Cease & Desist: NRA lawyering up over GOPAC’s pro-Berger ads, billboards
We already told you about the National Rifle Association expressing concern about mailers and billboards promoting the reelection of state senator Phil Berger (R) in Rockingham County. The NRA expressed concern about (1) unauthorized use of their logo in the mailers and billboards and (2) incorrect information in the mailers and ads about an “A+ grade” for Berger which the NRA says has not happened.
An organization called GOPAC – which includes senator Berger on its governing board – has been identified as the responsible party for the mailers and billboards. A NRA spokesman had said GOPAC was asked to stop the mailers and take down the billboards.
Apparently, this has not yet happened. Here’s a message from Rockingham County voter Doug Isley to the NRA asking WHY:
And HERE is the response to Isley from a NRA representative:
In response to a follow-up request for a copy of the cease-and-desist letter, here is what the NRA’s Ms. Kettle had to say:
One would think senator Berger, as a leader within GOPAC, would be very concerned about a group he’s so intimately involved with apparently misleading the voters in his district (even if it is to his benefit).
Read SBI was ‘investigating’ the campaign records of sheriff opposing Berger. The point is, the record search go back many, many years? I hope in the end the sheriff can find some avenue to sue for harassment and intimidation for Berger using a state agency to investigate opposition. Rise up Rockingham County. Elect Page…
The problem is that the local board of elections has lost the records. Sheriff Page is not the one being investigated — this story is being misrepresented in the press. Incidentally, the newly appointed Chairman of the local Board of Elections is a close ally to Senator Berger’s son. Said Chairman, along with Senator Berger’s son and one other candidate, received tens of thousands of dollars of support from the Berger machine but the former still lost his reelection bid to the Rockingham Board of Commissioners in last year’s elections. The Senator’s tentacles seem to be everywhere.
Behold the N.C. style deep state and NC GOPe version of Biden style harassment. I hope Sheriff Page gets some retribution at some stage of this fiasco. It’s up to Rockingham County. I hope others in all parts of NC will join me in supporting the Page candidacy. This is huge for all of us.
This is not the first time GOPAC has lied to Rockingham County voters to help a Berger who was losing a race. Same tactics GOPAC used to smear Craig Travis and bail out Kevin Berger in the Board of Commissioners race last year.
GOPAC is in bed with the liberal special interests. It was involved in promoting North Carolina’s Green New Deal, HB 951 as totally rewritten by Berger in a last minute Senate maneuver. They are total slime balls.