Virginia Paper Endorses Pat McCrory Because HB 2 Is Sending Them Jobs

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Source: HuffPo


This may be the finest example of trolling of the entire election cycle.

WASHINGTON ― A Virginia newspaper is endorsing North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) for re-election because his anti-LGBTQ law, HB 2, is driving business out of his state and into Virginia.

“Which candidate would do the most to help our local economy? That’s easy. It’s Pat McCrory, the Republican governor of North Carolina,” reads a Friday editorial in The Roanoke Times.

In all, North Carolina has already lost at least $395 million to HB 2, according to a tally by Wired. That doesn’t include the $250 million and 730 jobs the state lost this week when CoStar Group, a real estate research firm, announced it chose Richmond, Virginia, for a major expansion instead of Charlotte, North Carolina, because of the law.




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Keep'em coming!

[BlueCaliDem]

1. Wow! This is an ingenius endorsement! eom

[DinahMoeHum]

2. Bwahahahahahaaa!!!

[2theleft]

3. That's hysterical!! n/t

[niyad]

5. that is truly clever!!

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Ha! Awesome.

[spooky3]

7. Ha!

[yardwork]

8. For the first time I am embarrassed to be a North Carolinian.

Even Jesse Helms never made me feel ashamed of my adopted state. Thanks for nothing, guys.

[underpants]

9. The Roanoke Times is a really good paper

I always read it when we are at my in-laws. Good editorial page and the. Eww reporting has to cover a very large area of Virginia into NC.

[TahitiNut]

10. Without a doubt, McCrory's campaign WILL count that as an endorsement.

They'd even quote "would do the most to help our local economy" with exclamation marks. The Republican "base" wouldn't know shit about it.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. "North Carolina has already lost at least $395 million"

Good. Hope it keeps coming. The people of NC will figure out what to do next election.

[paleotn]

13. A certain percentage of North Carolinians...

By no means all of us. And not a majority either. Just a majority of those who actually show up and the damn polls. Our turnout usually stinks and old racists, homophobes seem to vote no matter what....but that's changing. Just like VA, we're turning more and more blue every election. Even Burr is in the fight of his career this time around. I didn't see that coming. Pat McDumbass will more than likely get sacked in my opinion.

[awoke_in_2003]

14. Of course not all

but maybe stuff like this will spur people to get off their ass and vote.

[paleotn]

12. Oh, just rub more salt in it, why don'tcha.....

damn funny though Don't know whether to laugh or cry.