Trump COLLAPSES in NC as GOP CANDIDATE RUNS AWAY!!!

Donald Trump is collapsing in North. Carolina, his approval hitting all-time. lows there. This as his handpicked. stooge to run for the United States. Senate seat there, MAGA Republican. Michael Whatley is literally running. away from questions about affordability. and how he intends to make things better. for the people of North Carolina after. Donald Trump's lies have screwed up the. people's lives in North Carolina so. badly. The latest Economist YouGov poll. has Donald Trump's approval at net.

negative 25 points in North Carolina. Let me repeat that. Trump is underwater. so badly in North Carolina, it's net. negative 25 right now. So, Michael. Whatley, former chair of the RNC, Donald. Trump's handpicked stooge to run in. North Carolina after Donald Trump forced. out Tom Tillis, the Republican senator. from North Carolina. Watch as Whatley. runs away from his press conference as. the media tries to ask him a very basic. question about the economy in North.

Carolina. He does not want to talk about. the economy in North Carolina. Here, play this clip. >> Any questions about the economy? What do. you plan to do to make North Carolina. more affordable? >> He wouldn't take questions on that. during an event today, even though we. sent the Whatley camp questions more. than 24 hours ago. >> Well, no wonder when you take a look at. the latest polling from Elon University. over there. They do really good polls in. North Carolina. Amongst likely voters, Roy Cooper, uh the former governor of. North Carolina, the Democratic candidate.

uh running for that Senate seat is up. 53% to 42%. Amongst registered voters, Cooper's lead. is even bigger. Governor Cooper up 51%. to Whatley's 36% right there. Now, J.D. Vance took a visit recently to North. Carolina and despite the flak that. inflation is surging, that gas prices. are at an all-time high in United States. history on a nationwide average basis at.

this time in August, despite the fact. that people can't afford homes, they're. having health care ripped away as people. know, the so-called big beautiful bill, which was a disastrous bill, screwed up. people's lives so badly as the cost of. living has become even more of a major. issue by far under this despicable Trump. regime. You had J.D. Vance in his recent. visit say, "Don't worry, we're we're. doing our best, and things are so good,

and we've delivered actually mission. accomplished. The cost of living has. been fixed." And people of North. Carolina are like, "Huh? The hell are you talking The hell are. you weirdos talking about?" Here, play. this clip. >> My friends, the president is impatient. He's the most impatient person I have. ever met, in fact. He constantly is pressing on the gas. He. wants us to do more, but I stand here. proud to say that after the first year. of President Donald Trump and. congressional Republicans' leadership, we are rebuilding the American dream,

and we are taking back this country for. the people of this state. >> And it may be perhaps a warning sign was. when Donald Trump was campaigning in. North Carolina in 2024, and he was. saying that Mark Robinson. saying Mark Robinson is scandal-plagued. would be a compliment to Mark Robinson. But remember, Donald Trump would say, "And Mark Robinson is my guy. He's. Martin Luther King on steroids." Yeah, this is probably. probably was a red flag. There's. probably other red flags, too, like, I.

don't know, him being a felon, like, him. being a sexual predator, like, him being. found civilly liable for sexual assault, and bankrupting businesses. But all. right, how about this one? This is what. he was saying in 2024. Play this clip. >> I heard him, and by the way, his wife is. much much more lovely than he is. I I. tell you that. And she's my friend. Thank you, Donna, for being here. But, you know, I heard him coming in on. the plane. I was listening, and I said. to the people on the plane, "Watch this. This is Martin Luther King on steroids,

okay? Now, I told that I told that. I told that to Mark. I said, "I think you're better than. Martin Luther King. I think you are. Martin Luther King times two.". And [clears throat]. he looked at me, and I wasn't sure was. he angry because that's a terrible thing. to say, or was he complimented? I have. never figured it out. But, I'm telling. you, he's one of Right? When I said that. to you, you looked like I don't know if.

I like that kind. >> Also, Donald Trump's approval is just. absolutely sinking amongst independents. The that Elon University poll shows 64%. of independents disapprove of Donald. Trump, and that number continues to grow. and grow. I mean, if you look at the. type of stuff that Donald Trump's doing. as well, I mean, what was in the past 2. weeks? Rather than help the people of. North Carolina, or help people in the. United States, he and the Treasury. Department devised a scheme to bail out. the Japanese yen and give billions of. dollars to bail out the Japanese yen.

because the Trump regime was terrified. that in Japan. uh they were going to sell Treasury. bonds and further hurt our Treasury. yields here, the 30-year being at five. getting it close to 5.3%, which is absolutely wreaking havoc on. our country. So, it's like, "Let's bail. out the Japanese yen." And the American. people are like, "Huh?" And by the way, the Trump regime can't even execute. anything competently. The bailout didn't. work. We can see right here the Japanese. yen has already weakened again after the. bailout. And so, now the Japanese uh.

Central Bank is going to do what we. thought they were going to do. They'll. probably have to sell Treasuries, and. it'll further screw up our uh bonds. situation here because they're the. biggest bondholder right now of of. American Treasury of American. Treasuries. At the same time, you have. Donald Trump announcing that he is. imposing personal sanctions against. Judge Akon Tomoko, the president of the. International Criminal Court, that the. Treasury Department is personally.

sanctioning the head of the. International Criminal Like that's what. the Trump regime How about you just help. Americans get health care and help. American people afford things and focus. on helping people get homes and get paid. with dignity. Like what the hell are you. doing, man? Not to mention the never-ending. catastrophic war in Iran. Absolutely. horrific. >> Now, I want to bring in former North. Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. Governor. Cooper, great to see you. Governor. Cooper running for the open Senate seat. in North Carolina. Want to talk about a. few things. Want to start off though.

just by talking about some of the latest. polling we're seeing in the state with. Donald Trump not just, you know, we see. very low approvals, but when you look, he's just getting crushed amongst. independents and he's been losing a. massive part of his base as well. You've. been traveling the state, Governor, as. part of this Senate race. You know the. state better than just about anybody, you know, there. Given your background, are you seeing. something that's actually different this. time or are you noticing things right.

now even maybe more so than when you and. I spoke a few months back? >> Well, when the president and his. administration promised that cost of. living will be the day one focus, people are saying, "Hey, they haven't done anything and in fact, they've made it worse." So, I think. that's is a reflection of why the. numbers are so bad is that people are. feeling it themselves. Their families. are having to pay more utility costs and.

housing costs and rising groceries. grocery prices. And this war in Iran, we weren't going to get into any uh wars. and this this war has no strategy. Alex, who is a military spouse, I talked. with her. Uh. on the base, they're all concerned about. spouses who have been deployed overseas, and I am deeply grateful to the men and. women in uniform who step up to defend. this country.

But also, the costs uh this war, not. only in lives, but in the cost of gas. and groceries and utilities that people. are facing uh just simply because this. war has been going on so much longer. than was promised. That frustration is. building up. They recognize that Washington is. broken. There is hardly a political. event that I have been to uh. this entire campaign where someone.

hasn't come up to me and said, "This is. the first political event I've ever been. to in my life." And these are Democrats, Republicans, and unaffiliated people who. come to my events understanding that uh. we've got a lot to do to make a better. country for our children and. grandchildren, and and they're there. because they want to make a difference. They They're there because they believe. that uh. that we should have the checks and. balances that the framers of the.

Constitution intended. And they want a. focus on the cost of living and the fact. that paychecks aren't keeping up with. inflation. They want uh leaders who will. get us out of this foreign war. And they. want people. in in power who will pay attention to. them and not the billionaires and. corporations that we're seeing time and. time and time again from this. administration. And I think all of the.

corruption that is occurring throughout. Washington, D.C. Then they They going to. drain the swamp, it's deeper than ever. And and people are frustrated with that. as well. >> Yeah, you mentioned when it comes to. Trump's unlawful and catastrophic war in. Iran, this never-ending war, no. strategy. And I think you can kind of. define this entire Trump administration, and I call the Trump regime, as no. strategy with anything other than how. can Donald Trump and perhaps Kushner and.

Witkoff and a small cadre of people. enrich themselves. But there's no. strategy of okay, if we do tariffs. against the world, are they going to. respond with retaliation? And then when. you see retaliation, then the United. States is like, "Oh, we're mad that you. How dare you retaliate?" It's like, "Well, what do you Do you think. everybody's just going to be a. okay?" And then similarly with what we. see in this, you know, catastrophic war. in Iran, it's the fake deal where Trump.

has this whether it's delusional, whether it's just that he lies about. everything, probably both. You know, he. just lies. "Okay, we did a deal." And. people like, "No, we didn't. We didn't. do it. Stop freaking lying and saying. that the same thing, 90 deals in 90. days, tariffs are making us rich." And I. think the people showing up to your. events, even though they're going to technically. a political rally, I think what they. like about you is that this is just. life. This is life stuff, and they see a. guy in Trump in the Oval Office taking.

their money and lying, and they don't. like it, and they want people who are. going to fight against it. >> I think I think that's right. And one. thing they know is that my opponent, Michael Watley, will do and say whatever. this president tells him to do and say, regardless of whether it's good for the. people of North Carolina. Uh the. president still has a lot of supporters. in our state, but I think that they are. at the end of the day going to want an. independent senator who is not afraid to.

stand up to him, and this is one of the. reasons why we are in the place we are. Is that the Republican leadership in the. legislative body hasn't stood up. And we. know that a lot of money's going to come. into this state to try and defeat me. because they want to hold this seat. Uh. this has been a Republican seat for a. long time, and we haven't elected a. Democrat since 2008, and yeah, we're a. little bit ahead in the polls right now, but already almost a hundred million.

dollars in ads have already been bought. and placed against me by these outside. Republican groups. We expect a lot more. We expect a lot from Donald Trump's PAC. So, we need people to help us, and. people can go to roycooper.com and not. only help us with financial. contributions, but they can sign up uh. to help us do so many things to help get. out the vote because I do believe that. turnout here is going to be uh a big. issue, and if we turn out, uh we can put.

some checks and balances on this. administration, not only refocus on cost. of living and health care and all of the. things that are affecting families, but. we can take those first steps in making. sure that we shore up our democracy, which is desperately needed right now. >> You're running against a MAGA extremist. puppet of Donald Trump, Michael Whatley. He ran the RNC before. If you take the politics out of it, though, I saw a recent ad in uh this.

political period right now about Michael. Whatley that I didn't know, and that he. hired this guy Harvey West, a convicted. sexual predator. Um and I saw in the ad you had uh former. Supreme Court Justice in North Carolina, former top sheriff in North Carolina, and others just saying, like, just look. at that judge. But talk to us for people. in North Carolina, they probably know. the story in North Carolina a little bit. better, but for for people outside,

what's going on there? Who Who did he. hire? And and and obviously this is a a. major deal. By the way, just I read. another story today like a DeSantis top. appoint D 2, you know, was you know, brought on a guy who was also doing. underage child sex stuff. raping underage kids and I'm just like, what the hell is going What What the. hell is going What's going on in this. world? >> What Michael Whatley claims to be tough. on crime. And in fact, he is attacking me on that.

issue when in fact, I'm the only one in. this race who's actually prosecuted. violent criminals and worked to keep. them behind bars. When Michael Whatley was chair of the. North Carolina Republican Party, he. appointed a guy named Harvey Lee West. who. was convicted of. molesting children, was. convicted and served six years in. prison,

was on the sex offender registry, yet as the chair of the North Carolina. Republican Party, Michael Whatley. appointed him to an important position. because the guy could raise money. He held fundraisers. And a lot of Republicans at the time. didn't like it. And in fact, challenged. him on it saying, "Hey, we can't have. this in our party.". Finally, this past June, this issue has.

come to light publicly. The Republican. Party has always been wrestling with. this thing since Michael Whatley did it, but it's finally come to to light and. the Republican Party finally passed a. resolution preventing someone like. Harvey Lee West from being appointed to. a position of power within the. Republican Party. Uh so, that's the kind of thing that. we're dealing with here. People who. pretend to be tough on crime, yet when.

it comes to politics, they want to. protect people who are child predators. Uh this is the same guy who who hasn't. demanded that Trump uh. fully disclose the the Epstein files. Uh. this is a a guy who has. uh other situations where he's been then. Word of Faith Fellowship, uh a church. that has been accused of having people. who have abused children. He's been with. them uh quite a bit. This is the kind of.

kind of person who is saying one thing. and doing another. And I I think at the. end of the day, people aren't going to. want that. >> Governor, before we go, what's your. final message to the people in North. Carolina about why they should elect you. as you've been touring the state and he. is. it's touring the state and you've been. hearing what the people are. experiencing. What's your message to. that? I mean, we've got a broader base, of course, throughout the United States. and and we have a big international.

audience as well that's looking at our. country and saying, "What's going on? What's going on, guys? What's happening. over there?" They said They say a lot. more than that. We'll just We'll leave. it at that for this one. But, what's. your final message to people watching. this? >> You know, there there's too many people. like Stephanie who's a teacher in Wake. County who's had to change the way she. buys groceries because grocery prices. have gone through the roof, uh mainly. affected by these tariffs. Uh there's. too many people like Meredith whose kid. is on Medicaid. She has cerebral palsy.

and she's scared to death that these. attacks on health care from Washington. are going to take Vivian's health care. away. There are too many farmers like. Pender who are having to deal not only. with these tariffs that are driving up. the cost of his fertilizer and. equipment, but this war in Iran that's. driving up fuel prices and taking away. his his profits. Uh people like uh. Mike in Charlotte who is talking about. he and his spouse uh maybe one of them.

having to quit because uh child care is. so high. And I have a plan for a child. care tax independent uh credit, while. Donald Trump has said that we can't. afford to fund child care. Michael Whatley is going to do and say. whatever this president tells him to do. and say regardless of whether it's good. for North Carolina. I'm going to be a. strong independent senator fighting for. these people whom this administration.

has left behind. I'm going to need your. vote. Go to roycooper.com to help us. Uh. if this race is going to get very close. at the end. It always does in North. Carolina. And a few votes can matter. And it matters because we need a course. correction for this country. And we all. need to look within ourselves as to what. we can do to make sure we leave a better. country to our children and. grandchildren and future generations. This election matters a lot in whether.

we're going to do that or not. >> Yeah, I couldn't agree more. We've got. to restore sanity, accountability, democracy, uh and a politics that focuses on the. people, we the people, not one. Mar-a-Lago. bloated buffoon who's out there really. harming our country every day and hiding. in uh cafeteria containers and whatever. the hell that is going on. Governor, thank you. We appreciate you.

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