongst themselves, bleeding cash, or spewing violent, extremist rhetoric, North Carolina voters are seeing how unfit Trump and the NC GOP are to lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s a look at the MAGA mess in North Carolina:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Trump, Republicans in North Carolina are struggling financially and have no presence on the ground as their intraparty turmoil continues to alienate North Carolinians.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsweek<\/a>: \u201cNorth Carolina GOP Owes $72k in Debt After Burning Through Cash\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WUNC<\/a>: \u201cSo far this election cycle, the state Democratic party has raised $5.26 million for its state and federal campaign accounts. The state Republican Party, meanwhile, has raised over $3.34 million across its accounts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WUNC<\/a>: \u201cMany of the party\u2019s past donors have decided to spend their money elsewhere. \u2018I know way too many donors that are on the sidelines right now that are not giving to the Republican Party, because they don’t trust its leadership,\u2019 [Lee County Republican Party Chair Jim] Womack said.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTUS<\/a>: \u201cRepublicans Can\u2019t Afford to Help Trump Out With His Huge Bond\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDon\u2019t expect the Republican Party to step in just yet to help former President Donald Trump out with his financial woes: They\u2019ve got too many problems of their own.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Arizona, Minnesota, Colorado, North Carolina, Massachusetts and Florida state parties have all reportedly been struggling financially.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cBiden campaign opening 10 field offices in North Carolina\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt also comes as the Republican National Committee struggles to boost staffing levels in battleground states, Axios reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLess than eight months before the Nov. 5 election, significant parts of the RNC’s get-out-the-vote operation in states likely to decide the election are playing catch-up after Trump’s team ousted 60 staffers in its recent takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WSOC-TV<\/a>: \u201cThe Biden campaign is going hard in the Tar Heel state, investing millions of dollars, and opening 10 field offices, including one in Uptown, with the goal of flipping the state from red to blue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charlotte Observer<\/a>: \u201cHarris\u2019 latest visit to Charlotte \u2014 her third since June and second in as many weeks to North Carolina \u2014 marked the opening of 10 campaign field offices across the state. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Elections matter,\u2019 Harris told the crowd at the Mecklenburg Democrats\u2019 headquarters in uptown. \u2018Organizing matters. Showing up matters. Remembering the strength and power of our voice matters.\u2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe field offices, where organizers put together on-the-ground campaign work to connect with voters, are part of a coordinated effort to staff up in North Carolina, and staff up early, according to the campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe RNC\u2019s statement did not directly address questions from an Observer reporter about the campaign\u2019s plans in North Carolina, such as future events, advertising campaigns or field office openings.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump-backed candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, will stand side by side with Trump during Saturday\u2019s Wilmington rally. Like Trump, Robinson has a documented record of racist, sexist and dangerous rhetoric that is completely out of touch with North Carolinians. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HuffPost<\/a>: \u201cMark Robinson’s Bizarre Ramble: ‘I Absolutely Want To Go Back To The America Where Women Couldn\u2019t Vote’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOn Tuesday, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson won the GOP primary to become his party\u2019s nominee for North Carolina governor, presumably with the help of female voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut just four years ago, Robinson<\/strong> invoked a bizarre hypothetical in which he said he\u2019d \u2018absolutely\u2019 like to return to the days when the 19th Amendment didn\u2019t exist \u2015 when women didn\u2019t have the right to vote.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I absolutely want to go back to the America where women couldn\u2019t vote,\u2019 Robinson said in a newly resurfaced video of his remarks at a March 2020 event hosted by the Republican Women of Pitt County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDuring this event, Robinson, who was running for lieutenant governor at the time, recalled someone recently asking conservative activist Candace Owens to pick which version of America would make America \u2018great again,\u2019 one where \u2018Black people were swinging from cheap trees\u2019 or one where women weren\u2019t allowed to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRobinson said he would definitely return to the days in America when women were denied the right to vote \u2018because in those days we had people who fought for real social change, and they were called Republicans.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cN.C. GOP nominee compared Planned Parenthood, men with saggy pants to KKK\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPlanned Parenthood. Men with saggy pants. People who tore down Confederate flags and monuments. The Rev. Al Sharpton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMark Robinson<\/strong>, the GOP nominee in one of this year\u2019s most competitive governor\u2019s races, has declared them all comparable to or worse than the Ku Klux Klan<\/strong> in social media posts that have drawn little attention. The posts are part of a long record of comments ranging from provocative to bigoted that are getting more scrutiny as the campaign heats up in North Carolina \u2014 and that some Republicans worry will be a liability in a battleground state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cRobinson\u2019s references to the KKK, a white-supremacist group that has terrorized Black Americans, underscore the risks Republicans have taken in nominating him<\/strong> \u2014 a longtime factory worker who posted a wide range of insults on Facebook before he became a viral hit on the right with a speech about gun laws in 2018. He was elected lieutenant governor of North Carolina in 2020 and won the gubernatorial primary by landslide this month with former president Donald Trump\u2019s endorsement. At a rally, Trump praised Robinson as \u2018Martin Luther King on steroids<\/strong>.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Donald Trump and Mark Robinson are not the only GOP extremists on the ballot in North Carolina. Donald Trump has emboldened some of the most extreme and bizarre MAGA candidates in the country, like Michele Morrow. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CNN<\/a>: \u201cGOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn other comments on social media between 2019 and 2021 reviewed by CNN\u2019s KFile, Morrow made disturbing suggestions about executing prominent Democrats for treason, including Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton, Sen. Chuck Schumer and other prominent people such as Anthony Fauci and Bill Gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018I prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad<\/strong>,\u2019 she wrote in a tweet from May 2020, responding to a user sharing a conspiracy theory who suggested sending Obama to prison at Guantanamo Bay. \u2018I do not want to waste another dime on supporting his life. We could make some money back from televising his death.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn another post in May 2020, she responded to a fake Time Magazine cover that featured art of Obama in an electric chair asking if he should be executed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Death to ALL traitors!!\u2019 Morrow responded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn yet another comment, Morrow suggested in December 2020 killing Biden<\/strong>, who at that time was president-elect, and has said he would ask Americans to wear a mask for 100 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c\u2018Never. We need to follow the Constitution\u2019s advice and KILL all TRAITORS!!! #JusticeforAmerica,\u2019 she wrote.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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