Posted on 09/12/2019 8:17:31 AM PDT by Red Badger
Republicans in North Carolina used a 9/11 memorial to trick Democrats into missing a key vote pic.twitter.com/6IF0PJd3t7
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 11, 2019
Intense Video From NC House Floor — Enraged Democrat screams at Speaker
The floor of North Carolina’s General Assembly quickly spun into chaos Wednesday morning, when Republicans capitalized on Democrats’ absences.
The state legislature was in session, but Democrats were told there wouldn’t be any votes. So some lawmakers joined Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper at a ceremony for the victims of 9/11. Others stayed in their districts.
Only nine Democrats went to the floor of the General Assembly. They were met with 55 Republicans ready to stage what Democrats are now calling a political ambush.
Republican leaders scheduled a surprise vote to override Cooper’s budget veto, an unprecedented partisan play that blindsided the state Democrats. Cooper called it “trickery, deception, and lies.”
North Carolina has a Democratic governor. But the state legislature is controlled by Republicans. Since late June, the state has been stuck in a legislative impasse; Cooper vetoed a two-year budget bill, arguing it underpaid teachers, awarded unnecessary giveaways to corporations and failed to include a Medicaid expansion.
“This is a tragedy. This is a travesty of the process and you know it,” Democratic state Rep. Deb Butler yelled on the floor of the legislature as the House speaker took the vote. “Mr. Speaker, how dare you, Mr. Speaker.”
Republicans in the state have shrugged off accusations of political ambush, chalking it up to mere miscommunication.
“I’ve made it clear, I’ve said right here from where I am on the floor, everywhere, if I see an opportunity to override this budget, this veto, I was going to take that vote,” Republican House Speaker Tim Moore told local reporters. “Under our rules, we took a vote on the override. It was properly noticed, procedures properly followed and we took the vote. And I think it’s a great day for North Carolina because we finally are a step closer to having a budget.”
What? Republicans with a spine?.................
Way to go. This is the kind of thing the Rats do all the time. How the hell did NC end up with a Rat Governor?
“By any means necessary” is the leftist mantra.
“Payback is a bitch!” should be ours.
Taken from the old “Look A Squirrel!” play book.
Don’t operate under the assumption that the Democrats didn’t knowingly do this to avoid voting. If the veto had held, they would have to start all over.
Who knew the GOP knew how to fight?
People moving to NC from NY and NJ and other NE states is how they get democratic governors
Yeah this one’s heading for court.
LOL. Thanks! Saved.
Right after Trump visited N. Carolina! Very nice. Maybe they can teach Pelosi a few tricks like “Deeming ObamaCare” thru the system. LMAO
Good! Screw the Democrats. They are the enemy.
Note to GOP-e and Arizona....This is how you play the game!
No one likes someone who constantly surrenders.
Headed for court? What is the charge, they lied to us?
AS far as I can see no laws were broken. I live at the border of NC-SC and in the news a few Dems have said while it really was slimy it was not illegal and they didn’t believe anything can be done legally.
Yep, right in the SOP handbook. People vacate their blue States - where they voted in the Dems and their crap agenda - and go to red States, and immediately start their brain-dead agitation and voting for the same crap Dem agendas.
Yet most never seem to realize that’s what they are doing. They just keep wondering why things start going off the cliff in their new State just like it did where they used to live.
Mental illness.
Peach
Outstanding!!
You stated that so well! But, do you really think they are too stupid to understand what they are doing?
The Democrats can all vote on November 4th, 2020, and fix it. They should mark it on their calendars. The Republicans always lie, so, don’t believe them.
Basically yeah. If the governor told the Republicans, "I'm cancelling the legislative session" and told the Democrats that he didn't mean it and for them to show up and pass everything in a day then you don't think the Republicans wouldn't head for court?
I live at the border of NC-SC and in the news a few Dems have said while it really was slimy it was not illegal and they didn’t believe anything can be done legally.
Well we'll see what the North Carolina courts say.
Your cynicism most likely reveals the truth of the matter.
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