WFMY: “Voters are being offered two different levels of detail. Cooper has more than two dozen plans he’s put out to bring down costs, Whatley offering […] fewer details about how he would save you money.”
RALEIGH — On Sunday, Roy Cooper continued his “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour, holding a canvass launch in Winston-Salem to rally supporters around how he will continue his work in the U.S. Senate to bring down skyrocketing costs and make life more affordable for working North Carolinians.
WFMY: Roy Cooper Holds Make Stuff Cost Less Canvass Launch in Winston-Salem
- Roy Cooper: “Paychecks are not keeping up with the cost of living, and we have an administration in Washington now, who said […] cost of living was going to be the day one focus. Not only has that not happened, they made it so much worse.”
- Reporter: “Republican Michael Whatley’s economic platform on his website is much shorter than Cooper’s […] does not offer a comparable list of proposals addressing groceries, health care, childcare or housing. More than 24 hours ago, we asked Whatley’s campaign what specific actions he would take in those areas. The campaign has not responded.”
- Reporter: “At this point in the campaign, voters are being offered two different levels of detail. Cooper has more than two dozen plans he’s put out to bring down costs, Whatley offering a broader economic policy, but fewer details about how he would save you money.”
WGHP: Roy Cooper Holds Make Stuff Cost Less Canvass Launch in Winston-Salem
- Anchor: “His ‘Make Stuff Cost Less’ campaign centers on making health care and everyday expenses more affordable for North Carolina residents. Cooper spoke to a room of his supporters about rising gas prices and high grocery costs across the state.”
- Roy Cooper; “When I’ve worked with people in the past, it’s amazing how much you do agree on, because people often focus on what you disagree on. So when you find that common ground, that we want people to have a good education, or that it’s important for people to have health care, or it’s important for us to drive down this debt…”
WXII: Roy Cooper Holds Make Stuff Cost Less Canvass Launch in Winston-Salem
- Anchor: “And while in Winston-Salem this afternoon, Cooper emphasized his stance on affordable health care, the war in Iran, the nation’s debt and the state of the economy, including wanting to lower gas prices. He also highlighted his record when he was governor and being able to work across the aisle to get things done in Washington.”
- Roy Cooper: “We want to take on the insurance companies and the utility companies.”
WFMY: Comparing Cooper and Whatley’s published plans to lower costs
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- To address grocery prices, Cooper proposes fighting tariffs, blocking anti-competitive mergers among food companies and prohibiting companies from using algorithms to coordinate prices.
- Cooper’s campaign said he would consider proposals to reduce grocery, utility, housing and child care expenses while being “judicious with taxpayer dollars.” It also pointed to the balanced-budget proposals Cooper submitted to the General Assembly each year as governor and said he would take that experience to Washington as lawmakers confront a national debt approaching $40 trillion.
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