Mark Walker to stay in North Carolina Senate race

The hill ^ | 01/27/2022 | Tal Axelrod

[ChicagoConservative27]

Former Rep. Mark Walker announced Thursday that he will stay in the North Carolina Senate race, bucking pressure to drop out and run for the House instead.

“The last 45 days have been a whirlwind,” Walker said, according to The News & Observer. “When we stepped away from Congress, it was in our hearts to run across North Carolina to be able to take what we’ve been able to do in central North Carolina, and take it across the state for the U.S. Senate.”

[ChicagoConservative27]

RINO?

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Seems to be a RINO. NC hasn't had a great Senator since Jesse Helms.

[lee martell]

Usually, when the Party is discreetly missing, it’s about a Democrat, but now that there is more than one kind of Republican (MAGA vs RINO) it’s not always as cut and dried like before.

[Linda Frances]

Government Reform and Saving Taxpayers Money
Combatting Sexual Assault and Human Trafficking
Tax Reform and Cuts for Middle-Income Families and Workers
Balanced Budget Amendment
Policies of Hope and Opportunity
School Choice and Empowering Parents and Students
Standing Up to China
Protecting Life at Every Stage
Supporting Law Enforcement and the Second Amendment
Securing Our Border and Stopping Amnesty
Lowering the Cost of Health Care and Medications
Second Chances and Criminal Justice Reform
Support for HBCUs and Their Students
Targeted Disaster Relief for North Carolina
Support for Farmers and Protections from Eminent Domain
Child Tax Credit and Adoption Tax Credit
Improving Care and Service to Veterans

[Lurkinanloomin]

He’s the blocker for McCrory, the Bush League promised him money to stay in.

[kiryandil]

Walker was among the Republican legislators who participated in the months-long attempted coup that included the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol. Shortly after the 2020 election, Walker joined a case before the Supreme Court calling for all the votes for president in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — states that were narrowly won by Democrats — to be discounted based on lies and a preposterous legal argument which the Supreme Court rejected. Following the rejection of several related cases before the Supreme Court, another legislator who joined the case called for violence. Many legislators were a part of a coordinated campaign by the Trump Administration to pressure the Vice President, who was also the vice presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, to exclude Democratic states from the electoral count rather than follow the Constitution's procedure in which Congress may vote to exclude electors.

The Left got out the Fainting Couch over Mark Walker [former US representative, 6th CD North Carolina]

[Theodore R.]

That’s for sure: Helms was the real deal!

[MinorityRepublican]

If we run a lousy candidate, the Democrats will win NC. Tillis won in 2020 because of his opponent’s scandal.

[lee martell]

Thank you for the run down on Mark Walker. I had never even heard of him before today. If he “participated in the months-long attempted coup” Mark is my kind of Republican.
Stay in the Game, Mark!

[cotton1706]

McConnell & Co. want Pat McCrory. They were PISSED when Trump endorsed Budd.

So they’ve convinced (paid) Walker to stay in to help McCrory.

[DIRTYSECRET]

Can’t seem to make up his mind. Is that good?

[alternatives?]

It will be interesting to see what he gets. I bet he will be disappointed.

[UNGN]

If Democrats win NC, they are going to be in the minority in the Senate, even with a Burr seat loss.

Brandon doesn’t have a path to redemption before November.

Dems doubling, tripling and quadlupling down on Covid/The Vaccines will be TOXIC in November, as will supply chain, inflation and Gas prices.

Even a mediocre Rep will waltz into the Senate.

[goosie]

For those interested, he was a minister at Calvary Baptist in Winston Salem
And at Lawndale Baptist in Greensboro. Both churches are large and very active.

[elpadre]

Sounds like our current RINO senators got to Walker and guaranteed a pot of money for the campaign.

[No_Mas_Obama]

Hence we need to win every single winnable seat and flip Turtle.

[momincombatboots]

Yuck.. balanced budget? That is California,code for steep and steady taxation to the max. Sounds like a rino.