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DNC Launches Nationwide Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action With More Than 200 On-The-Ground Events Taking Place in Communities Throughout the Country
WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 26, 2026:
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DNC Launches Nationwide Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action With More Than 200 On-The-Ground Events Taking Place in Communities Throughout the Country
While focusing on affordability and holding Republicans accountable for making life more expensive, thousands of Democrats will spend the weekend participating in canvasses, community meetings, voter registration drives, volunteer trainings, phone banks, and service events that reach, engage, and mobilize working families
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WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Democratic National Committee posted the following news release on June 26, 2026:
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DNC Launches Nationwide Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action With More Than 200 On-The-Ground Events Taking Place in Communities Throughout the Country
While focusing on affordability and holding Republicans accountable for making life more expensive, thousands of Democrats will spend the weekend participating in canvasses, community meetings, voter registration drives, volunteer trainings, phone banks, and service events that reach, engage, and mobilize working families
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Today,the DNC announced the launch of a nationwide Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action that will train 150 new organizers, engage thousands of volunteers, and include more than 200 on-the-ground events throughout the country today, Saturday, and Sunday. Democratic volunteers, organizers, and campaign staff will spend the weekend having nearly 10,000 conversations with working families during door-to-door canvasses, innovative voter registration drives, neighborhood meetings, Know Your Rights trainings, service events, and phone banks. While holding Republicans accountable for jacking up costs, the weekend will also focus on the work Democrats are doing to make life more affordable.
In response to the launch of the Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action, DNC Chair Ken Martin released the following statement:
"From groceries and gas to healthcare, childcare, rent, and utilities, everything costs too damn much under Donald Trump and the Republicans. And to stop these skyrocketing prices that are crushing working families, we have to stop the Republicans in November. That's why Democrats are launching this nationwide weekend of action to reach, engage, register, and mobilize voters who will make the difference in races up and down the ballot. By organizing early and organizing everywhere, Democrats will win these midterms and get to work making life more affordable."
The nationwide weekend of action will feature affordability-focused events with elected officials and partner organizations. That includes:
* An organizer bootcamp featuring Gov. Lujan Grisham. The bootcamp will train 150 new organizers to join campaigns this cycle.
* A voter registration drive targeting shift workers and gig workers. When We Count fellows will be registering voters at cost-salient locations such as grocery stores, laundromats, thrift stores, gas stations, discount stores, transit stops, dollar stores, food courts, check-cashing areas. This is in addition to targeting shift workers at airport rideshare waiting lots, popular food delivery pickup corridors, and stadium staff entrances.
* Door knocking and block walking in critical and overlooked areas throughout the country. This includes canvassing in all four of Nevada's Congressional Districts with the following special guests: Democratic nominee for governor Aaron Ford, Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Sandra Jauregui, Democratic nominee for attorney general Nicole Cannizzaro, and Democratic nominee for the Second Congressional District Teresa Benitez-Thompson. Canvasses also include door knocking in Flagstaff, Tucson, Scottsdale, Phoenix, Philadelphia, Scranton, Reading, Erie, Pittsburgh, State College, Racine, Eau Claire, Oshkosh, Green Bay, Milwaukee, Sheboygan, Madison, and many other communities.
* Phonebanking in communities throughout the country. This includes talking to voters in NY-22 and OH-01 about how the affordability crisis has been affecting their daily lives. Both of these districts have seen gas prices rise to levels that are higher than the national average, with the price per gallon seeing over a 40% increase since the start of Trump's unnecessary war with Iran.
* Service events in battleground states. This includes a North Las Vegas community food drive with the Nevada Coordinated Campaign that mobilizes volunteers to meet, engage, listen to, and serve voters where they are. There will also be a park cleanup event in Nevada where volunteers will listen to families about their concerns around rising costs and share Democratic efforts to make life more affordable. Additionally, the Wisconsin Coordinated Campaign and the Kenosha County Democratic Party are collecting and distributing school supplies to families in need. This is an opportunity to meet, listen to, connect with, and serve voters.
* A national activation call focused on the impact of Trump's failing economy on Black workers. The call will feature Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb, Collective PAC Founder and President Quentin James, the Black Men Vote Executive Director Michael Bland, and the Maricopa Area Labor Federation.
The Stuff Costs Too Much Weekend of Action builds on the DNC's work to reach people where they are, engage communities, register voters, sign up volunteers, and invest in year-round, on-the-ground organizing. In the spring, the DNC held a National Voter Registration Week of Action -- with more than 100 events -- and published The Playbook, an actionable guide to help build winning campaigns that includes best practices, case studies, and innovations in organizing. Earlier this year, the DNC launched When We Count, the largest-ever campaign to register and mobilize the next generation of Democratic voters ahead of the midterms. The DNC also launched the NextWave Regional Bootcamp, the largest-ever in-person campaign training program. Additionally, the DNC spearheaded Local Listeners, a new voter contact initiative to engage over one million infrequent voters across key congressional districts and states.
As Republicans have gutted healthcare and Trump has bragged that "I don't think about Americans' financial situation," costs for just about everything have continued to skyrocket and inflation has surged to its highest rate in years. The average household has already had to spend at least $3,100 more under Republicans. That includes $310 more on groceries including from their reckless tariffs, $372 more on gas thanks to their war of choice in Iran, $110 more on electricity, and $622 more on housing. This rise in prices is in addition to healthcare premiums jumping by an average of 58% after Republicans repeatedly refused to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act premium tax credits.
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ICYMI: Far-right Election Denier Jim Marchant - Who Questioned His Own Primary Victory - Becomes Republican Nominee for Secretary of State
LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 26 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: Far-right Election Denier Jim Marchant - Who Questioned His Own Primary Victory - Becomes Republican Nominee for Secretary of State
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Talking Points Memo : "In 2022, he told audiences that '"the people of Nevada have not elected anybody since 2006. They've been installed by the deep state cabal'"
Jim Marchant, a longtime far-right conspiracy theorist, is now the Republican nominee for Secretary of State running to oversee our election system. Marchant is clearly unfit, unqualified, and
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LAS VEGAS, Nevada, June 26 -- The Nevada Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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ICYMI: Far-right Election Denier Jim Marchant - Who Questioned His Own Primary Victory - Becomes Republican Nominee for Secretary of State
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Talking Points Memo : "In 2022, he told audiences that '"the people of Nevada have not elected anybody since 2006. They've been installed by the deep state cabal'"
Jim Marchant, a longtime far-right conspiracy theorist, is now the Republican nominee for Secretary of State running to oversee our election system. Marchant is clearly unfit, unqualified, andunhinged-and should not be anywhere near public office.
Marchant has:
* Spewed disinformation asserting legitimate elections were stolen
* Said an imaginary Q Anon figure summoned him to run for office
* Led the illegal 2020 fake elector scheme
* " Not really " trusted the results of his own primary.
The Associated Press reports that "in December 2020, he stood alongside the six Nevada Republicans who signed fake electoral certificates claiming Trump won the state-when in fact Biden won Nevada that year by more than 33,000 votes. Those six Republicans continue to face charges filed by the attorney general's office."
Nevada State Democratic Party spokesperson Asaf Grofman released the following statement:
"This much is clear: Nevadans deserve a Secretary of State who will protect and respect the will of the voters, not a conspiracy theorist who has spent years spreading dangerous lies, embracing election denialism, and questioning the legitimacy of our elections. Jim Marchant has repeatedly shown he is willing to disenfranchise Nevada voters in order to prioritize his extreme agenda. His nomination is a stark reminder of how far the Nevada Republican Party has moved toward the fringe, and voters are ready to reject his dangerous record this November yet again."
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Original text here: https://nvdems.com/icymi-far-right-election-denier-jim-marchant-who-questioned-his-own-primary-victory-becomes-republican-nominee-for-secretary-of-state/
Emilia Sykes Fights to Put Ohio Workers First, Demands Better Trade Deal From Trump Administration
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Emilia Sykes Fights to Put Ohio Workers First, Demands Better Trade Deal From Trump Administration
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Congresswoman Emilia Sykes is leading the charge to fight for fairer trade policies that put Ohio workers first and provide relief for hardworking families at home.
This week, Sykes demanded the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement be renegotiated to strengthen labor and environmental protections, and put Ohio communities - not corporations - first.
"Northeast Ohio knows better
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WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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Emilia Sykes Fights to Put Ohio Workers First, Demands Better Trade Deal From Trump Administration
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Congresswoman Emilia Sykes is leading the charge to fight for fairer trade policies that put Ohio workers first and provide relief for hardworking families at home.
This week, Sykes demanded the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement be renegotiated to strengthen labor and environmental protections, and put Ohio communities - not corporations - first.
"Northeast Ohio knows betterthan anyone, free trade does not equal fair trade...Congress has a role and a responsibility to engage and to force these actions," said Sykes.
Read more about the Congresswoman's efforts:
Cleveland.com: U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes joins labor, environmental groups to demand USMCA renegotiation
* U.S. Rep. Emilia Sykes joined labor and environmental leaders on Capitol Hill Tuesday to demand that the Trump administration renegotiate the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, arguing the trade pact has failed Ohio workers.
* The Akron Democrat hosted the event days before a July 1 deadline that opens the first scheduled review of the USMCA, the deal President Trump signed during his first term to replace the North American Free Trade Agreement. USMCA's terms require the three countries to decide whether to extend it for another 16 years or enter a series of annual reviews that could end the pact in 2036.
* "Northeast Ohio knows better than anyone, free trade does not equal fair trade," said Sykes, who'd like to see the USMCA's review process bolster labor protections and strengthen environmental enforcement.
* Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Rhode Island Democrat, said weak enforcement lets foreign competitors undercut American producers by cutting corners on labor and pollution.
* "It's really important that, as we undertake this joint review of the USMCA, we go to battle to make sure that the provisions for labor enforcement and the provisions for environmental enforcement are strong," said Whitehouse.
* Speaking at the press conference, Sierra Club Executive Director Loren Blackford argued Trump oversold the USMCA when he signed it.
* "There are no good jobs without clean air and clean water," said Blackford.
* United Steelworkers International President Roxanne Brown, called NAFTA a "disaster" that hollowed out factory towns and pitted workers in the United States and Mexico against each other. She said USMCA made some progress but didn't go far enough.
* She said too many Mexican workers are making poverty wages, fighting to form independent unions and to be safe on the job, and too many companies are still chasing cheap labor and moving jobs out of the United States while delivering record profits to shareholders.
* "That is unacceptable, and it is fixable," said Brown. "Right now, we have a critical opportunity through the USMCA joint review. We can rewrite the rules of trade, so they finally work for working people and for the environment."
* Asked how the coalition could force action if the administration declines to reopen the deal, Jason Walsh, executive director of the BlueGreen Alliance coalition of labor and environmental groups, said letting the agreement lapse into annual reviews would be better than locking in the current terms. He said the goal is to fix the deal as soon as possible.
* Sykes said Congress shares the blame for ceding its power to make trade deals to the administration. She called on House Speaker Mike Johnson to let lawmakers exercise their constitutional authority over trade.
* "Congress has a role and a responsibility to engage and to force these actions," said Sykes.
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/emilia-sykes-fights-to-put-ohio-workers-first-demands-better-trade-deal-from-trump-administration/
Democratic Governors Association Issues Statement on Republican Members of Congress Voting Against Bipartisan Housing Legislation
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following statement on June 24, 2026:
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DGA Statement on Republican Members of Congress Voting Against Bipartisan Housing Legislation
As rising costs crush families and homeownership becomes increasingly out of reach, House Republicans and current gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs (AZ), David Schweikert (AZ), Byron Donalds (FL), and Tommy Tuberville (AL) voted against bipartisan legislation to build more housing and lower costs, while Tom Tiffany (WI) and John James (MI) skipped the vote entirely.
Every Republican
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WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Governors Association posted the following statement on June 24, 2026:
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DGA Statement on Republican Members of Congress Voting Against Bipartisan Housing Legislation
As rising costs crush families and homeownership becomes increasingly out of reach, House Republicans and current gubernatorial candidates Andy Biggs (AZ), David Schweikert (AZ), Byron Donalds (FL), and Tommy Tuberville (AL) voted against bipartisan legislation to build more housing and lower costs, while Tom Tiffany (WI) and John James (MI) skipped the vote entirely.
Every Republicanmember of Congress running for governor must answer why they are against building more housing to lower Americans' costs.
"House Republicans running for governor have repeatedly voted to jack up the cost of living, and now they need to also explain why they refuse to support this bipartisan plan to lower the cost of housing," said DGA Communications Director Sam Newton. "Democratic governors and candidates for governor have been running on aggressive plans to make life more affordable, and this is more proof that Trump and DC Republicans' economic failures will be a major issue in governors' races this November."
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Original text here: https://democraticgovernors.org/updates/dga-statement-on-republican-members-of-congress-voting-against-bipartisan-housing-legislation/
DCCC Launches First General Election Digital Ad Campaign Targeting Vulnerable Mike Lawler over Shady History of Self Dealing
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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DCCC Launches First General Election Digital Ad Campaign Targeting Vulnerable Mike Lawler over Shady History of Self Dealing
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After New York Primary, DCCC goes on offense with five-figure ad buy reaching NY-17 voters on Meta
Less than 48 hours after New York's primary election, the DCCC is announcing its first general election digital ad campaign in New York's 17th Congressional District.
The digital ad targets vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler for his long, lucrative history
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WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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DCCC Launches First General Election Digital Ad Campaign Targeting Vulnerable Mike Lawler over Shady History of Self Dealing
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After New York Primary, DCCC goes on offense with five-figure ad buy reaching NY-17 voters on Meta
Less than 48 hours after New York's primary election, the DCCC is announcing its first general election digital ad campaign in New York's 17th Congressional District.
The digital ad targets vulnerable Republican Mike Lawler for his long, lucrative historyof self-dealing -funnelling more than $720,000 from political groups, nonprofits, and even his own campaigns into Checkmate Strategies, a political consulting firm he co-founded and co-owned even while serving in Congress.
The digital ad will reach targeted voters on Meta, is backed by an initial five-figure investment, and will run for two full weeks.
DCCC Spokesperson Riya Vashi:
"Democrats' path back to the House majority runs straight through NY-17, and we are going on offense early to make sure Hudson Valley voters know the stakes in November. Shady political operative Mike Lawler has spent his entire career turning public office into a personal payday while selling out his constituents again and again -and Democrats are going to make sure voters hear about his self-dealing and corruption from now until election day."
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Read more about Lawler's corrupt history of self-dealing:
* New York Times: Already Facing a Challenge, a Republican Is Accused of Self-Dealing
* Politico: Overlapping payments reveal Rep. Mike Lawler's deep history as a political operative
* Politico: Lawler's campaigns paid his former firm over $500K
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/dccc-launches-first-general-election-digital-ad-campaign-targeting-vulnerable-mike-lawler-over-shady-history-of-self-dealing/
"Republican-aligned PACs continue funding Kevin Kiley's congressional campaign" [Sacramento Bee]
WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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"Republican-aligned PACs continue funding Kevin Kiley's congressional campaign" [Sacramento Bee]
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" Trump predicted Kiley would be a 'MAGA champion in Congress.'"
Kevin Kiley's fake 'independent' mask is slipping to reveal what California voters knew all along: 'MAGA Champion' Kiley is still in lockstep with and bankrolled by extreme Republicans and his D.C. party bosses.
New reporting from the Sacramento Bee reveals that a significant portion of Kiley's PAC contributions came
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WASHINGTON, June 26 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release:
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"Republican-aligned PACs continue funding Kevin Kiley's congressional campaign" [Sacramento Bee]
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" Trump predicted Kiley would be a 'MAGA champion in Congress.'"
Kevin Kiley's fake 'independent' mask is slipping to reveal what California voters knew all along: 'MAGA Champion' Kiley is still in lockstep with and bankrolled by extreme Republicans and his D.C. party bosses.
New reporting from the Sacramento Bee reveals that a significant portion of Kiley's PAC contributions camefrom "organizations explicitly aligned with Republican or conservative causes" and that they still view him as "one of their own."
While Kiley attempts to lie about his deep MAGA ties to CA-06 voters, the campaign contributions speak for themselves:
* $550,000 transferred from Mike Johnson's fundraising committee, Grow the Majority
* Another $157,800 from Grow the Majority after announcing he was 'leaving' the Republican party
* $7,000 from Republican Governance Group's affiliated PAC, of which he's still listed as a member
* And nearly $70,000 from Republican-aligned groups
DCCC Spokesperson Anna Elsasser:
"Kevin Kiley can change the letter next to his name, but he can't hide who funds his campaigns or who he fights for: his Republican Party bosses. While families suffer from Kiley's agenda that's raising costs and gutting their healthcare, he continues raising money from the same MAGA machine that's bankrolled him all along. It's disingenuous, it's predictable -and it will be one reason among many that he loses in November."
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Sacramento Bee: Republican-aligned PACs continue funding Kevin Kiley's congressional campaign
* Rep. Kevin Kiley has nearly $2 million in cash on hand as he heads into the general election, aided...by support from Republican-aligned groups even after leaving the GOP earlier this year.
* Federal campaign finance filings show Kiley raised nearly $2.7 million between January 2025 and May 13, 2026. The fundraising haul included contributions from a number of conservative organizations and Republican leadership committees, including more than $550,000 transferred through Grow the Majority, a joint fundraising committee associated with House Speaker Mike Johnson.
* Kiley announced in March that he had changed his voter registration to no party preference, saying growing partisanship was "weakening the country." While he no longer identifies as a Republican, the Rocklin congressman continues to caucus with House Republicans.
* Just a few weeks after his announcement, another $157,800 was transferred from Grow the Majority to his campaign.
* [Dr.] Richard Pan, who is running against Kiley in the November general election, said Kiley's party switch is a political tactic to win the Democratic-leaning 6th Congressional District.
* Just four years earlier, Kiley was endorsed by President Donald Trump for the 3rd Congressional District seat, which he now holds. Trump predicted Kiley would be a "MAGA champion in Congress."
* Kiley remains listed as a member of the Republican Governance Group, a caucus of moderate House Republicans whose affiliated PAC contributed $7,000 to his campaign.
* Among the Republican-aligned groups that have contributed to Kiley's campaign are the House Conservatives Fund, Republican Main Street Partnership PAC and Building America's Republican Representation PAC.
* A Sacramento Bee analysis of federal campaign finance records found that about one-fifth of Kiley's PAC contributions -nearly $70,000 -came from organizations explicitly aligned with Republican or conservative causes.
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Original text here: https://dccc.org/new-republican-aligned-pacs-continue-funding-kevin-kileys-congressional-campaign-sacramento-bee/
"Disappear[ing] From His Bio": Michael Whatley Keeps Lying About His Resume
RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 26 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news:
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"Disappear[ing] From His Bio": Michael Whatley Keeps Lying About His Resume
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As NBC News exposes DC insider Michael Whatley for lying to North Carolinians about "growing up" in North Carolina, there's a clear pattern of key information "disappear[ing] from [Whatley's] bio" as he introduces himself to voters with lies.
* Whatley frequently lied to North Carolinians that he "grew up" in Blowing Rock and is a "son of Western North Carolina" when he was actually born and raised in Michigan.
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, June 26 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party posted the following news:
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"Disappear[ing] From His Bio": Michael Whatley Keeps Lying About His Resume
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As NBC News exposes DC insider Michael Whatley for lying to North Carolinians about "growing up" in North Carolina, there's a clear pattern of key information "disappear[ing] from [Whatley's] bio" as he introduces himself to voters with lies.
* Whatley frequently lied to North Carolinians that he "grew up" in Blowing Rock and is a "son of Western North Carolina" when he was actually born and raised in Michigan.
1. * NBC News: "He frequently talks about how he 'grew up' in the tiny town of Blowing Rock in western North Carolina [...] But records show that Whatley spent most of his childhood away from North Carolina."
* NBC News: "That resume has largely been de-emphasized on the campaign trail, replaced instead by the idea he was raised in North Carolina as he runs in a nationally watched Senate race against Cooper..."
* Whatley has tried to erase his career as a Big Oil and Duke Energy lobbyist from his resume.
1. * American Journal News: "A new ad from the conservative group Americans for Prosperity portrays Michael Whatley as a political outsider despite his two-decade career as a corporate lobbyist."
* Michael Whatley on Talk of the Town : "I'm an outsider running for office"
* After completely failing as the Hurricane Helene "recovery czar," Whatley attempted to rewrite history and lie about his title.
1. * The Assembly: "'The title came from the Democrats choosing to call it that,' Whatley said.
* "On the campaign trail with supporters the following week, however, Whatley shared a different account, according to audio obtained by The Assembly.
* "During a December 13 campaign stop at the Iredell County Republican Men's Club meeting, Whatley told local Republicans that it was Trump who dubbed him the recovery czar."
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Original text here: https://www.ncdp.org/media/disappearing-from-his-bio-michael-whatley-keeps-lying-about-his-resume/
