As North Carolina Governor, Democrat Roy Cooper Following the script about public safety, thousands of prisoners were released during the pandemic and stressed social justice as riots broke out in Black lives.
This week, the record was attacked this week due to a 23-year-old stabbing death. Iryna Zarutska exist Charlottepushing crime issues to the forefront of the country and seeking states U.S. Senate The seat was evacuated by Republican Senator Thom Tillis.
The pressure from the Republican Party comes from the top. President trump card The young Ukrainian woman’s blood said: “Democrats refuse to put bad people in prison, including former shamed governor and ‘Senator Wannabe’ Roy Cooper.
“North Carolina and every state need law and order, and only Republicans can deliver it!” The president wrote about the Truth Society on Tuesday.
Mr. Cooper sticks to his record, saying his career as governor and attorney general is committed to “putting violent criminals in jail and keeping them there.”
He mixed it Wednesday with leading Republican candidate Michael Whatley, former Republican National Committee chairman, accusing him of seeking a “political point” to score points and supporting cuts to law enforcement.
“It’s time for Michael Whatley and the Republicans to take the law enforcement that funded us seriously in Washington, and that’s what I do as a Senator,” Mr. Cooper wrote on X.
Mr. Whatley has nothing.
“You put North Carolina State Police in danger when your soft crime policy forces them to reschedule the same serial criminals over and over again.”
“The police did their jobs. You didn’t do your job every day you worked in the office,” Mr. Whatley said.
Mr. Cooper’s two especially decided the age was not bad. In February 2021, he agreed to a deal to grant early releases of 3,500 prisoners to resolve lawsuits filed by civil rights groups on Covid-19.
In 2020, he created the task force for the Racial Equality Working Group in Criminal Justice, which promoted policies such as the elimination of bail, the transfer plan that promotes arrest plans, and embraces “restorative justice” as part of his goal of “reimagining public safety.”
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“Iryna Zarutska Murdered by a violent criminal Roy Cooper “The tragedy is allowed to roam the streets after 14 people were arrested. The tragedy is preventable, but Roy Cooper Too busy focusing on DEI and gentle crime policies. He is dangerous and wrong to North Carolina. ”
Iryna Zarutska Murdered by a violent criminal Roy Cooper Fourteen people were arrested and allowed to roam the streets.
This tragedy is preventable, but Roy Cooper Too busy focusing on DEI and gentle crime policies.
For North Carolina, he is dangerous and wrong. pic.twitter.com/xjbx21lb1c
— Senate Republican (@NRSC) September 9, 2025
Vice President JD Vance jumped into social media competition and told Mr. Cooper: “Law enforcement arrested the thug 14 times. No law enforcement failed. A weak politician like you kept taking him out of prison.”
exist CharlotteThe state Republican Party held a press conference on Wednesday to blow up Mr. Cooper and Charlotte Mayor VI Lyles accuses Democrats of cultivating a culture of lawlessness through capturing and releasing policies.
“What the Democrats say is to restore justice Iryna Zarutska’s Murder,” said Kyle Kirby, Mecklenburg County Republican chairman.
The commotion failed to derail Ms. Lyles’ political prospects. she won In Tuesday’s vote, the Democratic primary was another two-year term for the mayor, 70.7% of the votes against four challengers.
Ms. Lyles has served four terms in a city dominated by Democrats and is considered a major favorite in the November 4 election.
Whether Mr. Cooper can continue his streak is another question. Before being elected governor in 2016, he served as attorney general and state legislator for four terms from 1987 to 2001.
David McLennan, a political science professor at Raleigh Meredith College, said crime will be a big problem, but it may not be decisive.
“I don’t think that will change the Senate race because Republican candidates have traditionally had an advantage in crime,” said Meredith poll director McLennan. “While Democrats usually respond well to Republican attacks on the issue, Roy Cooper An experienced politician who may have responded better on this issue than most Democrats and focused on other issues such as the economy and the dangers of the Republican Senate in the last two years trump card President. ”
this Charlotte Mecklenburg County Magistrates Judge Teresa Stokes reappeared in court in January for arrests of “abuse of the 911 system” with a “written promise”, even though he appeared again in court for crimes and theft.
He was imprisoned for five years for robbery with dangerous weapons and was released in 2020.
House Republicans from North Carolina call for Dismissal In the magistrate, Roy Wiggins, chief judge of the North Carolina Judicial District, was asked to file a lawsuit under state law, allowing the magistrate to be dismissed for reasons.
