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Pat McCrory says his political career is over — and asks what happened to the Republican Party
wfae.org ^ | 5/18/22 | Steve Harrison

Posted on 05/18/2022 3:50:42 AM PDT by cotton1706

Pat McCrory’s campaign did not expect to win.

So instead of renting a hotel ballroom, their campaign event was at Selwyn Pub, a few blocks from his home in Myers Park.

There were about 50 people there.

They heard McCrory say he doesn’t know if he has a place in the Republican Party anymore.

“Now I have to do some real self-evaluation of where I belong. And not only me, it’s where these people belong in our party,” McCrory, gesturing to his well-wishers. “I want to make sure we maintain a sense of civility, a sense of character and accomplishment.”

McCrory lost to Rep. Ted Budd in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate by about 35 percentage points. McCrory did win his home county of Mecklenburg — but by less than 100 votes. Budd won everything else.

As McCrory spoke to his supporters — and then the media — one thing was missing: A call for his supporters to support Budd against Democrat Cheri Beasley in November.

“I have said I would (endorse) in the past but during the past several days it’s been said I’m a Republican In Name Only,” McCrory said. “And if they really meant it, I have to go through some real evaluation.”

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
KEYWORDS: budd; elections; mccrory; patmccrory; senate; tedbudd
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To: griswold3

Those RINO types are a dime-a-dozen. If someone who was previously close to Trump, or at the highest levels of the party ... yes, there is a career at MSNBC, CNN ...


21 posted on 05/18/2022 4:23:06 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: cotton1706

Its over because you chose the wrong side and refuse to see the future


22 posted on 05/18/2022 4:25:52 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: cotton1706
Now I have to do some real self-evaluation of where I belong

Where you belong is the sidelines. You've been benched, so have a seat.

23 posted on 05/18/2022 4:33:03 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Кчерту Путина, Kчерту Россию)
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To: cotton1706; IncPen
The majority of the Republican party leadership abandoned
core American principles so long ago that anyone who
honestly looks can see this.

Some say that - "We HAVE TO support the Republicans
because they are SO much better than the evil leftist
Commie Democrats."
.

I ain't buying it, and haven' for quite some time.

Yes, there may be a few almost decent GOP candidates
here and there occasionally - but when they (rarely) win elections
they are co-opted and completely unable to effect any
overall change in the ever-leftward leanings of the GOP overall.
They get neutered - one way or another.

I refer you to George Washington -

“However [political parties] may now and then answer
popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things,
to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious,
and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the
power of the people and to usurp for themselves the
reins of government, destroying afterwards the very
engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”

― George Washington

So GOP-supporting fellow Freeper folks - argue with George, not me - Please.

The lesser of two evils is STILL EVIL.

Heretofore I will ONLY vote for Independents.

24 posted on 05/18/2022 4:34:29 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: HamiltonJay
No hope for this state..

If you think it's bad now, wait until festerman and shapiro get elected.

I've been fighting with my wife because I want to move to Port St. Lucie, FL where we own several acres but she wants to stay here.

If the pubbies lose PA in November, I think I'll buy a trailer and move down alone {at least for the snow season}.

I'll have to watch out because she watches a load of murder mysteries:)

25 posted on 05/18/2022 4:40:39 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: Tax-chick

McCrory political prime is in the rear view mirror. Had he won, he would have a lackluster, boring, Mr Nice Guy campaign. Like he did in the primary .... Like Romney in 2012. Only 50 people show up at a pub. He knew he was going to lose.

McCrory had no problem in the past with having the votes of the people he now openly despises and blames for his loss. You know, “pull the party together” for the general was his mantra like all schooled politicians. Instead of going out like Mr Nice Guy that he thinks he is, his public statement shows he is not a Mr Nice Guy ... just a sore loser who dresses up his words so he comes across as the “gentleman across the aisle who has been unfairly harmed.” If his party changed, he needs to look inward at why it happened. Maybe his political nonfeasance and malfeasance was a significant contribution. Maybe his campaigning like an traditional American and governing like a demonikrap might have something to do with it. Grow up Pat.


26 posted on 05/18/2022 4:41:40 AM PDT by Susquehanna Patriot
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To: cotton1706

It was never meant to be a career for you repugnant pols! Good riddance to rubbish. Hopefully more to follow.


27 posted on 05/18/2022 4:44:24 AM PDT by nfldgirl
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To: cotton1706

Destroy RINOs!!!


28 posted on 05/18/2022 4:48:27 AM PDT by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: JonPreston
Pat, you lost by 35 points. No one cares where you think you belong

Exactly!

What a self-centered ass.

29 posted on 05/18/2022 4:50:35 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: cotton1706

That might be one of the most disgusting photos I’ve ever seen.


30 posted on 05/18/2022 4:53:18 AM PDT by silent_jonny (Mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, Joe. The feet are at the door (Acts 5:9) 9-18-21)
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To: Tax-chick
I don’t know anything about him. All I know is that talking like a high school debater from the 1950s when you’re being routed by democrats diabolical thieving leftists is damn near comedy.
31 posted on 05/18/2022 4:53:37 AM PDT by IncPen ("Inside of every progressive is a Totalitarian screaming to get out" ~ David Horowitz )
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To: cotton1706
Re: "the Club for Growth spent $8 million in the primary boosting Budd"

What?

The Club for Growth supports Amnesty and Open Borders!

32 posted on 05/18/2022 4:54:43 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: FLT-bird

Pat - The root cause is the chronic overpromising and significant under delivery, abandonment of principles, and getting duped again and again by win at all cost opponents- Character traits of GOPe


33 posted on 05/18/2022 4:55:52 AM PDT by slapshot (Coke wants me to act less white? Well I will not purchase Coke Products- Get woke go broke-)
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To: Tax-chick

“NC Republican voters haven’t forgotten how he screwed up when he was in office”

I have a vague memory of a controversy over transgenders’ use of public bathrooms, and McCrory taking an unpopular position. Other than that apparent screw-up, what other screw-ups were there?


34 posted on 05/18/2022 4:56:44 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: Susquehanna Patriot

Yep, like all GOPers, he despises his constituency and blames voters for not voting for him.


35 posted on 05/18/2022 4:57:29 AM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: cotton1706

It’s really quite simple, Pat. Conservatives got tired of being bullied by liberals in politics and decided to fight back by electing people with a backbone.


36 posted on 05/18/2022 5:06:44 AM PDT by uptowngirl
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To: USS Alaska

Senator will have very little to do with the day to day of the state…

And the GOP control and have controlled the legislature most of the last 25+ years….

Since 1995 GoP have controlled both houses except for 4 years where the dem controlled the house… and have controlled the house, Senate and governorship 12 of the last 27 years.

The problem with PA isn’t democrats, it’s the GOP… of the last 27 years the gop has been on control of both houses of the legislature 23 of them and control of the Senate for all 27 of them. Republicans have had 12 years out of thr last 27 of complete governmental control and the Dems have has zero.

I’m not defending the Dems here, But blaming PA’s issues on them is disingenuous… the gOP of PA is a swamp


37 posted on 05/18/2022 5:29:33 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: cotton1706

It seems like Republicans are no longer content winning elections and then subsequently losing every political battle while watching our country slide into global corporatist socialism.

Too bad, Pat.


38 posted on 05/18/2022 6:49:36 AM PDT by nitzy
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To: cotton1706

And, to add insult to injury...the McCrorys woke up to a massive water leak in their Charlotte home. According to him on WBT radio this morning.


39 posted on 05/18/2022 9:41:03 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

I wonder how “civil” he will be if the plumber tells him they have no availability this month....and will have to put the necessary parts on order....from China!

;-)


40 posted on 05/18/2022 9:45:23 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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