RALEIGH, North Carolina, Dec. 2 -- The North Carolina Republican Party issued the following statement by Communications Director Matt Mercer:

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NCGOP Statement on Woke Activist Anita Earls Filing for Reelection

"Woke Activist Anita Earls represents everything wrong with radical left-wing judges in North Carolina courts. She is the co-author of the infamous TREC report, which pushed soft-on-crime policies into courtrooms across our state.