Roy Cooper Endorsed By Anti-Right To Work, Anti-Jobs Moral | Eastern North Carolina Now

Press Release:

    Raleigh, N.C.     The Pat McCrory Committee released the following statement after news the N.C. AFL-CIO decided to formally endorse Roy Cooper for governor after attacking Governor McCrory for 3 years:

    "Roy Cooper's backing by the unions is no surprise, given they have bankrolled protests and relentless attacks against Governor McCrory to obstruct his efforts to rebuild North Carolina since day one. But now that they have formally endorsed him, Roy Cooper completely owns their radical, pro-union Moral Monday agenda, which seeks to end the state's right-to-work laws, increase the size of the state budget by 50% and increase taxes on each family in North Carolina by $4,000." - Ricky Diaz, Pat McCrory Campaign Spokesman

    Background:

      •  AFL-CIO is one of the lead groups behind Moral Mondays (Source)

      •  The Moral Monday agenda would cost taxpayers $10 billion, forcing a tax increase of $4,000 on every family of four.

      •  "Estimates now reach an eye-popping $10 billion to pay for the "people's agenda." That would mark a whopping 50 percent increase in the state budget. To fund the "Moral Monday" demands would cost every man, woman in child in North Carolina roughly an additional $1,000. That amounts to adding another $4,000 in taxes to the tax bill of each family of four." ("Moral Monday Price Tag Grows - Now at $10 Billion," Civitas Institute, 6/10/2014)

    Governor McCrory's campaign recently released a web video called "Blueprint," highlighting the highly-coordinated union-led attacks against the governor.


    Contact: The Pat McCrory Committee
         press@patmccrory.com