Cooper Crime Conundrum

About this episode

The episode discusses the upcoming North Carolina Senate race and the GOP's strategy against Cooper's record on criminal releases.

The North Carolina Senate race is going to be the most funded and possibly most watched race in the 2026 election cycle. Cooper is up big. Whatley has no record or name recognition to run on. So the GOP's main strategy is to attack Cooper's record, and the efforts have begun. Cooper released 4,200+ criminals back into society as part of a COVID-related settlement agreement while governor in 2021. Those releases have resulted in subsequent murders and other violen...

People in this episode

Host: Brian Groesser

Topics covered

• North Carolina Senate race
• 2026 election
• GOP strategy
• criminal justice
• COVID-related policies

Keywords

• North Carolina
• Senate race
• Cooper
• Whatley
• GOP
• criminals
• COVID settlement
• election 2026

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Places: North Carolina

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