Roy Cooper: “If there was ever a chance to do something and make a difference, it is now.”
RALEIGH – During his campaign for the U.S. Senate, Roy Cooper is engaging with Black North Carolinians across the state through the campaign’s Black Leaders for Roy coalition, by meeting with Black faith and business leaders, engaging with Black media on his Make Stuff Cost Less tour, visiting HBCU campuses and standing up against attacks on voting rights. Roy is also proud to have the support of over ten Black PACs from across the state.
Triangle Tribune: Black Leaders for Roy Coalition launched for Cooper’s Senate bid
Kylie Marsh
- More than 125 Black leaders from across the state have launched the Black Leaders for Roy Coalition in support of the former governor’s campaign for U.S. Senate. […] The coalition brings Cooper to listening sessions, organizing events and regular meetings with Black citizens across the state.
- Cooper’s campaign promises to lower costs on working class people and protect voting rights and access in North Carolina. His “Make Stuff Cost Less” campaign includes regulations on insurance, healthcare, grocery, utility, housing and childcare costs, all which weigh heavily on the state’s working families.
The Carolinian Newspaper: Cooper’s “Make Stuff Cost Less” Tour
Jheri Hardaway
- Former Governor Roy Cooper brought his U.S. Senate campaign to Johnston County, speaking to a packed room of supporters about affordability, healthcare, and corporate accountability. His focus is “making stuff cost less.”
- “We’re got to make sure that we reduce gas prices and diesel prices for people, because transportation costs affect almost everything they buy,” [Roy Cooper said.]
- In a post-event press conference with reporters, Cooper addressed the immediate economic anxieties of voters in a county that voted heavily for Donald Trump. When pressed on surging fuel costs and grocery inflation, Cooper outlined a comprehensive policy platform aimed at lowering standard middle-class overhead.
Campus Echo: Former Gov. Roy Cooper visits Durham for Senate campaign, promises affordability
Ronni Butts & Christian Newell
- “I am a prisoner of hope. I truly believe that our best days are ahead of us,” he said. “I believe that people can rise up and choose leaders who want to return power from Washington, D.C. to where it belongs—the people.”
- “Michael Whatley is running just to help himself and his fellow D.C. insiders and lobbyists,” [Rep. Valerie] Foushee said.
- [NCCU Alumna Laura] Whitley said she believes Cooper understands the needs of students at NCCU. “I feel like he is for Central students and to better the Central community,” Whitley said.
Charlotte Post: Affordability rises to top at US Senate campaign stop
Herbert L. White
- Cooper, who served two four-year terms as attorney general in addition to eight years as governor, said the Senate race represents an opportunity for North Carolina voters to reset the federal government’s priorities.
- “There are too many people who are having too much month at the end of the money right now,” [Cooper] said. “They’re telling me that rent’s too high. The utility bills are too high. Health care costs are too high. Childcare is too high, and this administration promised them to fix these problems on day one. Not only have they not done it, but they made it worse.”
Roland Martin Unfiltered: This Is the Seat That Flips the Senate. Roy Cooper’s Run Hinges on Black Turnout
- Roy Cooper: “If there was ever a chance to do something and to make a difference, it is now. […] Clearly, the people in power now do not want people who are behind and who are struggling to vote, because they’re afraid that those people would vote them out–as they should.”
- Roy Cooper: “We know that people across Eastern North Carolina are struggling. My campaign is going to be paying attention to them and listening to their strife right now.”
The Charlotte Post: I’m 24. I learned up close that politics isn’t intimidating
Nikya Hightower
- Going in, I fully expected my “spoken like a true politician” suspicions to play out, but it was actually refreshing to hear Cooper and Warnock use simple language about issues and what North Carolinians can do about them.
- “They’re telling me that rent’s too high, the utility bills are too high, health care costs are too high, childcare is too high,” Cooper said. “And this administration promised them to fix these problems on day one. Not only have they not done it, but they’ve made it worse.”
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