Darren Armstrong gives issues-free talk to BC Conservative Club | Eastern NC Now

NC House challenger Darren Armstrong spoke to the Beaufort County Conservative Club but failed to mention a single political issue in his address.  Instead, he spoke in generalities about wanting to "represent local people" but did not specify how he would do that any differently than the current or previous legislators.  He failed to even mention the word "conservative" in spite of being in front of a conservative audience.  Armstrong refused to provide his positions on a single policy or issue that might come in front of the General assembly during his speech.

When it came time for questions, Armstrong was asked about issues, but also largely punted there, being evasive on how he would vote on everything he was asked about. When asked about "green energy" and Constitutional Carry, he made some vaguely conservative statements before saying he was still making up his mind.  On shutting down the small independent dairies which provide raw milk, he made strong statements against their product, while also not specifying how he would vote on putting them out of business..  Similarly on legislation to prevent lawsuits against a major chemical company by North Carolinians who get cancer from one of their products, Armstrong was extremely defensive of the out of state chemical company but would not state how he would vote on such a bill if it comes up again.

After answering those questions, Armstrong's campaign manager cut short the questions by saying he had to go to another meeting.