Cooper Runs Biden Playbook To Avoid Accountability For Soft-On-Crime Policies
After announcing his campaign for Senate, former Governor Roy Cooper immediately moved his operations into Chuck Schumer’s windowless basement and stayed there as Charlotte was rocked by the shocking murder of Iryna Zarutska.
Instead of facing the public and media to answer tough questions about public safety, Cooper hid, sending out his aides to issue misleading statements. That’s exactly what President Joe Biden did during his four years in the White House.
During the 2020 Democrat primary, Biden faced deep questions about his fitness for office. But with the arrival of the COVID pandemic, Biden was able to consolidate the Democrat field and campaign from his basement in Delaware.
Throughout his Presidency, Biden continued to avoid the media and public, offering statements disconnected from reality. Here are some flashbacks of Biden’s most disconnected statements:
In 2021, Biden said that inflation was “transitory” and simply ignored the problem.
Biden called the Afghanistan exit a “success.”
After the June 2024 debate, Biden continued to tell Democrats that he was “staying in the race.”
Biden clearly lived disconnected from political reality while he was in the White House, and Cooper is following his lead on hiding from the public.
Since launching on July 28th, Cooper has posted very few campaign stops. He did an interview with Rachel Maddow and a podcast. His only “public” appearances were in what looks like a basement filled with volunteers and a brief tour of Chimney Rock with a couple of people. This is a very typical Biden-inspired campaign schedule.
Cooper has remained laser-focused on muddying the waters, trying to blame Whatley for the pace of recovery. This stands in stark contrast to the Democrat Governor, who is touting the quick recovery process of home rebuilding. And Cooper simply pretends that he wasn’t governor during Helene while ignoring his terrible response to Matthew and Florence. We all remember the White House’s effort to conceal Biden’s diminished capacity.
When the tragic light rail murder occurred, Cooper remained silent, focused on raising money from liberal donors. When the video emerged and more information became available, it became apparent that Cooper’s advocacy of soft-on-crime policies played a role in encouraging Decarlos Brown Jr.’s release. After a torrent of criticism, Cooper issued a brief statement, blaming Republicans for allege police problems— even though the police arrested him 14 times before the latest incident. Instead of taking accountability or apologizing, Cooper is working overtime to shift blame to anyone but himself. That’s exactly what Biden did in the wake of the Afghanistan disaster that weakened America’s image, making the world a more dangerous place.
It should come as no surprise that Cooper is modeling his campaign after Joe Biden. The two men are very similar. Both are career politicians with long records of prioritizing power over principle.
Sadly, the murder of Iryna Zarutska will not be the only time a North Carolinian suffers harm from Cooper’s soft-on-crime agenda from now until Election Day. Whenever one of these sad incidents happens, Cooper will hide in his basement, hoping the storm of controversy passes. While North Carolinians can’t count on Cooper to keep them safe, they can count on Cooper to avoid accountability, just like Biden.
