NC GOPer Says The Quiet Part Out Loud: Down With Integrity, Yay Corruption

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NC GOPer Says The Quiet Part Out Loud: Down With Integrity, Yay Corruption

NC State Senator Jeff Jackson goads fellow GOP Senator to admit why they won't call a vote on the state's budget veto override.

By Aliza Worthington Crooks and Liars

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/11/north-carolina-republican-says-quiet-part

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Quick background: Republican-majority North Carolina legislature passed a budget. Democratic Governor Roy Cooper vetoed it, because it included corporate tax breaks, but did not include a pay raise for teachers, nor Medicaid expansion funding. GOP-led NC Senate would like to override that veto, but cannot as long as those pesky Democratic senators actually show up for the vote. So, they keep cancelling the vote, and trying to trick the Dems into missing the vote so they can override Gov. Cooper's veto.

Silly Republicans.

And now, North Carolina does not have a budget as a result.

Sen. Jeff Jackson called them on this gross and corrupt maneuvering, and GOP Senator Jerry Tillman basically stood up and said, "Yup."

Sen. Jeff Jackson

✔@JeffJacksonNC

Check this out - it’s a video that shows political corruption in our state Senate happening *in real time.*

First I point out that GOP leadership keeps canceling the veto override vote every time all the Dems are present - hoping they can catch us unaware and override the veto.

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THEN a Republican Senator stands up and says, "We'll call [a vote] at the right time. I hope you'll miss it."

Then all the Republican Senators erupt in laughter.

(Corruption = comedy?)

You can tell by my reaction that, in my view, he just made my case for me.

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Watch for yourself.

And keep in mind: This isn’t just a harmless game. *It’s the reason there’s no budget in NC* - because they've opted for corruption instead of compromise for the last three months.

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To be clear:

Repeatedly postponing a vote not because some members are absent but because all members are *present* isn’t just a dumb political game - it’s a failure of integrity.

It's petty corruption. And every day it continues it's hurting our state. #CallTheVote

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Aaaand they just did it *again.*

They brought us into session this morning, saw all the Dems were there, so they called a recess,

then another,

then another,

then another,

then another,

and every time we came back all the Dems were there.

So they cancelled the vote.

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1. There is so much noise that the GOP don't even bother to hide corruption

knowing it will never make the news.

[Historic NY]

2. Hopefully a number will die off because the Confederacy is extinct

[link:https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/06/what-this-cruel-war-was-over/396482/|]

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3. The slave holders are totally warped. Stench and taint like that in their hearts has lasted

in many cases for150 years.