WHo are ultra-RINOs Tillis and Berger backing in NC Republican primary? UPDATE | Eastern North Carolina Now

Two liberal Republican "RINOs" (Republicans in Name Only), Sen. Thom Tillis and state senate boss Phil Berger, cast a dark shadow over NC Republican politics, and both are backing candidates like themselves for office in the upcoming primary.  Tillis was censured by the state Republican Party convention last year for his liberal US Senate voting record, and has not slowed down on his liberalism.  Most recently he has continued to push to support Biden's illegal immigration path.

Since the election of liberal Democratic Govenor Roy Cooper eight years ago, Phil Berger has repeatedly pushed major liberal policy agenda items of Cooper's through the General Assembly.  It started with repeal of NC's bathroom privacy law that had kept biological men out of womens restrooms and locker rooms.  It moved on to things like the climate alarmists Green New Deal, the Obamacare Medicaid expansion, and Cooper's huge  Democrat-led slush fund NCInnovation. In the last election, Berger even publicly endorsed a liberal Democrat judge.

Berger's chief political operative is Jim Blaine, and Tillis' is Paul Shumaker.  When these two are lurking in a campaign, their bosses, Tillis and Berger are not far behind.  Many of the TIllis or Berger candidates wil loudly tell voters they are "conservative" but a peek at their records tells you otherwise.

So, who are the candidates on Beaufort County GOP ballots being pushed by Tillis?  First there is the candidate that Shumaker recruited for governor and Tillis has endorsed, wealthy trial lawyer Bill Graham, running for governor.  Liberal incumbent Superintendant of Public Instruction Catherine Truitt  is another of those being openly supported by Tillis.  On the presidential level, Tillis says he thinks Nikki Haley would make a good president.                                                    UPDATE: Jeff Tarte running for State Auditor is also part of Team Tillis.

What about Berger?  His operative Blaine has been active in recruiting this election season, but also in coopting other politicians.  In terms of coopting other politicians, Berger and Blaine have inserted thimselves into the campaign of Mark Robinson, running for governor and Berger has openly endorsed Robinson..  Berger business associate Seth Woodall  from Berger's home county of Rockingham is seeking the Lieutenant Governor's office.  Berger operative Blaine recruited two who just switched to the GOP to run for Council of State positions, Dave Boliek  for State Auditor and Brad Briner  for State Treasurer. Briner voted in the Democrat primary as recently as 2020 and is employed by the financial network of gun control crusader Micheal Bloomberg.  Berger has also been recruiting and financing state senate candidates he expects to control in Raleigh from districts around the state, including Bob Brinson  in Beaufort County's 3rd senate district.

Tillis and Berger have also been active in a number of NC Congressional districts pushing their more liberal brand of Republicanism and candidates who follow it, but none of those are on our ballots.

Conservative voters should BEWARE of candidates connected with Tillis and / or Berger.  There is an old saying about "birds of a feather".

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