Never backed down from a fight, eh?
That’s the claim from the newest entry into the GOP primary for NC attorney general. Let’s take a look at the record, which unfortunately indicates A LOT OF QUITTING.
Dan Bishop spent four years as a Mecklenburg County commissioner. Two years as a NC House member. Two years as a NC senator. And now he’s wrapping up his fourth year as a US congressman. He’s not getting defeated. He just leaves. He’s certainly not hanging around anywhere for very long.
Don’t get me wrong. Dan has said a lot of good things and taken a lot of good stands while in DC. Unfortunately, those TOO have been short-lived. When the GOP took over the US House, he hung tough with the Freedom Caucus to reportedly force concessions from Kevin McCarthy. That was commendable. But the house of cards collapsed. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Jim Jordan went off on their own. And things got awful quiet in terms of brow-beating McCarthy.
We got some tough talk about digging into the travesty known as January 6th. Bishop said some good things in front of the cameras. But there are still a whole lot of people still sitting in jail, and there’s a whole lot of surveillance tape yet to be released. (Republicans now have the power to release it.) This is the kind of work one would think of as excellent training for an aspiring AG. Alas, Dan has apparently moved on.
We’ve heard some tough talk from Bishop about exposing and dealing with the weaponization of government. He gives good interview, but have we seen ANYTHING serious come from all this on-camera concern?
Dan has done some good on-camera work in re: Hunter Biden. Given some good interviews. But what is the end product?
With all of this history of job-hopping, what happens IF he gets elected AG? How long will we have him there?
There is already a pretty good conservative in the race — former legislator and current prosecutor Tom Murry. Murry has also served as chief legal counsel for former state Supreme Court chief justice Mark Martin. Some could argue he’s actually more qualified for the job than Bishop.
Sources close to Bishop describe Murry as “a good guy, but he’s TOM MURRY.” They also deride Murry for never having run a statewide race.
Funny. Neither has Bishop.
*if* he quits in two years to take Tillis out, I’m ok with that.
Dan Bishop is the only NC member of the US House that we can be proud of. Now he is abandoning us there and leaving his seat to fall to just another establishment twit. We had high hopes that he would primary the absolutely awful Thom Tillis in 2026 but now we will have to look for another challenger. Bishop’s move to run for AG seems like a betrayal of NC conservatives, and that is bound to be reflected in the AG primary. Another big concern is that it seems that RINO ringleader Phil Berger was among those urging him to make this change. That a politician can be led by RINO Berger on anything is a huge red flag. Berger is the Mitch McConnell of the state senate, a Democrat enabler and special interest whore who regularly screws conservatives on issue after issue.
who would ever want to be a Republican with this band of “ supporters “ Dan Bishop is a fine man. He can choose his path. You folks dont chart his path. If you choose not to vote for him fine. But let the man choose what path he wants. I for one will study the candidates, and form my own opinion. And vote as i wish.
Tom Murry is not a conservative. Not even pretty good.
Receipts?
Not to quibble, but the reason we have primaries is to vet these candidates and choose the one we think best serves the needs of North Carolinians. Unquestionably, Tom Murry is a superb AG candidate; so is Dan Bishop. Either will make an excellent Attorney General and either a huge improvment over what we have had for decades; someone who will uphold the NC Constitution and defend the interests of our citizens. With respect to Bishop v. Murry- let’s let the voters sort that out. When I think of the limited reach and influence Dan Bishop and his small Freedom Caucus have had among 435 total congressional members, and I compare that to the influence he might have as the primary law enforcement officer in our state, I cannot fault him for electing to come home to run for AG. He has a big challenge in taking on Tom Murry, who is a formidable candidate with a big head start on this statewide run. Just one thing we all can be sure of- we will be getting a SUPERB candidate for AG in the 2024 General Election, and very likely our first conservative Attorney General in 50 years. May the best candidate win!