Some history: in 2011, Republicans in North Carolina won control and immediately rigged themselves a supermajority of our General Assembly. They did this by denying representation to huge swaths of people - particularly people of color, "with almost surgical precision."
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After they drew maps carefully designed to minimize Democratic representation (in a state that's around 50/50), they passed law after law to deny people the vote: voter ID. Eliminated same-day voter registration. Shortened early voting. Closed poll sites.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/07/29/the-smoking-gun-proving-north-carolina-republicans-tried-to-disenfranchise-black-voters/ …
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Within days of losing the governorship to Democrat
@RoyCooperNC in 2016, NC Republicans immediately passed sweeping bills reducing the governor's powers - including his oversight of the state election board!

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In their tenure with consolidated control of NC's government, Republicans passed: - same-sex marriage ban - HB2 (the infamous "bathroom bill") - outrageously racist voter suppression measures They also tried repeatedly to abolish gun & concealed carry permitting entirely!
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The crux of all of this comes down to gerrymandering. The slimeball Republican rep leading map drawing was quite clear about it: they drew districts to elect more Republicans (and did so, in large part, by disenfranchising black people). https://theintercept.com/2019/10/30/north-carolina-gerrymandering-maps-redistricting/ …pic.twitter.com/loERIEa3or
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The
#SilentSham debacle currently roiling#ncpol? That's mostly due to UNC BoG members appointed by the Republican legislature, directed by Republican Senate leader Phil Berger. He and his colleagues are
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Anyway - with new maps (drawn under court order), 2020 represents the best chance Democrats have had in a decade to retake the General Assembly. Real talk: the maps *still* tilt R. But we have a very feasible shot, and this is it: http://longleafpineslate.org
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Fun fact: North Carolina Republicans have such a long and egregious history of scumbaggery, lies and dirty tricks that the judges who ordered new redistricting last year required them to livestream the process on the internet in a special, dedicated room:https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article234707272.html …
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After swearing up and down for months in open court that their breathtaking gerrymander totally wasn't racially motivated at all, the chief GOP map drawer died and folks found his files. Turns out, they actively planned to dilute black and hispanic voters:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/06/us/north-carolina-gerrymander-republican.html …
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Just a few months ago, Republican leaders in the House baldfaced lied to Democrats in basic procedural planning to engineer an opportunity to override the governor's budget veto. Great cameo here by amazing NC Dem
@DebButlerHD18 who bravely held the floor:https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article234962017.html …Prikaži ovu nit -
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But it can! These are the folks who will help us put the adults back in charge of North Carolina. Please help us support them:
@gailyoungNC@Brian_Farkas@QuickforNC@steelenchouse18@JDWootenNC@rickyhurtadonc@LegrandWSNC


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