Why are Berger allies picking a fight on immigration?
It’s an odd line of attack against a guy known for being tough on the border.
Sen. Phil Berger has a lot of smart people working on his campaign. A lot better and more experienced than I am in winning elections. So I fully admit that I might be missing something here, but I am truly baffled by the approach the main pro-Berger PAC has been taking over the past week.
NC True Conservatives has launched a new series of attacks against Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page, calling him soft on immigration.
I’ve seen a mailer saying he “opposes deportation of illegal aliens,” and there’s also this new video ad.
What’s strange here is that immigration is arguably Page’s strongest point in a Republican primary. The sheriff was a border hawk long before it was trendy. Way before he was the anti-casino guy, Page was the immigration guy.
Meanwhile, Berger has real history on this issue that his opponents can use against him. Berger led the effort in 2013 to override Gov. Pat McCrory’s veto of a bill that would add more loopholes to North Carolina’s E-Verify law. The bill basi…