Trump COLLAPSES in North Carolina at WORST TIME for GOP!!!!

This is Donald Trump's nightmare. He is. collapsing in the state of North. Carolina. His current approval in North. Carolina, net negative 22, and it. continues to plummet. And with his. plummeting approval, Donald Trump may. cost the MAGA Republicans control over. the United States Senate. When you zoom. in on the polling data for the Senate. race, now an open seat in North. Carolina, the Democratic candidate, former North Carolina governor Roy.

Cooper, is pulling ahead by massive. amounts over the MAGA Republican. candidate Michael Whatley. Whatley used. to be the head of the RNC. He is Mr. MAGA, Mr. Donald Trump bootlicker. All. of the polls have Roy Cooper up big, up. anywhere from 11, 12. Some polls have. him up even more right now, and the. Trump regime is absolutely panicking. Donald Trump had previously made posts.

that Whatley, based on all of his help. of Donald Trump and MAGA, was going to. bring down healthcare prices 800%. Prescription drug prices, everything was. going to be solved. But Whatley, the. Trump bootlicker, has only worked with. Donald Trump to cause more pain in the. great state of North Carolina. Now, Whatley's been running on one thing, basically. I'm attached to the hip with. Donald Trump, and North Carolina, you.

need somebody who just rubber-stamps. what Donald Trump does. North Carolina, if you want the Trump puppet, vote. Whatley. That's what Whatley's out there. saying. Here's what Whatley literally. said that. I think he was just leaving. the spring gala and. uh and all of the galas over at. Mar-a-Lago, where he and all the. right-wing oligarchs mock all of the. Americans who are suffering right now. Here's what he said on state regime. media here. Let's play this clip.

>> Right now what North Carolina wants is. an ally for president. for President Trump and they also want a. strong conservative voice in the Senate. I am going to be that guy. Right now. President Trump is really truly setting. the direction that North Carolina wants. to go in. Roy Cooper is going to be a. very flawed candidate. He's a left-wing. candidate. He is right out of. >> to be a very expensive hotly contested. race. I I just have two questions. >> And by the way, Whatley doesn't even. know anything about the state that he's.

running in or he doesn't know anything. like just watch how embarrassing this. was as Carolina forwards is this is. worse than someone asked when Trump was. asked to name his favorite Bible verse. Here let's play this clip. >> I saw you post about the Carolina. Hurricanes. >> Yep. >> Who are your three favorite Hurricanes. players? >> You know, I think we like them all. >> Don't have a favorite player? >> Look, I I think that that's a team. that's loaded. They're playing offense. really well. I'm excited about having. them. >> And what about the graphic that was. created yesterday? How did that come. about? >> It's just a graphic that we created.

>> Um you used AI for the graphic. Was that. intentional and and can you talk about. that as far as like the Canes and you. know, using their name or whatever if. there's any kind of issue there? >> Well, look, I I want to see the Carolina. Hurricanes win. I think it's absolutely. great for the state and I think it's fun. that they're in the Stanley Cup finals. and and you know, we did use AI. >> Last chance can you name one Hurricanes. player? >> Thanks, guys.

>> Okay. >> No, Jaccob Slavin. I think that that. this is a guy who has an outspoken faith. in God. He works hard every single day. and kind of represents the best of the. sport. >> Did anyone tell you to say Jaccob. Slavin? >> No, we're good. >> Okay. >> I want to bring in now the former. Democratic governor of the great state. of North Carolina who is running for. that Senate seat in North Carolina uh, state now where Donald Trump's approval. is net negative 22. Let's bring in the. interview I just did with former North. Carolina Democratic governor and now the. candidate for that Senate seat, Roy.

Cooper, former governor of North. Carolina. Great to have you back on, Gov. Want to talk about the Senate race, how important it is nationally, how. important it is in North Carolina. I. want to begin though by just reflecting. on the very concept of leadership. You. know, when I think about your tenure as. governor of North Carolina, one of the. things that I always think about is. nobody necessarily thought, "Ah, that. was that Democratic governor." That That. was the guy who owned the Republicans.

You know, the the way the way right now. I think this MAGA Republican movement. likes to frame things and how politics. is so kind of gamified right now. I was. just, you know, it was refreshing for me. to see at the opening of the Obama. Presidential Library, you know, different presidents, different. policies, plans, just standing up there, and whether I agreed or disagreed, they. represented a continuity and a a. peaceful transition of power and. dignified leadership that I just feel is.

missing the very concept of of leading. right now with compassion, empathy, thought, expertise. I just wanted to. pick your brain on that before we really. get into the race. >> You know, people want government to. work, Ben. Uh, a lot of people don't pay. attention to the politics of it. They. They just want their kids to go to good. schools. They want health care. They. want a solid retirement. They want a. good paying job. They want safe. communities. And more than ever,

we need leaders who are ready to step up. and do the job. I was a Democratic. governor in North Carolina for eight. years. I was limited to two terms. I had. a Republican legislature uh, for every. single moment that I was governor. And yeah, I vetoed a record number of. bills cuz they passed a lot of bad laws. But at the same time, I found ways to. work with them. I found ways to use my. executive authority to help people. We.

got Medicaid expanded. Most southern. states. uh couldn't do that, but we did it. 725,000. people now have more health insurance. I. got a Republican legislature to pass a. law to get us to carbon zero in our. power sector by 2050. We were able to get all 99 of our. hospitals to sign up for the largest. medical debt relief program in the. country. Uh people who have civil. judgments against them because they.

didn't have health care insurance. Uh and you can't get a credit card. You. can't buy a house. Sometimes you can't. even qualify for rent. So far, we've. wiped away six and a half billion. dollars in medical debt for more than 2. and a half million North Carolinians. I. had Mary come up to me and show me the. letter. She'd been writing a check for. $80 a month that was a big deal for her. on a fixed income. She showed me how. that 54,000 had been wiped away. It. changed her life. Uh.

we need more people. in politics who want to do something. rather than people in politics who want. to be something and that every. everything they do is calculated toward. gaining or maintaining their power. I think people are sick of it. It is. time to get competent, decent people. back into government who respect our. constitution, who believe in checks and. balances, uh in in our democracy.

I I believe our best days are ahead of. us. It's hard It's hard to believe right. now with the. destruction we've seen and with the. people in charge like uh. my my Michael Whatley who was chair of. the RNC and who continues to support. these horrible policies like the slush. fund. that wants to pay out money to these. January 6th rioters and insurrectionists. who assaulted police officers. We don't need those kinds of leaders and.

I appreciate coming on your show cuz. this is going to be a tight race. We. haven't elected a Democrat in North. Carolina since 2008. Go to roytour.com to help us out. We've. got to flip this seat from red to blue. to begin those changes of getting people. in government who want to actually do. something to help people. >> Your opponent in this race, Michael. Whatley, former RNC chair, a real. architect of Project 2025, an architect. of all of the pain that people are.

feeling across the country and very. particularly as well in North Carolina. You've got the make stuff cost less tour. where you're going around speaking with. the people of North Carolina and talk to. us about what people are telling you. there, whether it's as it relates to. child care, grocery, credit scores. What. what what what are people experiencing. cuz this isn't a. Democrat, Republican, independent thing. What your opponent Michael Whatley and. Donald Trump did while they're talking.

about triumphal arches and reflecting. pools that now are like sledgy green. algae riddle, you know, and that when. they're out there triumphal arches, they're screwing over the people also. Talk to us. >> Yeah, yeah, Michael Whatley was a big. oil and utility company lobbyist for. years and and pushed tax breaks for his. buddy millionaires and he owns. individual stocks and big oil companies.

and utilities utility companies and he's. making a personal killing on all of this. uh has pushed all of these policies. But then I I will run into Cynthia in. Rocky Mount, who just now is having to. decide whether it's worth paying child. care. She needs a second income for her. family, uh but she just may not be able to work. anymore because she can't afford the. child care. Um seeing $60 a month, uh extra in utility bills from.

Stephanie, who's in Charlotte, who's. telling me that she's even turning her. thermostat up at high into the 70s, higher than it ever is, than than it's. ever been, and then she's still getting. $60 a month more in insurance. I talked. to Gerard, who's graduated from college. and he's excited, and then he looks at. what he's going to get paid and how much. rent he's going to have to pay. The. housing costs are through the roof. We've had hundreds of thousands of.

people to lose health care in North. Carolina because, uh Michael Watley. encouraged, and this administration. pushed the one big beautiful bill that. took those health care subsidies away, and now they're struggling to to get. health care. And remember, on Medicaid. expansion, Republican Thom Tillis, who. is there now, stood up on the floor and. said, "I can't vote for this one big. beautiful bill because I don't know what. I'd tell the people of North Carolina.". He knew that many people were going to. lose their health insurance, and.

remember, the Medicaid cuts a come will. come after the election. And we know. that a lot of people in North Carolina. are are are going to be facing it. Too. many people now just just have too much. month at the end of the money. I've got. a plan, uh to make stuff cost less at. roycooper.com. You can go and review our. specific policy proposals, starting with. things like taking back the. constitutional authority on trade and. tariffs, and getting rid of these.

chaotic tariffs that are uh sending. costs through the roof for consumers and. small businesses. >> You know, I think another issue too that. I'm hearing and and and I'd love to get. your thought about it that's not getting. nearly enough attention is just how. significantly people's credit scores are. dropping. I know it's not a topic that. people often talk about. I just remember. when I got out of college and law. school, I never had a credit card and I. realized very quickly I couldn't do. anything because I didn't have any. credit and so you know, and I learned.

very quickly, you know, wait a minute, you know, I I have this law job but I. can't get an apartment. I can't get. places, you know, without having credit. and one of the things that I feel like. with credit card delinquencies and. everything and that it's a real kind of. silent situation that no one really. wants to talk about but it's really. holding so many people back and right. now in North Carolina and across the. country people are getting hit cuz. they're tapping into more and more. credit card debt. They're late on their. payments and this thing's just growing. and growing and growing and growing and.

in typical kind of Trump fashion, what. he wants to do dump this on the next guy. or gal and have them kind of deal with. it but this problem is growing right now. day by day. >> Well, it just shows you that it's not. just anecdotal people telling you these. stories when you see credit scores going. down, you know, people are having a hard. time affording their bills right now and. not only do we see that empirical data, we also see data from Vanguard and.

Fidelity who are telling us that people. are not saving as much. They're having. to dip into their saving account and. then they're even having to dip into. their retirement account just simply to. make ends meet. That tells us we have a. massive problem where inflation, the. cost of living is simply outpacing. people's paychecks right now and we have. to do something about that. You know, first, you need someone who cares about.

it. I mean, this administration, along. with my opponent Michael Whatley, uh. I'll tell you the bad the bad thing for. me about Michael Whatley is that he will. do and say whatever this president tells. him to do and say. And that is going to. bring down hundreds of millions of. dollars on my head. We've already seen. uh two Republican groups say that. they're going to place almost a hundred. million dollars in ads against me in. this race. The good thing for me is that. Michael Whatley will do and say whatever.

this president tells him to do and say. Therefore, he is saying things like. "Prices are down. We've defeated. inflation. The economy's great. Everything is fine." And and we have. seen that from this administration that. uh if you can't recognize a problem, then how are you going to fix it? And the people in North Carolina know. it's a problem because they're having to. face it every day. A story I heard uh. the other day, and I've heard this more. than once, people going to the grocery.

store, they go every week, they get the. same thing for their family, that cash register's going up and up, and a guy was telling me about a family. ahead of them. went through and the. total came up, and they said, "That. can't be right." And the clerk said, "Yeah, I'm afraid it's right." And it's. painful to watch a family remove things. from a grocery basket cart back cart and. put it back on the shelf because they. can't afford it. That's that's wrong on. multiple levels, and if you don't have.

leaders in Washington who care about. that, then that's a problem, and that's why. people need to step up right now, get. involved, make sure we take back the. Senate and the House. Uh we can't take. back the US Senate unless we flip North. Carolina. That's why I got into this. race. I had not planned to to go to. Washington, but I knew I had the best. chance to win this race. I knew that we. have a hard time electing Democrats to. the US Senate in North Carolina. Time to. get it done.

>> Before we go, Governor Cooper, anything. else you want to say to our 7 million. subscribers out there? >> So, I appreciate the work that you do, Ben, shining a light on the chaos in. Washington. I know that your listeners and your. viewers want to step up right now. You. can go to roycooper.com, find out what. we're doing. Not only help us. financially, but also you can sign up to. volunteer. There are things you can do. remotely for our campaign. This is going. to be a tight one. Yeah, we're a little.

bit ahead in most of the polls right. now. Some have it a lot closer, but in. North Carolina. Democrats often have been ahead, ahead, ahead until they're not. When I first ran for governor in 2016. against the Republican incumbent, I was. pretty far ahead, ended up winning by. about 10,000 votes out of 5 million. We. know things break toward Republicans. toward the end in North Carolina. We just can't lose this race. I need. your help out there, guys, and thank.

you, Ben, again for having me on your. show. >> Governor Roy Cooper, thanks for all. you've done. Thanks for. devoting your life to actual public. service. You know, when I do these. interviews, you know, sometimes I wake. up in the morning, you know, and and you. see all these headlines. You know, I'm. reporting on them. I'm in the thick of. it. You know, and you just see the behavior, you see the character, the low character. of some of these people, and I'm like, what what is this is not what I grew up. with. This is not why I went to law. school. And then I then I get to talk to. people like you, and I'm like, all.

right. You you you give me hope. So, thank you, Governor. I appreciate it. >> Thanks, Ben. See you again soon, I hope. >> See you. Everybody hit subscribe, as. well. Thanks for watching. Want to stay. plugged [music] in? Become a subscriber. to our Substack at midasplus.com. You'll. get daily recaps from Ron Filipkowski, ad-free episodes of our podcast, and. more exclusive content only available at. midasplus.com.