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Pope McCorkle, a Democratic consultant and professor at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, argued in an email that the results of this year’s Republican primary election on March 5 demonstrate that “the North Carolina G.O.P. is now a MAGA party. With the gubernatorial nomination of Mark Robinson, the N.C. G.O.P. is clearly in the running for the most MAGA party in the nation.”As they are elsewhere, MAGA leaders in North Carolina are confrontational. In February 2018, Robinson, the first Black lieutenant governor of the state, described on Facebook his view of survivors of school shootings who then publicly call for gun control.
Persons: Trump’s, Pope McCorkle, MAGA, Mark Robinson, Robinson, Organizations: Democratic, Duke’s Sanford School of Public, Republican, North Carolina G.O.P, Facebook Locations: North Carolina, G.O.P
After the 2020 election, one story out of North Carolina had a powerful effect on Donald J. Trump. A proactive Republican, the story went, had worked behind the scenes to stop Democrats from stealing the election in the state and helped secure Mr. Trump’s victory there. That Republican was Michael Whatley, the chairman of the North Carolina G.O.P. Mr. Trump called Mr. Whatley after the election, and Mr. Whatley boasted to him about that program’s success. “That’s great,” Mr. Trump replied, as Mr. Whatley recounted the conversation in a speech to North Carolina Republicans last year.
Persons: Donald J, Trump, Michael Whatley, Whatley, , Mr, Ronna McDaniel Organizations: Republican, Mr, Carolina G.O.P, North Carolina Republicans, Republican National Locations: North Carolina, Carolina, North, Arizona, Georgia
A closely watched political fight is developing in North Carolina over voting rights and control of elections, as Democrats aim to recapture a presidential battleground and Republicans look to win back the governor’s office. Much as Georgia, Florida and Texas drew an outpouring of national attention and political cash as Republicans moved to restrict voting in the heated months after the 2020 election, North Carolina is poised for headline-grabbing confrontations over nearly every lever of the electoral apparatus. In the Republican-led legislature, the State House is considering two bills passed by the Senate that would sharply alter how elections are run, adding voting restrictions and effectively neutering the state elections board, which is now controlled by Gov. In North Carolina, every little edge could matter: The state, despite a long string of Republican presidential victories interrupted by Barack Obama’s 2008 triumph, has grown increasingly close. Ron DeSantis of Florida and other Republican candidates have already held events in North Carolina as they contend for their party’s nomination.
Persons: Roy Cooper, Barack Obama’s, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s, Ron DeSantis Organizations: Republican, Senate, Gov Locations: North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Texas
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