{"id":666704,"date":"2026-09-11T13:06:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666704"},"modified":"2026-09-11T13:06:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T13:06:16","slug":"moderate-dem-senate-candidate-embraces-socialism-in-undercover-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=666704","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Moderate\u2019 Dem Senate candidate embraces socialism in undercover video"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So-called moderate North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is ready and willing to hobnob with socialists to win elections.<\/p>\n

Undercover video footage obtained by Fox News<\/a> showed the former N.C. governor recently saying he wouldn\u2019t sign the Promise to America, a political pledge launched by centrist Democrats to counter the rise of the Democratic Socialists of America.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t see any need to,\u201d Cooper said in the video. \u201cI think the party needs a wide spectrum, particularly at a time when the Republican Party is shrinking and having all kinds of loyalty tests. I think we need to have all kinds of folks to be a part of our party.\u201d<\/p>\n

In other words, he\u2019s totally fine with socialist nutjobs flooding the Democratic Party, so long as it means he gets to win elections.<\/p>\n

Cooper\u2019s admission strongly suggests the North Carolina Republican Party had a point when they pushed an AI-generated image to Facebook last April depicting Cooper in a Bernie Sanders T-shirt.<\/p>\n

Look:<\/p>\n\n

In a lengthy post accompanying the photo, the party described the many similarities that so-called \u201cmoderate\u201d Cooper shares with Sanders.<\/p>\n

\u201c[H]is record is indistinguishable from the Vermont Socialist,\u201d the party wrote. \u201cTaxes? Bernie voted against the One Big Beautiful Bill, which prevented the largest tax increase in American history. Cooper did one better: not only did he oppose the President Trump\u2019s bill, he has a record of vetoing tax cuts for North Carolina families.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBorder Security? Bernie has repeatedly opposed President Trump\u2019s efforts to secure the Southern border and supports ending deportations and ICE raids,\u201d they added. \u201cCooper also did better: he vetoed legislation requiring Sheriffs to cooperate with ICE three times and was responsible for over 500 illegals being released into North Carolina communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The party also drew attention to Cooper vetoing bills that would have kept boys from playing in girls\u2019 sports.<\/p>\n

Cooper has also been accused of letting violent criminals back out onto the streets:<\/p>\n

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MUGSHOT MONDAY<\/p>\n

This is Decarlos Brown\u2019s mugshot after he was booked for murdering Iryna Zarutska aboard a Charlotte train one year ago.<\/p>\n

He was arrested 14 times prior. Why was he walking NC streets?<\/p>\n

Because Roy Cooper released him from jail. pic.twitter.com\/APhBIRp9hj<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Whatley War Room (@whatleywarroom) August 24, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In fairness to Cooper, his campaign explicitly said he\u2019s \u201cnot\u201d a socialist.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe only pledge Roy makes is to the people of North Carolina,\u201d his campaign told Fox News. \u201cRoy is not a socialist, and he will work with anyone, including Republicans, as he has done his entire career to lower costs for hardworking families and fight for North Carolina.\u201d<\/p>\n

But this isn\u2019t stopping the GOP from keeping up its attacks.<\/p>\n

\u201cRoy Cooper is campaigning with socialists, tying himself to radical groups, and fundraising with some of the most insane Democrats in the Senate,\u201d Republican National Committee spokesperson Emma Hall said in a statement<\/a>. \u201cCooper can lie about being a moderate all he wants, but he can\u2019t hide the company he keeps.\u201d<\/p>\n

The RNC added that he\u2019s good \u201cbuddies\u201d with the most \u201cprogressive\u201d of leftists, including Jon Ossoff, Mark Kelly, Chris Van Hollen, and Chris Coons. Van Hollen is the idiot who befriended a former MS-13 gang member last year to own the Republicans and especially President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

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BREAKING: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele allowed MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia out of prison to meet with Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).<\/p>\n

Bukele wrote on : \u201cKilmar Abrego Garcia, miraculously risen from the \u2018death camps\u2019 & \u2018torture,\u2019 now sipping margaritas with\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/DnLYYmSliR<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 RedWave Press (@RedWavePress) April 18, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Meanwhile, a report from Joseph Backholm of NC Values argues that though Cooper campaigns like a moderate, he governs \u201clike a socialist.\u201d To back up his report for The Federalist<\/a>, Backholm cited oodles of evidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2023 [Cooper] vetoed legislation that would have protected children from sex-denying medications and surgeries,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhen the ACLU sued over COVID-era prison conditions, his administration released thousands of inmates.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEighteen of them, according to a New York Post investigation, were later charged with murder,\u201d Backholm added. \u201cIf he governed to the left in Raleigh, why would anyone believe he\u2019ll govern to the center in Washington?\u201d<\/p>\n

Fair point?<\/p>\n

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So-called moderate North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper, a Democrat, is ready and willing to hobnob with socialists to win elections. Undercover video footage obtained by Fox News showed the former N.C. governor recently saying he wouldn\u2019t sign the Promise to America, a political pledge launched by centrist Democrats to counter the rise of the… Continue reading \u2018Moderate\u2019 Dem Senate candidate embraces socialism in undercover video<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":666705,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,22,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-border-security","category-immigration","category-immigration-reform","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=666704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/666705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=666704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=666704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=666704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}