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Whatley is an insider elitist lobbyist that ran roughshod over the Republican PoO and Republican activists in his time as NCGOP chair. He got a free ride during those years. He does not deserve the free ride into the senate election that he thinks he is entitled to. Don Brown is the ONLY senate candidate that will get my vote.
Commented: Sunday, November 2nd, 2025 @ 7:43 am
By: Van Zant
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The fact that Michael Whatley has no philosophical compass or fixed set of principles is shown by the fact that he and his lobbying / public relations firm worked for the Green New Deal grifters of Big Solar and pushed their own scheme to promote the leftwing ESG litmus test for companies. That is NOT the background we want in a US senator. If you like shifty Mitch McConnel or John McCain, you will love Michael Whatley. He is Lisa Murkowski or Susan Collins without the skirt (at least that we know of)>
Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 11:15 am
By: Concerned Taxpayer
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Whatley is Tillis 2.0, and North Carolina does NOT need that! All the establishment money in the world cannot buy him the respect of conservative voters. If he is at the top of the ticket, it will be poison for Republicans farther down the ballot. NEVER WHATLEY
Commented: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 9:06 am
By: Rino Hunter
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Reading the comment from Michelle Woodhouse, former Republican 11th Congressional District (mountain area) Republican Party chairman on how Michael Whatley bungled the position Trump appointed him to as hurricane relief czar for western NC after Hurricane Helene makes me concerned about whether Whatley is electable in November. The comment is posted below the following Daily Haymaker article: dailyhaymaker.com
To win statewide, we have to get a good showing in those western areas devastated by Helene. Those voters came out for us in 2024. Will they in 2026 with Whatley at the head of the ticket? That is a real question after he has been MIA on the Hurricane Helene relief he was supposed to head. Don Brown is our best chance to win against Cooper.
Commented: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 @ 1:48 pm
By: John Steed
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When it comes to border security, Don Brown is rock solid. Michael Whatley is an opportunist who might say the right things on occaision, but has never really engaged on this issue, and has strong connections to people who are amnesty whores, especially from his lobbyist days, but also his strong ties to amnesty whore Thom Tillis.
This primary is a no brainer. Don Brown is the only game in town for those who care about border security. He is probably the only one of the pair that could actually beat Roy Cooper, an even worse amnesty whore, in November.
Commented: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 @ 11:39 am
By: borderhawk
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Conservative Voter: I agree. We do have strong candidates running for the City Council. Have you looked at your new tax bill, electric bill, potholes, drainage problems? But we have a great outhouse on the waterfront and a wonderful Main St. with no parking. No real long-range plan that I have seen. Then look at from Third Street North. We do have candidates with business sense running this time. Let's hope we can get out the vote.
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 10:04 pm
By: Buzz Cayton
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We have some good candidates running for city council to replace the seat warmers, yes men, and grifters of the Sadler machine. They are running hard and we need to make a change there. But our country is in dire straights, too, and we need a strong and solid senator like Don Brown.
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 7:20 pm
By: Conservative Voter
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Befuddled: You are right. We have the opportunity to become the Drone Development Center for the East Coast, Possible Rail development in Chocowinity, One of the largest phosphate deposits in the world, and could be the bedroom community for Greenville NC and look who is steering the ship. We need a real school board, County Commission and City Council. What is the plan for Washington? I wonder if the Camber, EDC, County Commission and City Council have ever had a collective meeting to work on synergism to bring us out of obscurity and stop losing people out of our county. We need capable candidates! Then, this group could have some clout to talk to our next line of authority. We need businesspeople at the helm. Our President is a great example.
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 5:49 pm
By: Buzz Cayton
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"All politics /governing is local."
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 2:57 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I am impressed & puzzled with all the local interest in State elections, with almost zero interest in our own local elections. ~ Befuddled
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 1:49 pm
By: Befuddled
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Whatley was not an effective leader for the GOP in North Carolina. I don't see the real fire in his belly to do the job we need to follow up on Trump's agenda. I think the President was misinformed on this one. With all that he has going on, it would be hard to call all local races correctly. Brown is an educated streetfighter. Just what we need to overcome the weak-kneed mess, we will have to deal with the Democrats.
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 1:19 pm
By: Buzz Cayton
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Whatley was appointed Hurricane Relief Czar for western North Carolina by President Trump but has been missing in action. That area is a must win for a Republican to carry North Carolina but how could Whatley carry it after his poor hurricane relief performance?
dailyhaymaker.com
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 12:54 pm
By: Rino Hunter
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Don Brown is a much more electable senator in November as his background is going to sit better with the voting public than Whatley's. A JAG officer beats a lobbyist any day in terms of voter appeal. Brown is a candidate who can be trusted on policy, whereas, who knows what obligations a former lobbyist may have to special interests. Brown's immediate problem will be overcoming all of the establishment money that is and will be pouring in for Whatley in the primary.
Commented: Monday, October 27th, 2025 @ 11:54 am
By: John Steed
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