Cherokee County GOP leader: Whatley sabotaged Madison Cawthorn’s reelection bid
THAT stunning accusation, ladies and gentlemen, comes from western NC Republican leader and social media influencer Margaret Ackiss and can be accessed in detail via video below OR this link.
Ackiss alleges that then-congressman Cawthorn, knee deep in scandal accusations during his reelection bid, asked congressional district 11 party officials for a closed session to discuss his situation. District officials, according to Ackiss, agreed.
During that closed session meeting, Ackiss alleges that NCGOP chairman Michael Whatley was meeting in Raleigh with Dallas Woodhouse. Ackiss says she learned that one participant in the Zoom meeting with Cawthorn had set his connection so that Whatley could covertly listen in.
Ackiss states on the linked video that she believes Whatley allowed Woodhouse to listen in on the meeting as well. Ackiss said Woodhouse went as far as “live-tweeting” the closed-door meeting between Cherokee County party officials and Cawthorn.
Ackiss notes in the video that this particular episode unleashed the firestorm of negative publicity that led to Cawthorn losing his primary race to state senator Chuck Edwards.
None of that happened. I was not on the call.
I did report on the issue for Carolina Journal, and just worked it like any other story.
The idea that the current chairman and I were working together is completely untrue. I have never, not once discussed Cawthorn with the. Chairman.
I dont believe you.
The denial looks genuine, unless you look at the ending punctuation and realize it means something totally different. Tried to sell me home grown, nice try.
I’m sure Chairman Harnett will vouch for you.
Good point.
Oh really? Because your Twitter was live streaming it as it happened. We all watched. But ok Dallas. Stick to your story. Your twitter timeline doesn’t match your story.
Lets connect the dots. Michael Whatley was recruited by Thom Tillis to run for NCGOP state chairman, and Susan Tillis was heavily involved in his first campaign. Tillis is the only prominent endorsement Whatley has in his present campaign. Whatley has always been Thom Tillis’ boy. Thom Tillis was also the major force behind the campaign to remove Cawthorn. It is a no brainer that Whatley would do Tillis’ bidding in that race, as he has in most things.
As to Woodhouse, of course he is going to deny it. Regardless of which way the actual facts sit, Woodhouse is going to deny it.
The real race we need to be concerned about is the 2024 governor’s race which Tillis has an eye on. He would be a disaster for the GOP if he is the nominee. But if Whatley remains NCGOP chairman, he will be using that position to do the bidding of his political godfather, Thom Tillis.
NEVER TILLIS. NEVER WHATLEY
Correction to the editor, this was a District 11 closed door session. Not a Cherokee County GOP session.
I was the NC11 District Chair thar hosted this call & remember exactly what happened!
I was never on the call but had sources that were
You are not going to admit it, but your source was obviously named Michael Whatley.
You are Whatley are both Tillis boys. In your case, you headed a pro-Tillis PAC that was connected to Karl Rove. And the takedown of Cawthorn was a Tillis operation.
Also, we were reporting what he was saying about what district he was going to run in, which he later confirmed anyway
Validating unethical and scummy behavior by “it was going to happen anyway” and “I wasn’t on the call” (I never said you were. I said you were LISTENING TO THE CALL”.
“Your source”. Please. We know who your source was. He had an interview in Raleigh that night.
You sound like a backpedaling cuck. Because you are.
Reading article and comments, ANY wonder NC is so disconnected w/in the so-called republican party?
There really is NO party. It’s deep factions w/in the party. And NONE work together.
And the TOP of the party CANNOT be trusted at all.
And I’ve been saying it all along, it’s time for conservatives to have a state convention to form an NC Conservative Party. The evidence supporting my point just keeps growing.
There has never been a better way to elect Democrats than to siphon votes away from Republicans. It’s just arithmetic, and you know it. The best thing the Democrats could do to win votes is to promote unviable third parties playing to conservatives. The Democrats are already compromising a small group of loud “Republicans” in Wake County who do nothing but run their mouths and make no contributions to the effort. You’ll see it when it’s too late.