Tag: NCGOP

Michael Whatley, job creator

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The just-reelected NCGOP chairman can rightfully advertise himself as a “job creator.” Unfortunately, all the “jobs” are for HIM. In addition to being quite busy at state party HQ,

Even MORE meddling in primaries by NC House GOP leadership?

Posted on May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Richmond County Republican Ben Moss, against the odds, beat fellow incumbent Jamie Boles of Moore County in the primaries earlier this month. The race started off with kind words

NCGOP okey-dokey with felons in leadership

Posted on May 23, 2022 by Brant Clifton

You might remember this story. Folks in Granville County got upset over reports they were hearing, and decided to put forth a resolution barring convicted felons — especially sex

Thoughts on Tuesday (and the future)

Posted on May 21, 2022 by Brant Clifton

For the most part, we at Haymaker HQ had a pretty good election night. A good chunk of the folks we were pulling for WON. Pat McCrory. The former governor

NC, VA Lt. Govs join forces to challenge race-based college admissions policies

Posted on May 11, 2022May 11, 2022 by Brant Clifton

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson (R) and Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears (R) have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of current efforts before the US Supreme

Greg Murphy vs. Onslow Co. GOP: The tale of the email

Posted on April 18, 2022April 19, 2022 by Brant Clifton

(Links are now fixed.) As we noted earlier, there is a split in the Onslow County GOP over the future of US Rep. Greg Murphy (R-NC3rd). A group of activists

Election-Year Tremors in Onslow County

Posted on April 13, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It appears that a sizable revolt is going down among Republicans in Onslow County. The meat and potatoes of the fight can be found in this Facebook video. Viewers

Tillis, Timmy & Phil all backing Cawthorn primary opponent

Posted on March 31, 2022 by Brant Clifton

All of you trying to convince us of Chuck Edwards’s conservative bona fides — get a load of this: Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is throwing his weight behind

Revenge of the RINOs

Posted on March 30, 2022March 30, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Remember this story? Well, we’ve got a follow-up (and it’s NOT pretty). It seems that Mr. Whatley and the boys in Raleigh were none too pleased about (1) efforts

#ncga : A primary for the pro tem

Posted on March 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

I hear an awful lot of griping out there about the caliber of people we have “representing” us in Raleigh and DC. We’ve got primaries coming up in May.