Pat, you had ONE job …
Sounds pretty simple doesn’t it? Use up to ten minutes to give personal testimony and to introduce Lt. Governor Mark Robinson this week to a crowd of pastors. But — like he often did during his one term as governor — Pat McCrory failed to get a simple task right. Ol’ Pat gave a full-blown campaign speech instead — with Robinson sitting on the front row looking at him. (McCrory, in case you didn’t know, is running for the GOP nomination for US Senate.)
Needless to say, the assembled pastors were not pleased. Here’s some video where one of the meeting coordinators had some heated words with McCrory. The organizers wanted McCrory to stick to what he promised, or get off the stage.
On the video, you can see and hear the organizer approach Pat and tell him, while pointing at Robinson: “They’re here to hear him speak.”
And here is some commentary from a source sitting very close to the action:
These conferences are held all over the state and the country to encourage pastors to get involved in politics without sacrificing their commitment to the gospel. Mark Robinson is the featured speaker at each one. Mark Walker and Ted Budd have introduced him at more than one. Each time, they have given a short personal testimony of faith, not a campaign speech, and then introduced Robinson.
McCrory was in full campaign mode. He gave a “me-me-me” campaign speech, and that upset folks. The “I love God” statement from McCrory was especially cringeworthy. It’s always about Pat, no matter the audience.
With all the shenanigans and dilemma in NC and across the nation, what is NOT needed is another RINO, GOPe, non-conservative, Pat McCrory. Never understood the fascination with him but 2022 isn’t his time.
Unsure we ever get NC back on the tracks. Hopefully Robinson takes the helm and leads. He doesn’t seem to be bashful and he doesn’t seem to be afraid to call a spade a spade. LET HIM LEAD and all these so-called republicans can follow cause they CANNOT lead.
The sooner we vote for Ted the sooner we get rid of this cockroach. Although I assume he will be showing up again at the next campaign season too as no can of Raid is strong enough to get rid of a roach that big.
Not everyone here is voting for Ted.
I will bet that double-dealing McCrory did not happen to mention that he flip flopped on the men in the ladies room issue and stabbed Christian conservatives in the back by supporting the repeal of HB2. McCrory is about as “Christian” as Ilhan Omar.
I have known and watched Pat McCrory from an adjacent county since his first campaign when he worked for
Bill Lee at Duke Power. Nice guy he is but not a leader. He lost his Karma when Bill Lee ( a genius) died. He just did not fit in Raleigh and would be lost in DC. Pat do yourself and the state a favor and throw your support to
Ted Budd and salvalge what respect you can for your good service to Charlotte and the State. Look at the sorry
state of our nation and do what is right. Suck it up and get on with your life. Your friend, Clayton Loflin. Union County.
My goodness, Pat McCrory certainly has a healthy opinion of himself. He probably thought he was being funny when he told the moderator “I drove here an hour and a half and by God I’m gonna take as much as I can.” What’s totally lost on McCrory is that by disrespecting the moderator, disrespecting Mark Robinson, and in general showing his “backside” to the audience, he probably lost many more votes than he gained. As McCrory’s friend said in the prior comment, he should just go away.