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N.C. Republican Party: Fox News - Roy Cooper Under Scrutiny For Violent Rhetoric After Trump Attack Scare
RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 5 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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Fox News: Roy Cooper Under Scrutiny For Violent Rhetoric After Trump Attack Scare
Roy Cooper's career of partisan rhetoric and Trump Derangement is finally coming to light, no thanks to the NC legacy media.
In a new Fox News report (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senate-hopefuls-scrutiny-choke-rhetoric-trump-attack-scare.amp), Cooper's rhetoric places him alongside Maine socialist Graham Platner and Michigan communist Abdul El-Sayed in the level of attacks leveled
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, May 5 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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Fox News: Roy Cooper Under Scrutiny For Violent Rhetoric After Trump Attack Scare
Roy Cooper's career of partisan rhetoric and Trump Derangement is finally coming to light, no thanks to the NC legacy media.
In a new Fox News report (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dem-senate-hopefuls-scrutiny-choke-rhetoric-trump-attack-scare.amp), Cooper's rhetoric places him alongside Maine socialist Graham Platner and Michigan communist Abdul El-Sayed in the level of attacks leveledat President Trump and Republicans.
A handful of Democratic hopefuls are under scrutiny for comments made before the apparent third assassination attempt against President Donald Trump that appeared to support violence against Republicans.
Political rhetoric, particularly the kind that skews toward violent or aggressive imagery from Democrats, and its role in political violence have time and again come under the microscope during Trump's second term in office.
After the apparent third assassination attempt against Trump over the weekend, in which alleged shooter Cole Allen was subdued by federal law enforcement during the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., the Senate's campaign arm is putting a spotlight on aggressive comments three hopefuls, Graham Platner, Abdul El-Sayed and former Gov. Roy Cooper, made in the past.
Former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who is running to flip retiring Sen. Thom Tillis', R-N.C., seat in the upper chamber, blasted Trump as a "threat to democracy" and argued that "defeating him is imperative" during the 2024 presidential cycle.
The article is actually somewhat kind to Cooper, given the his own comments on video:
[View videos in the link at bottom.]
Please, keep telling us how "moderate" Roy Cooper is...
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Original text here: https://www.nc.gop/fox_news_roy_cooper_under_scrutiny_for_violent_rhetoric_after_trump_attack_scare
Mich. Democratic Party: Two Weeks of Silence From Mike Rogers on Resignation of Campaign Leader Tied to Church Roiled by Child Sex Abuse Scandal
LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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Two Weeks of Silence from Mike Rogers on Resignation of Campaign Leader Tied to Church Roiled by Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Two weeks ago, one of GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers' senior campaign leaders, Tim Cross, resigned from his position amid reports about Cross's "connection to a Midland church where three elders have been convicted of sex crimes involving children." Two weeks later, Rogers still hasn't responded to questions from press and the community, ignoring former church
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LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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Two Weeks of Silence from Mike Rogers on Resignation of Campaign Leader Tied to Church Roiled by Child Sex Abuse Scandal
Two weeks ago, one of GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers' senior campaign leaders, Tim Cross, resigned from his position amid reports about Cross's "connection to a Midland church where three elders have been convicted of sex crimes involving children." Two weeks later, Rogers still hasn't responded to questions from press and the community, ignoring former churchmembers who say Rogers "elevated leaders connected to the sexual abuse scandal."
"It's been nearly two months since Mike Rogers first learned about his campaign leaders' connections to a church roiled by a child sex abuse scandal, and two weeks since one of them resigned. Why is Rogers still silent?" said Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Joey Hannum. "Rather than answer Michiganders' questions, Rogers has ducked the press and refused to answer tough questions about why he chose to elevate Tim Cross and Brian Ford to positions of leadership. It's shameful, and it's another reason why Michiganders will vote him out this November."
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/two-weeks-of-silence-from-mike-rogers-on-resignation-of-campaign-leader-tied-to-church-roiled-by-child-sex-abuse-scandal/
Mich. Democratic Party: Breaking - Mike Rogers Says He Wants Cops at Detroit Polling Locations, Revives Strategy to "Intimidate Voters of Color"
LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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BREAKING: Mike Rogers Says He Wants Cops at Detroit Polling Locations, Revives Strategy to "Intimidate Voters of Color"
According to new reporting from The Detroit News, failed GOP senate candidate Mike Rogers is now saying he wants to recruit police officers as poll watchers in Detroit, "a move that would revive a strategy historically used to scare or intimidate voters of color."
Rogers also renewed his false claims that a "van of ballots 'swung' his 2024 race," and argued that stationing police
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LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release:
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BREAKING: Mike Rogers Says He Wants Cops at Detroit Polling Locations, Revives Strategy to "Intimidate Voters of Color"
According to new reporting from The Detroit News, failed GOP senate candidate Mike Rogers is now saying he wants to recruit police officers as poll watchers in Detroit, "a move that would revive a strategy historically used to scare or intimidate voters of color."
Rogers also renewed his false claims that a "van of ballots 'swung' his 2024 race," and argued that stationing policeofficers as poll watchers in Detroit was necessary because he doesn't want to "go to bed at 2 a.m. a winner and wake up at 4 a.m. a loser" again.
As Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum told The Detroit News: "If Mike Rogers does not want to lose because of the legitimate votes of qualified, registered voters in the City of Detroit, I would recommend spending less time trying to negate their votes and more time trying to speak to their issues. But he is starting off from behind when he tries to intimidate and disenfranchise the city with the largest concentration of people of color in the state."
Read more:
Detroit News (https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/05/02/detroit-voter-intimidation-2028-presidential-poll-trump-vance-rubio-whitmer-buttigieg-newsom-harris/89887163007/): Insider: Mike Rogers wants cops to monitor Detroit election workers
* Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Mike Rogers said recently he wants off-duty or retired police officers to be recruited as poll watchers in Detroit - a move that would revive a strategy historically used to scare or intimidate voters of color.
* The Detroit News obtained an audio recording of Rogers, a former seven-term congressman from White Lake Township, speaking to the Kalamazoo County GOP on April 17, where he told those gathered that he was working with the Republican National Committee in relation to voter integrity efforts.
* "We called the RNC early and said, 'Hey, if we're going to do this again, I don't want to wake up at, you know, go to bed at 2 a.m. a winner and wake up at 4 a.m. a loser. I'm kind of done with that,'" said Rogers.
* "And I've been telling them, 'You know what, let's put police officers - retired or off-duty police officers-- as our poll watchers in Detroit.' Because, go ahead: Try to intimidate them. Please."
* "We're trying to find them. I mean, they wouldn't be able to wear their uniforms, but they would, you know, all you got to do is open your jacket and you see the badge on the belt, right?" Rogers added.
* In his remarks to the Kalamazoo County GOP, Rogers also repeated his claims about a van showing up in Detroit early on the morning after Election Day with ballots. Rogers, in remarks over the last year, has said that the van of ballots "swung" his 2024 race against Democrat Elissa Slotkin, which he lost by about 19,000 votes.
* Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, a Democrat, said Rogers was parroting a myth about absentee voter ballots that arrive at the local clerk's office or in drop boxes up until 8 p.m. local time on Election Day, then have to be received and logged in, have each signature checked and audited before they are sent to the Absent Voter Counting Board to be processed.
* She called Rogers' comments about recruiting off-duty police officers "concerning" but suggested that clerks like Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey "will not stand for the kind of voter intimidation that Rogers is suggesting."
* "If Mike Rogers does not want to lose because of the legitimate votes of qualified, registered voters in the City of Detroit, I would recommend spending less time trying to negate their votes and more time trying to speak to their issues," Byrum said.
* "But he is starting off from behind when he tries to intimidate and disenfranchise the city with the largest concentration of people of color in the state."
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/breaking-mike-rogers-says-he-wants-cops-at-detroit-polling-locations-revives-strategy-to-intimidate-voters-of-color/
Mich. Democratic Party: "Mike Rogers Told Michigan Not to Worry About Gas Prices. Now They're Nearly $5 a Gallon" [Heartland Signal]
LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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"Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they're nearly $5 a gallon" [Heartland Signal]
Last Friday marked 60 days since the start of the Iran War--and according to a new Heartland Signal report, it also "underscores a failing prediction" by GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who said in early March that the conflict "would not last longer than 60 days."
Heartland Signal gave Rogers an opportunity to address whether he stands by his recent comments dismissing
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LANSING, Michigan, May 5 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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"Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they're nearly $5 a gallon" [Heartland Signal]
Last Friday marked 60 days since the start of the Iran War--and according to a new Heartland Signal report, it also "underscores a failing prediction" by GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers, who said in early March that the conflict "would not last longer than 60 days."
Heartland Signal gave Rogers an opportunity to address whether he stands by his recent comments dismissingMichiganders' concerns about skyrocketing gas prices, but "Rogers' campaign did not respond to a request to comment."
"Even while Michiganders are paying $5 a gallon for gas, Rogers is continuing to ignore their economic pain," said Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Joey Hannum. "Price Hike Mike clearly won't stand up for Michiganders unless you're one of his special interest donors or a multi-millionaire like himself--and working families will remember that come November."
Read more:
Heartland Signal (https://heartlandsignal.com/2026/05/01/mike-rogers-told-michigan-not-to-worry-about-gas-prices-now-theyre-nearly-5-a-gallon/): Mike Rogers told Michigan not to worry about gas prices. Now they're nearly $5 a gallon
* Friday marks 60 days since the United States and Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on Feb. 28, a milestone that underscores a failing prediction by Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers. While Rogers recently dismissed concerns over the war's economic fallout, Michigan's average gas price hit $4.86 on Friday -- the highest level the state has seen since 2022.
* Four days after President Donald Trump began the war, Rogers [...] predicted that the conflict would not last longer than 60 days in an interview with WJR's Kevin Dietz.
* May 1 marked 60 days since the war began. After a tentative ceasefire on April 8 and several rounds of failed peace talks, the conflict has no clear end in sight.
* On March 17, Rogers spoke at an event with the Oakland University College Republicans. There, he dismissed concerns from audience members about rising gas prices because of the Iranian conflict and reassured them that the United States has plenty of oil.
* On Friday, the average gas price in Michigan reached $4.86, up from $2.99 on March 1, one day after the war began. It is the highest price since 2022, when gas prices in the state reached an all-time record $5.22
* Rogers' campaign did not respond to a request to comment for this story, or if he still supports Trump's actions in Iran despite the economic impact in his state.
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/new-mike-rogers-told-michigan-not-to-worry-about-gas-prices-now-theyre-nearly-5-a-gallon-heartland-signal/
DNC: Republicans Continue to Wage Assault on Access to Reproductive Healthcare
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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Republicans Continue to Wage Assault on Access to Reproductive Healthcare
On Friday, a three-judge panel composed entirely of Republican-appointed judges, including two Donald Trump appointees, restricted abortion providers from prescribing mifepristone by telemedicine and sending it to patients by mail. The ruling halted a Biden-era policy that allowed greater access to the commonly used Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved abortion pill. Today, the Supreme Court temporarily
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WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on May 4, 2026:
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Republicans Continue to Wage Assault on Access to Reproductive Healthcare
On Friday, a three-judge panel composed entirely of Republican-appointed judges, including two Donald Trump appointees, restricted abortion providers from prescribing mifepristone by telemedicine and sending it to patients by mail. The ruling halted a Biden-era policy that allowed greater access to the commonly used Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved abortion pill. Today, the Supreme Court temporarilyblocked that ruling, leaving the future of mifepristone access in the hands of the Supreme Court and Trump's FDA. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has also launched an FDA review of abortion pills, possibly setting up new restrictions on the medication.
With the Louisiana lawsuit and several other similar lawsuits from Republican attorneys general, Republicans are following the Project 2025 playbook and going after abortion nationwide, including limiting access to the abortion pill.
In response, DNC Communications Director Rosemary Boeglin released the following statement:
"Trump said he was 'able to kill Roe v. Wade,' and it's clear he won't stop there. Republicans across the country are mounting a full-blown assault on reproductive healthcare and putting women's lives at risk. Now, the Trump administration is trying to make it even harder to get lifesaving reproductive healthcare by banning medication that has been safely used for decades. Democrats will stand with the majority of Americans who believe that the people, not politicians, should make their own medical decisions."
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/republicans-continue-to-wage-assault-on-access-to-reproductive-healthcare/
DGA: Ramaswamy Called to "Segregate" the Country Based on COVID Vaccine Status
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on May 4, 2026:
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Ramaswamy Called to "Segregate" the Country Based On COVID Vaccine Status
New reporting from the AP details how Vivek Ramaswamy and his company pushed to "segregate" the country based on vaccine status during COVID. Despite his company making billions from the COVID-19 vaccine, Ramaswamy has since "taken steps to distance himself from" his record on COVID, even paying an editor to "scrub" details about it from his Wikipedia page.
More here on Ramaswamy's pandemic record that he's trying
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WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following news on May 4, 2026:
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Ramaswamy Called to "Segregate" the Country Based On COVID Vaccine Status
New reporting from the AP details how Vivek Ramaswamy and his company pushed to "segregate" the country based on vaccine status during COVID. Despite his company making billions from the COVID-19 vaccine, Ramaswamy has since "taken steps to distance himself from" his record on COVID, even paying an editor to "scrub" details about it from his Wikipedia page.
More here on Ramaswamy's pandemic record that he's tryingto erase:
MeidasTouch (https://x.com/meidastouch/status/2050588711071727918?s=46&t=HzjsUwOy2sIZfnM2aEtp6w):
[View image in the link at bottom.]
Associated Press (https://apnews.com/article/election-2026-ohio-governor-covid-acton-ramaswamy-5346840b1a740695fd57c2fb9bb82233):
* As CEO of Roivant Sciences, the biotechnology research company he founded in 2014, Ramaswamy "worked with the lieutenant governor as an adviser on COVID-19" during 2020, he wrote in a 2021 op-ed. The lieutenant governor at the time, Republican Jon Husted, is now a U.S. senator running for reelection. He was a regular participant alongside Acton and DeWine at Ohio's daily virus briefings.
* One of Ramaswamy's companies, Datavant, even pushed for a national COVID registry that would be used to allow the small segment of the population that was gradually gaining natural COVID-19 immunity to "get back to normal life" while facilitating the rest continuing to be "segregated."
* Yet since he entered politics for the 2024 presidential race, Ramaswamy has taken steps to distance himself from those days. In early 2023, he stepped down from the Roivant board and paid an editor to scrub a reference to his service on Ohio's "COVID-19 Response Team" from his Wikipedia page.
* His campaign referred questions about his time at Roivant to the company, which did not respond to an email seeking comment.
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/new-ramaswamy-called-to-segregate-the-country-based-on-covid-vaccine-status/
DGA Issues Statement on Republican Threats to Reproductive Care Following Mifepristone Rulings
WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following statement on May 4, 2026:
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DGA Statement on Republican Threats to Reproductive Care Following Mifepristone Rulings
DGA Executive Director Meghan Meehan-Draper released the following statement on Republican threats to abortion rights and the stakes of governor's races on access to reproductive care following recent court rulings on mifepristone:
"In the years since the Dobbs decision came down, Donald Trump and Republicans have taken every opportunity to roll back reproductive rights, and last week's decision
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WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following statement on May 4, 2026:
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DGA Statement on Republican Threats to Reproductive Care Following Mifepristone Rulings
DGA Executive Director Meghan Meehan-Draper released the following statement on Republican threats to abortion rights and the stakes of governor's races on access to reproductive care following recent court rulings on mifepristone:
"In the years since the Dobbs decision came down, Donald Trump and Republicans have taken every opportunity to roll back reproductive rights, and last week's decisionis only the latest in their efforts to do that. With 36 critical governor's races this year and extreme Republican candidates for governor wholeheartedly embracing this dangerous and deeply unpopular agenda, electing Democratic governors who will protect fundamental freedoms has never been more important. The DGA is on offense to hold Republicans accountable for their extreme anti-choice views, and voters will continue to reject their out of touch efforts at the ballot box in November."
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/dga-statement-on-republican-threats-to-reproductive-care-following-mifepristone-rulings/
