2024 GOP primary for Labor Commissioner already underway?
That’s what it looks like. Jon Hardister (R), the NC House’s majority whip, is making a lot of noise about a possible run for NC Commissioner of Labor in 2024. It appears attorney Tyler Brooks (R), an unsuccessful 2018 NC House candidate, may also be looking at a 2024 run.
The news about Hardister first broke in the John Locke Foundation’s Carolina Journal under the byline of one Dallas Woodhouse. Woodhouse, you may remember, has built quite a rep for himself as the NCGOPe’s favorite house-negro. He’ll do ANYTHING, and he’ll do with a big ol’ smile on his face. Why not leak your propaganda to HIM first?
Locke was founded as the alleged voice of the conservative counter-establishment in North Carolina. Yet, they’ve evolved into the biggest band of suck-ups to said establishment. They will transcribe and cheerlead for ANYTHING coming out of the offices of Whatley, Berger, or Moore. Bringing Dallas — who brought a lot of scrutiny and controversy to the NCGOP HQ during his reign of mischief — onto the payroll certainly doesn’t help their credibility with actual conservatives. (I’ll always believe that Dallas was the unnamed NCGOP employee referenced in that FBI report on then-chairman Robin Hayes.)
Anyway, Hardister took a break from working with the other elves to load Santa’s sleigh to butt heads with Tyler Brooks on Facebook:
Hardister has been a ‘good soldier’ for Speaker Timmy and the rest of the establishment gang that has watered-down conservatism and basically neutered the party. He also has ties to the quite politically-treacherous Catherine Whiteford over at NCGOP HQ. There’s not much for conservatives to get excited about with him.
I need to know more about Brooks to see if he is a viable option.
I did manage to catch up with Brooks much later. He told me he’s getting a lot of encouragement to make the Labor Commissioner run, but is leaning against it:
[…] I did give it some brief consideration [….] I am no longer thinking about running for that office, and I truly do not see myself doing so, absent something totally unforeseeable happening. (By way of full disclosure, I may run for some other office, but not Commissioner of Labor.) Nevertheless, I am committed to calling out members of the General Assembly when they attempt to rewrite history about COVID or otherwise escape the political consequences of their poor leadership. […]
Too bad Hardister is not for focusing on his CURRENT job as Chair of Higher Ed committee and asking why the Hell this anti-White racist is speaking at UNC 2023 commencement. Look at the Twitter feeds of all of Stevenson’s foundations. Absolutely stunning even for UNC.
https://www.unc.edu/posts/2022/12/14/bryan-stevenson-to-deliver-spring-commencement-address/
The NCGOP conserves nothing and will not be satisfied until White boys in this state are CRUSHED.
Hardister is one of the more liberal Republicans in the House, so his running for a statewide office at least gets him out of there. That is a good thing.
You are spot on that Hardister has been totally ineffective in his major committee chairmanship, which raises real questions about whether he could be effective in the Commissioner of Labor position. Is Hardister’s core problem that he is fundamentally liberal or that he is totally spineless and therefore caves in to the liberals? Either way, he is not what we need in public office. His lousy record in the NC House is the biggest strike against him in his bid for higher office.
I’m not a fan of Hardister. Earlier this year when gas was nearly $5.00 a gallon, he was interviewed by WXII News and when asked about cutting the gas tax or giving rebate checks to people. He said the gas tax goes to our roads.
I hate Republicans that make excuses for not wanting to cut taxes!!!!!!!, we have what a 7 Billion Dollar Rainy Day Fund, surely we can cut taxes a LOT more than what we have already. Many other GOP run states such as Georgia, Florida, Arkansas to name a few gave their citizens a gas tax holiday!!!!
Also, I have heard him speak at a couple of GOP meetings and he is very bland and is not as informative as some other legislators.
Also, under Hardister’s (and equally FECKLESS Lee’s) Higher Ed watch:
https://freebeacon.com/campus/white-students-are-prohibited-from-applying-to-this-unc-fellowship/
The entire UNC university system apparatus HATES White boys and, testosterone-deficient, “don’t call me a racist” White “conservative” men refuse to do a thing about it. The enemy IS within.