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Roy Cooper 'North Carolina needs a senator who will stand up to Trump' · INSIGHT TODAY

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  Speaker 1: Well, Donald Trump basically admitted tonight that he has not
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  Speaker 1: completed the job on hurricane relief in North Carolina. And
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  Speaker 1: he did indeed say that he might not do it
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  Speaker 1: if you win this election. As your staff reported to you,
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  Speaker 1: you can listen to it right now.
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  Speaker 2: We spent more than $ 2 billion in FEMA funding. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, you're waiting for some additional money to take
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  Speaker 2: care of some of the back.
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  Speaker 3: And I'm going to get that to you, Michael. Now,
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  Speaker 3: if Michael loses, I'm not sending it, okay? No, I'm
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  Speaker 3: only kidding. You're getting it. You're going to get it, Michael.
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  Speaker 1: Governor, there it is.
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  Speaker 3: Well, he should have gotten it long ago.
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  Speaker 4: And, in fact, when he put forward his latest budget
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  Speaker 4: proposal to Washington, Michael Watley didn't ask for any money
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  Speaker 4: for western North Carolina. And the president, in his request
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  Speaker 4: to Congress, didn't present to ask any money for Western
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  Speaker 4: North Carolina. They're leaving the people there high and dry.
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  Speaker 4: Michael Whatley has been a complete failure as the Western
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  Speaker 4: North Carolina recovery czar. I think he'll do the same
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  Speaker 4: kind of job in the United States Senate. How do
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  Speaker 4: we expect him to do that job there? I will
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  Speaker 4: fight for every penny, every dollar needed. that Western North
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  Speaker 4: Carolina needs for sure.
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  Speaker 2: Donald Trump spent a lot of time talking about crime
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  Speaker 2: and the way you've handled certain situations. Let's listen to
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  Speaker 2: what he said about one person who was released from prison.
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  Speaker 3: Let's listen to this.
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  Speaker 1: The worst offenders are the ones that Cooper released, including
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  Speaker 1: DeCarlos Brown Jr.
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  Speaker 3: who slashed Irina Zaretska in the neck.
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  Speaker 1: What is your reaction to that?
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  Speaker 4: Well, this was a horrible murder in Charlotte, and condolences
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  Speaker 4: in the family, and government needs to work to keep
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  Speaker 4: people safe.
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  Speaker 3: But this is an absolute lie.
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  Speaker 4: And independent fact-checkers have said it's an absolute lie. The
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  Speaker 4: state did not release DeCarlos Brown when I was governor.
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  Speaker 4: And look, both of these guys, Michael Wiley and Donald Trump,
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  Speaker 4: Say they're tough on crime. Donald Trump released 13,000 prisoners
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  Speaker 4: from federal prison during COVID. Michael Whatley appointed a convicted
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  Speaker 4: child molester who was on the sex offender registry to
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  Speaker 4: a high party position in the Republican Party because the
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  Speaker 4: guy could raise money. He put politics over public safety.
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  Speaker 4: That's not being tough on crime.
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  Speaker 3: I'm the only one in this.
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  Speaker 4: Race who's actually prosecuted violent criminals and worked to keep
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  Speaker 4: them behind bars. Michael Wiley has a campaign based on lies.
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  Speaker 4: And the president just came to North Carolina essentially tonight
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  Speaker 4: to double down on those lies. But look, he's also
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  Speaker 4: bringing millions of dollars with his PAC campaign. and the
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  Speaker 4: other outside PACs. And in fact, my campaign right now
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  Speaker 4: is being outspent. And they are continuing to repeat these
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  Speaker 4: lies in mass media, even though they have been debunked
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  Speaker 4: by independent fact-checkers. And we're working hard to make sure
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  Speaker 4: that we have the resources to set the record straight.
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  Speaker 4: We need people to volunteer for the campaign and go
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  Speaker 4: to RoyCooper.com and volunteer and help us out with a
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  Speaker 4: donation because.
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  Speaker 3: We have to flip this seat.
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  Speaker 4: And we're going to have to do it when lives
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  Speaker 4: are magnified over the airways and through the President of
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  Speaker 4: the United States.
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  Speaker 3: And that is something that we're.
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  Speaker 4: Going to have to overcome, not only in North Carolina,
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  Speaker 4: but across the country.
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  Speaker 3: I think the people are going to see through it.
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  Speaker 4: I think the people want leaders who understand that stuff
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  Speaker 4: costs too much right now. They want leaders who understand
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  Speaker 4: that gas is too expensive and that in this Iran war,
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  Speaker 4: we haven't gotten anything that we set out to get,
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  Speaker 4: which I'm not sure what their strategy was here, and
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  Speaker 4: that it needs to end. People understand that They need
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  Speaker 4: leaders who care about them having health care.
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  Speaker 3: And right now, we don't have that.
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  Speaker 4: And Michael Watley will do and say whatever this president
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  Speaker 4: tells him to do and say, regardless of whether it's
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  Speaker 4: good for the people of North Carolina. He was right
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  Speaker 4: there with him tonight, joined at the hip, cheering on
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  Speaker 4: everything he said. Look, I'll work with anybody to make
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  Speaker 4: life better for the people of North Carolina, including President Trump.
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  Speaker 4: I've worked with him before. I will work with him again.
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  Speaker 4: But we need a senator who will stand up to
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  Speaker 4: him as well. And right now, we need a senator
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  Speaker 4: who will stand up to him.
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