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Cooper’s Crime Record Turned Upside Down | Durham News
North Carolina’s governor Roy Cooper is facing a political twist as he runs for Senate against Michael Whatley — the very Republicans who once called him “too tough on crime” are now accusing him of being “dangerously soft on crime.” Whatley’s campaign is flipping the script, highlighting Cooper’s 1990s legislative record to paint him as inconsistent, even contradictory — supporting harsh sentencing then and now supposedly backing early releases. The GOP is using recent prison release incidents during the pandemic to fuel claims of a “pro-crime agenda,” despite Cooper’s past reputation for…
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