Cooper For Senate Features Mural Of Radical Liberals
Last week, the Blue Ridge Times reported of Former Governor Roy Cooper’s brief campaign stop with a scandal plagued Democrat from Georgia to distract for the brutal audit highlighting Cooper’s failure to respond to Hurricane Matthew and Florence. Eagled-eyed observers recently pointed out that the mural behind Cooper prominently featured radical liberals, providing a clear visual of Cooper’s ideological commitments.
“Radical Roy Cooper's latest campaign fail should be a warning to all North Carolina families. He is in this race to defend the party of Marxism and open borders, not the working men and women of our state,” said NCGOP Communications Director Matt Mercer.
Directly behind Cooper is a mural on a wall showing:
Audre Lorde, a self-described "Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, poet..."
Walter Rodney, a Marxist pan-Africanist.
Stockely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), the even more radical Malcolm X (also on the mural) whose quotes include:
"The question is, how can we build institutions where those people can begin to function on a day-to-day basis, where they can get decent jobs, where they can get decent houses, and where they can begin to participate in the policy and major decisions that affect their lives? That’s what they need, not Gestapo troops, because this is not 1942, and if you play like Nazis, we playin’ back with you this time around. Get hip to that." (Carmichael, 1966)
“Responsibility for the use of violence by black men, whether in self defense or initiated by them, lies with the white community.” (Carmichael, 1966)
"Racism gets its power from capitalism. Thus, if you're anti-racist, whether you know it or not, you must be anti-capitalist. The power for racism, the power for sexism, comes from capitalism, not an attitude." (Carmichael)
Tim’s Take: This is a rare opportunity to see who Cooper aligns himself with on an ideological level. Normally, his campaign staff work overtime to cover up Cooper’s ideology and present him as moderate. But make no mistake, if Cooper is elected, he will support a radical agenda, something deeply out of touch with every day North Carolinians.
