Summary

The North Carolina House passed a controversial bill allocating $227 million for Hurricane Helene relief while including provisions to reduce powers of the incoming Democratic governor and attorney general.

Critics, including Democrats, called it a “power grab,” citing changes like stripping the governor’s control over the State Board of Elections and limiting the attorney general’s ability to challenge state laws or advocate for utility customers.

Republicans defended the bill as necessary, but some GOP lawmakers opposed it.

The bill now heads to the Senate and may face a gubernatorial veto.

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Ah yes, it’s the Democratic party at fault that the Republican party while they still had a veto proof majority ram thru changes.

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the Democratic party at fault that the Republican party while they still had a veto proof majority

Dems rolled over to gerrymandering decades ago. The reason NC has a statewide Dem in office and a supermajority GOP legislature stems from the Bush Era redistricting that stacked the state legislature in the GOP’s favor.

Dems had multiple opportunities to fix gerrymandering at the federal level and flubbed it every time.

Almost like they don’t really want to win at all. They just want you to donate

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Yup, everything evil republicans do is actually democrats fault. That’s a totally cool and not at all moronic position.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/26/us/politics/north-carolina-republicans-gerrymander.html

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everything evil republicans do is actually democrats fault

No one party can do it alone

It’s a team effort

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I will never forgive them for doing such a shit job at vetting candidates that a democratic member would flip republican and give them the decisive majority. The NC dems were saved by an even more dogshit republican machine this cycle

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That is fucking ridiculous. The woman who flipped was the daughter of an extremely popular state dem.

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So nepotism? Imagine voting for someone because political dynasty.

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Don’t give a fuck who she is, she was meeting with republicans durring the campaign, they need to do a better job of picking candidates. No more nepotism hires

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Nothing will change with dems in power. They won’t do anything to oppose republicans, no matter how much power they hold. Yes, it is their fault, bc they never, for any reason, oppose things that republicans do, even when it’s easy to do so

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Rule 1 of the liberal rules of engagement: if someone disagrees with you or isn’t a consummate eater of democratic ass, personally attack them

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