The Charge of the Troxler Brigade
Pope, Inc. put out a poll on the governor’s race not long ago featuring the name of Agriculture commissioner Steve Troxler. Troxler? Where did that come from? There hasn’t been any coverage about him eyeing a shot at the governor’s mansion.
Actually, Troxler is who THIS Paul Shumaker memo was aimed at. Shumaker & co. over in the party establishment are on bended knee trying to woo Steve Troxler into 2024’s big in-state race. They are looking at the current offering of Robinson, Folwell and Walker and not seeing much that sends tingles up their linguini-like spines. (I hear Thom Tillis is actually mulling another term in DC.)
If Troxler makes the jump, there will be a real dent in the membership of the ten-member Council of State. The only incumbents left on the 2024 ballot will be Mike Causey, Beth Wood, Catherine Truitt, and Elaine Marshall.
What is Steve Troxler all about? There’s not much evidence he’s conservative. The farming community DOES love him, though.
Don’t get me wrong. Farming is an honorable pursuit. Government makes it tough, though. But government policy dealing with agriculture is some of the most socialist stuff you’ll see. It’s aimed at controlling prices and encouraging people not to produce. I’d welcome someone trying to inject a little free market love into farming and other aspects of government and life. But I haven’t seen much evidence of that from Mr. Troxler during his time in Raleigh. He has an (R) next to his name, but I can’t tell you what, if anything, he is passionate about or will fight for.
I do know that he made quite a telling move during the 1998 US Senate race. Incumbent Lauch 
Faircloth (R) — who had spent six years standing with the great Jesse Helms — was facing off against a pretty, Democrat Raleigh lawyer named John Edwards. Given a choice between the stalwart conservative incumbent and the upstart liberal challenger, Troxler chose the liberal. In fact, he became head of Farmers for John Edwards.
Raleigh gives lip service to “party loyalty,” but they don’t seem to mind pussy-footing with the other side. Thom Tillis does it all the time. State senator Lisa Barnes (R) has dumped money on Roy Cooper, Mike Easley AND Bob Etheridge.
(Barnes gave money to Cooper in 2016, the year he beat incumbent Pat McCrory.)
Troxler will give one more option to people with an (R) next to their name who truly don’t mind big, bulky intrusive government.
Poor may actually care about issues.. Bolger and Shumaker aren’t interested in the issues, and they don’t care who runs State government. At least Brad Hays and Gene Anderson understood how to handle patronage. All Bolger and Shumaker want is a candidate they can bilk through direct and dark sources of money to fatten their and their cronies’ wallets. If Robinson gave control to Bolger and Shumaker, they would show us different poll results in a week. Troller needs to ask Holly (11%) Grange how being a stooge for the elites worked out in 2020.
Shumaker is a political whore who will line his pocket’s with money from anyone. That includes the far left climate crazies. He took big bucks from them to help push expensive and unreliable “green enerfy” on NC electric ratepayers.. It is thanks to scoundrels like Shumaker that we now have North Carolins’s Green New Deal, HB951. It looks like he has found a soul mate in Troxler.
I won’t vote for ANY candidate who hires Shumaker. If it is a Shumaker “Republican” and a Democrat, I will either sit the race out or vote for a third party if there is one in that race. Shumaker can get stuffed.
Do your due diligence. Always ask your favorite candidate whether Shumaker, Stewart, CardinalGPS, and/or Cardinal Point Analytics are involved in campaign – and in what ways. Tells you everything that you need to know.
It’s also telling that Troxler wouldn’t allow concealed carry permitted individuals onto the state fairgrounds.
Excellent point to not forget. I appreciate the reminder.
Tricker was a D before he became a R out of convenience. He loves illegal aliens which probably makes him popular at Farm Bureau and the NC Chamber. While our Big Ag grows dependent on illegal alien unskilled illiterate labor, other countries like Chile invest in automation instead of cheap labor. We lose in the long run this way.
I appreciate Daily Haymaker’s article on Troxler. Everything I needed to know for a quick study. The Comments reconfirms a couple of things as well, 2nd Amendment support weak and illegals without documentation strong.
Another bad strike on Troxler is that he appeared in a TV commercial supporting the COVID Vaccine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI9IoS-2A0Y