Raleigh's new RINO - Bradford Paisley Briner IV | Eastern NC Now

Anyone who researched Bradley Paisley Briner IV when he ran in the GOP primary for State Treasurer should have known he was no conservative nor much of a Republican.  He has a history until recently as a registered Unaffiliated who voted in the Democrat primary. His employment history has been with former liberal New York Mayor and gun control activist Michael Bloomberg, where his close colleagues had held high ranking posts in Democrat administrations.

In the general election, instead of attacking their Democrat opponents as the other Republicans running statewide did, Briner attacked the conservative Republican incumbent of the office he was running for, conservative stalwart State Treasurer Dale Folwell.  One wonders in Briley even comprehended which primary he had won.

Now, Briner is laying his cards on the table as to how he will run the department.  His key early pick for a top position as Deputy Treasurer and Chief Investment Officer is a Democrat functionary who held the same position for the Democrat State Treasurer who preceded Folwell.  The Democrats are back in the saddle under this phoney "Republican".  Before Folwell, the NC Pension Fund investments were hived off to Wall Street brokers who charged the system huge fees, and in all liklihood he will be back to doing the same under Briner.  Folwell took this function in house, and brought in more investment income without the fees.  Briner attacked Folwell for that, and it is clear he wants to go back to the Democrat way of doing things and make the Democrat Wall Street brokers rich at the expense of NC state government retirees.

https://dailyhaymaker.com/berger-crony-former-democrat-operative-are-new-republican-treasurers-first-two-hires/

With "Republicans" like Bradford Paisley Briner IV, who even needs Democrats?  Oh, and Briner IV is on the team of uber-RINO senate boss Phil Berger, who has pushed the key items of Roy Cooper's agenda through the General Assembly.