Most liberal NC GOP Council of State incumbent endorses liberal for another seat

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Most liberal NC GOP Council of State incumbent endorses liberal for another seat

Published: Saturday, February 17th, 2024 @ 1:33 pm
By: John Steed ( More Entries )

In any Republican primary, you can never tell the liberals from their own campaign, because they all want to call themselves "conservatives" even if their record reflects that they are, in fact, a liberal. Thom Tillis, for example, has done that for years.

When it comes to the GOP statewide elected positions on the Council of State, the dubious distinction of being the most liberal is even worse than liberal Catherine Truitt at DPI. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler first got involved in statewide politics in a liberal Democrat campaign, when he served as state chairman of "Farmers for John Edwards". Troxler was a player in the campaign of rich liberal Democrat trial lawyer John Edwards to unseat incumbent conservative Republican US Senator Lauch Faircloth, who had been an agribusiness leader before his election to the US Senate.

Since becoming "Republican" Agriculture Commissioner, Troxler has frequently been at odds with gun rights supporters. Troxler faces his own primary this year from conservative farmer Colby Hammonds.

Troxler is also trying to get more liberal GOPers on the Council of State. He recently did a postcard endorsing Jon Hardister, one of the most liberal Republicans in the NC House for the open seat of Commissioner of Labor. Hardister's voting record includes support of NC's Green New Deal which is already raising our electric rates, the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, and allowing biological men into womens restrooms and locker rooms, yet he tries to tell voters he is a "conservative".

Hardister has three more conservative opponents on the ballot for this open seat where the incumbent is retiring. By far the strongest of them is conservative and experienced labor lawyer Luke Farley, who is endorsed by long-serving conservative former GOP Commissioner of Labor Cheri Berry.

Farley has a wide range of support in Beaufort County from major elements of the party. He has been endorsed by both State Rep. Keith Kidwell and by the Beaufort County Conservative Republican PAC headed by Commissioner Hood Richardson.

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Conservative Voter said:

( February 18th, 2024 @ 9:57 am )

That writer from the Federalist, a national publication, did not follow this all the way through to when Mark Robinson walked back all of his comments on bathroom privacy, reportedly because RINO kingpin Phil Berger told him to do so. Berger has political operatives inserted in Robinson's campaign and Robinson seems to take orders from them and Berger, like when Robinson endorsed Berger's slate of pro-Berger candidates in state senate primaries. We should remember that it was Phil Berger and Tim Moore who led the effort that repealed NC's bathroom privacy laws in the first place. Mark Robinson needs to escape from Phil Berger's liberal plantation if he ever wants to have ANY credibility with conservatives again.

Big Bob said:

( February 17th, 2024 @ 4:42 pm )

Mark is friggin sick-o. What a race to the bottom.

Rino Hunter said:

( February 17th, 2024 @ 4:57 pm )

The problem with Mark Robinson's comments was lack of verbal discipline. Defending women's bathrooms and locker rooms from biological males using them is a good conservative issue, and most of Robinson's comments were valid but he went off the rails when he suggested that trannies just find a place to urinate outside. Advocating public urination is not the way to win this argument. When Robinson had to walk that part back, he ended up walking back all his comments on men in the ladies room.

Robinson's heart may be in the right place on many things, but he is ineffective. He has failed to use the bully pulpit of his office as Lieutenant Governor and his outstanding speaking ability to stand up in the legislature for much of anything in the way of supporting conservative legislation or opposing liberal legislation.

Robinson has one challenger on the left and another on the right. Bill Graham, a wealthy trial lawyer who has backed Greta Thunberg type policies and is endorsed by Thom Tillis is his challenger to the left, while conservative State Treasurer Dale Folwell, who has successfully used his office to advance conservative policy is his challenger on the right.

Dale Folwell has the principles and the skill set to advance the conservative agenda as governor, and it becomes more clear every day that Mark Robinson does not, at least as to the skill set. Bill Graham lacks the principles.

There are lots of valid reasons and arguments that can be made about keeping biological men out of womens bathrooms and locker rooms, but suggesting that these mixed up men just go pee outside somewhere just creates a red herring for the left to shoot at to deflect from serious arguments on the issue. That is how Mark Robinson's lack of verbal discipline harmed conservatives on defending womens bathroom privacy.

Countrygirl1411 said:

( February 17th, 2024 @ 3:39 pm )

NC Republicans attack Lt. Governor Mark Robinson for defending women’s bathrooms
"With the help of NBC News, which was happy to amplify complaints against the lieutenant governor, North Carolina gubernatorial candidates state Treasurer Dale Folwell and attorney Bill Graham accused Robinson of hampering the GOP’s chances."
thefederalist.com

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