WLOS: “It was a packed room as Cooper spoke with supporters about his plans to lower health care costs for North Carolinians.”
RALEIGH — Last Friday, Roy Cooper continued his “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour, holding an event in Asheville to highlight 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.
WLOS: Roy Cooper Holds Make Stuff Cost Less Event in Asheville
- Namurah Blakely: “The cost of health care for our employees is up, for our own family. Meanwhile, we’re competing against national corporations with deep pockets, greater buying power and the ability to underbid local businesses, and we’ve spent decades investing in this community.”
- Reporter: “Roy Cooper’s stop… here in Asheville was all about how he says he plans to make life more affordable for North Carolinians in the U.S. Senate.”
- Reporter: “It was a packed room as Cooper spoke with supporters about his plans to lower health care costs for North Carolinians.”
828 News Now: Roy Cooper makes economy-focused stop in Asheville on U.S. Senate campaign trail
Pruett Norris
- More than 150 members of the Asheville community gathered today to watch former North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper deliver an economy-focused speech…
- [Namurah] Blakely and [Christine] Weinerth each spoke to the difficulties they had experienced with rising costs in Buncombe County and the relief they believe Cooper could bring them.
- “We need leaders to understand when local businesses succeed, our community succeed,” [Namurah] Blakely said in her remarks. “Roy Cooper understands that. As governor, he worked to expand [access] to affordable healthcare and strengthen our economy, all across North Carolina.”
- [Christine Weinerth:] “Our grocery bill has gone up about $300 a month, our gas, $200 a month, and our utility bill, our Duke Energy bill, has doubled […] Roy understands that stuff costs too much, and he’s running for Senate to make life more affordable for the people of North Carolina.”
Smoky Mountain News: Cooper Talks Helene, Affordability in Asheville
Alex Perri
- [Christine] Weinerth spoke after [Namurah] Blakely and wondered whether her college-age son would be part of the first generation of Americans to be financially worse off than their parents, citing the growing cost of living in North Carolina. […] “We need to make stuff cost less,” she said.
- After the event, Cooper spoke with the Smoky Mountain News about how he would address Hurricane Helene recovery efforts if elected, as the second anniversary of North Carolina’s costliest natural disaster approaches.
- [Roy Cooper:] “We need to continue to fight for federal funds, so that infrastructure of the area can be built up.”
Blue Ridge Public Radio: Cooper says Whatley ‘has not convinced this administration’ that WNC needs more Helene aid
Felicia Sonmez
- During Cooper’s campaign swing, dubbed the “Make Stuff Cost Less” tour, he largely focused on economic issues.
- “He’s going around saying we’ve defeated inflation,” Cooper said of Whatley. “Come on! We know we haven’t defeated inflation. He is trying to ingratiate himself every day.”
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