EXCLUSIVE: A Raleigh science teacher found dead in her home — killed allegedly by a career criminal with 20 prior arrests who walked free after a Roy Cooper-appointed judge reduced his felony charges to a misdemeanor.
Now Cooper faces 'soft on crime' attacks heading into one of the most competitive Senate races of the 2026 midterms. Critics say the killing of Zoe Welch could have been prevented.
Cooper's campaign distances him from the judge, saying she won election to the seat in 2022. But the governor personally appointed her in 2021, praising her 'dedication and fairness.'
@RoyCooperNC But thanks to you, lots of people are not ALIVE anymore to buy gas for their cars.
@stephenehorn thank for your work.
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🚨UPDATE: Peter Doocy Dropped a jaw-dropping Fact-Check Comparing Inflation in Trump’s First Year to Biden’s
• Overall inflation: Biden 4.3%, Trump 1.6%
• Grocery prices: Biden 3.8%, Trump 1.4%
• Gas prices: Biden +24.4%, Trump -5.4%
Trump is Making America Wealthy Again🔥
@NCGOP For the last few months I've posted this pic of Cooper at every opportunity; sometimes suggesting it should be used in Republican campaign materials. YAY!
It's a screenshot from a reporter's video just after she asked him a question about Iryna.
He said nothing, and ran AWAY!
@RoyCooperNC “Based on 2023-2025 USDA data leading into 2026, North Carolina ranks second in the United States for Chinese-owned agricultural land by acreage, trailing only
Texas.”
🚨#BREAKING: North Carolina Republican Senator, Thom Tillis, who had plenty of time to THROW A DOG PARADE IN THE HALLS OF CONGRESS last month...
...just DID NOT SHOW UP AT ALL FOR A VOTE ON THE SAVE ACT!!!!!!
WHAT?!!!!!!!!!