Senate Leader Phil Berger - an Eden lawyer, husband, father and grandfather.
Jul 14, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
What do we do when confronted with a doctrine that “questions the very foundations of the liberal order”? That’s how leading legal scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic describe critical race theory, the school of thought they helped found. #ncpol
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They seek to replace the existing order with a new order, one that preaches “the only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination,” and that everything we see and do boils down to race and a racial hierarchy — the intersection of race and power. #ncpol
Sep 29, 2020 • 9 tweets • 6 min read
Thread on A Tale of Two Cases…
You don’t change the rules after the game has started. As we’re seeing, changing the rules after kickoff is one problem with @NCSBE’s secret adventure last week—I’m going to tell you about another. (1/9) #ncpol
At the same closed session where the @NCSBE bent over backwards to “settle” with Democratic super-lawyer Marc Elias, the same @NCSBE decided they had “no interest in compromis[ing]” to help a group of blind voters. (2/9) #ncpol
Sep 22, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Can you imagine the reaction if President Trump and Attorney General Barr went into a backroom and rewrote election laws weeks before the election?
I cannot overstate how unethical this collusive behavior is. #ncpol (1/4)
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The Board of Elections, which is controlled by Gov. Cooper and acting through its lawyer, Democratic AG Josh Stein, went around the legislature and agreed with Democratic plaintiffs… #ncpol (2/4)
1/4: In Roy Cooper’s North Carolina, the Governor can walk with a group of protesters with no mask on, but you can’t take your son or daughter to a playground. #ncpol
2/4: Rioters can break windows and set fires with impunity, but you can’t exercise on an elliptical machine. #ncpol
Jul 23, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Governor, you didn’t respond to me last week on this subject. As I said to you in my message, I was hoping we could talk free from the media/Twitter spectacle. But if the only way you’ll communicate with me is via Twitter, then that’s your decision.
Here’s my message from last week: "Hi Governor, I understand that your office has told the press that you do not have any ultimatums regarding the budget. That is a welcome development. Can you please confirm, free from the Twitter/media fights between our spokespeople...
May 16, 2019 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
We got some honesty today on how Democrats view your money. After a vote on tax cuts a Democrat said the state “loses $4 billion annually to Republican tax cuts.”
First of all, that figure is inaccurate. But more importantly, his statement makes it clear that Democrats consider your money to be the state’s money – that it’s somehow a bad thing when people who work give less of their earnings to government.
Jun 20, 2017 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
Senate Passes Bipartisan Budget that Provides Major Teacher Pay Raises, Middle Class Tax Cuts, Hurricane Relief: philberger.org/senate_passes_…
10% average teacher pay increase? The #ncga budget came through for teachers and state employees. #ncpol
May 9, 2017 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Senate budget delivers nearly $1B in tax relief, with 99% of taxpayers paying less or no state income taxes. #NCPOL
Continuing a plan announced last year, the budget provides an average teacher salary increase of 3.7% this year & 9.5% over two years #NCPOL
