No pressure, though. Really, no pressure: One month into her role as head of the North Carolina Democratic Party, the 25-year-old organizer is still getting used to the spotlight as the youngest state Democratic chair in the country. She’s hoping to use her platform to highlight that it is people like her young and from rural parts of the state that Democrats need to draw
North Carolina House lawmakers voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper's (D-NC) veto of a bill that would do away with background checks for handguns conducted by local law enforcement.
veto overrides in general are very rare. in the trump administration only one. in the obama administration only one. but the optics of this are important. republicans knew that this veto override was not going to pass but among theless wanted democrats to be on record again defending these policies that republicans have increasingly dubbed as woke, we ve seen that become bigger message among republicans, very possible that as 2024 comes along and in terms of the presidential and these house races, we could see republicans attack democrats for supporting a policy like this. so, again, republicans are bringing this veto override to the floor know tag it had no chance of passing, only one democrat crossed the aisle, golden, the same one that approved the resolution when it came to the floor but it s a messaging thing and wanted democrats to be on the record again supporting esg policies and then they can call them
As state managers, Governors are responsible for implementing state laws and overseeing the operation of the state executive branch. As state leaders, Governors advance and pursue new and revised policies and programs using a variety of tools, among them executive orders, executive budgets, and legislative proposals and vetoes. As chiefs of the state, Governors serve […]
the veto override of muriel bowser was 12 to 1, and it wasn t like they haven t made a lot of strides, and it s put mayors in the crosshairs. in fairness, you re talking a lot about social justice issue and police reform and we see the need for that over and over again in some of the shootings of unarmed black men, which continues across this country, but make it a choice between crime and social justice is a problem for democrats and i think you see with joe biden s decision and where he stands on this, that is his re-election announcement on this issue of crime and border security, he has in recent weeks moved to shore up what has been against him in a re-election campaign. and so far the left has been muted on this, even on immigration. and we hear the complaints on press releases and you re not hearing elected officials. doing the whole thing and i would be curious about secretary johnson, when it comes to the issue at large, democrats are truly looking to get on offense on t