*Republican shoots handicapped person in the middle of Raleigh on live television*
Atlas: “Nobody will care about this in two hours”
Reminder: the president of the United States was caught on tape admitting to multiple instances of sexual assault via the grabbing of pussies a month before the election and won anyway.
If Harris loses (I think he will), it won't be because of this comment.
Teflon Don, though. Trump said so much absolutely insane s*** that it all managed to turn out inconsequential in the end.
Either way, NC-09 is unfortunately not the kind of district where this kind of gaffe might be particularly hurtful. I've got close ties to the district and, outside of the wishy washy Charlotte suburbs, you get into socially conservative territory real quick.
True, however if the Dems pick up the seat it will be because they do well in the Mecklenberg portion of the district and this likely won't go over well with the white collar transplant crowd in Ballantyne.
True that. I've got family in the Ballantyne/Weddington/Matthews area and it's archetypal wishy washy white collar conservative suburbia in a lot of ways, not the kind of place a candidate like Harris would do well in. However, the rest of the district is still a tough sell. A lot of the district is rural and very much socially conservative. McCready is the right man for the job, though.
I certainly do not think it will be an easy pickup by any stretch of the imagination, but considering the climate, how far right Harris is and the white collar transplant population (in the more metro Charlotte portion of the district anyway) this is one to watch. FWIW my parents are less than 1/2 a mile from the district (they are just over the state line in Indian Land)
