Boy, NC Gov Cooper is hitting it out of the ballpark.

[Baitball Blogger]

Speech to veto the super majority Republican Congress' bill to stop all abortions.

He hit all the hot buttons. If you really care about children, why not improve neonatal care and lower infant death rates; if you really care about mothers, why not invest in childcare.

That doesn't even scratch the surface of all the things he said.

[XanaDUer2]

1. He's a good guy

But they don't care about about women, children, or humans.

[Brother Buzz]

2. WWW&H

Gov Cooper has been on a tear all week on this subject. Did this happen today?

[Baitball Blogger]

13. Yup.

[Brother Buzz]

16. I saw short footage of it from today

But like I said, he's been on a tear all week

[JohnSJ]

3. The problem is the repukes don't care and will try to override it.

[mobeau69]

4. That's the way you do a veto.

[JohnSJ]

6. Isn't NC the state where one Democrat became a republican, and gave the

republicans a super majority there?

[moonscape]

7. Yes

[brakester]

28. To our great shame and embarrassment.....

And also shock that when running for the office she was quite reasonable and liberal. Does she hang out with Kyrsten Sinema?

[moonscape]

36. She's the one who should be ashamed.

[Trailrider1951]

32. I wonder how much it took to buy her soul

Assuming that she had one to begin with

[ProudMNDemocrat]

5. Making this PUBLIC was a smart move.

With the ire of the people, Republicans in the NC Legislature WILL have to listen to the people who DO NOT want this ban.

But will they?

[JohnSJ]

8. I don't think there is any evidence to suggest that will happen. I agree it is good that the

Governor is making this very public regardless

[ancianita]

19. Yes.

He's also smart to rile the ire of the people to vote Repubs out of the legislature in 2024.

He's taking rethug politics head on. The only way to beat them.

[brakester]

29. Cooper

is a standup guy!

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

34. good. Dems need to start playing the long game. get ready for 2024. make it another blue wave yr

[spanone]

9. I watched his rally and his vetoing of the abortion ban....THANK YOU GOVERNOR

[malaise]

12. Most excellent

:

[LetMyPeopleVote]

10. North Carolina's governor Roy Cooper has vetoed a bill that would ban nearly all abortions

Link to tweet

[Baitball Blogger]

14. Thank you!

[Diamond_Dog]

11. Wish we'd hear more of this kind of talk calling out repulsive repukes on their hypocrisy!

Is there an article somewhere with his speech in it?

[Initech]

15. Republicans are totally out of control right now.

So glad there's still some resemblance of sanity left in this country!

[wendyb-NC]

17. He's a Fine Governor

He's for all the people of this state. He knows how the other side, wants to oppress and disenfranchise women, people of color and low wealth wealth people, in NC.

[Hekate]

18. Excellent news

[paleotn]

20. Good man. Met him once in the late 2000's. His reelection campaign for state AG.

[Warpy]

21. That's just it, they DON'T care

Forcing us to endure the discomfort of an unwanted pregnancy ending in extremely painful childbirth is a way to CONTROL WOMEN and that's the only thing they want. They don't care about us as anything but their last slaves. They hate children and they hate where they come from.

Don't get confused about any of this.

[BlackSkimmer]

22. Rec. nt

[onecaliberal]

23. Watched it live. He was great. They're lucky to have him.

Hopefully they will wake up and ditch the pukes.

[BComplex]

24. He's my gov!!! He's not just awesome as a governor, he's a really good guy.

[llmart]

25. NC is truly lucky to have him as Governor.

I wish NC would follow the lead of Michigan and flip that legislature! I really love the geography of the state and considered retiring there, but it seemed to me that the state wasn't progressing enough and now is regressing. The Democrats in that state need to get out the vote for all elections. At the very least, make it a purple state.

[Jvp]

26. a matter of basic civil rights

The abortion issue is basically about basic civil rights in this country. Does a woman have the same basic civil rights as a man? yes or no. Anti abortionists seem to think they don't. Are full civil rights gender specific or are they for all people?
No one should be in charge of anyone else's body. Period.
This should be stated constantly by politicians!

[LetMyPeopleVote]

27. Look at this crowd in Raleigh, NC

Link to tweet

[Ishoutandscream2]

33. Can't beat a rally where "Green Onions"

is playing in the background. Turns out we have great taste in music, too.

[Hortensis]

35. Yes, look at them. If the Republican legislature overrides his veto,

as expected, they'll dig in for the next chance, until they succeed.

[littlemissmartypants]

30. Mother's Day weekend. Never forget. n/t

[BlackSkimmer]

31. Kick. nt

[barbtries]

37. do you have any idea where online i may be able to see it?

i googled, checked news & observer page, and youtube, no luck? thank you

ETA found it on WRAL.com, at least i think so! watching now