Breaking down Gov. Roy Cooper's dishonest "state of emergency" in public education
Sadly, Cooper rejects any sort of reasonable dialogue. Instead, he dishonestly accuses Republicans of trying to destroy public education.
One of the most troubling aspects of Gov. Roy Cooper's fight against the abortion bill was just how dishonest it was. Rather than engage with the bill in reality, he devolved into hyperbole and fear-mongering, calling the bill "extreme" and declaring that women would die.
Cooper's conduct truly was an example of politics at its worst, and it all came off as pathetic and unbecoming of a governor. For all the talk lately about threats to democracy, you could easily make the argument that this type of scorched-earth, bad-faith smear campaign actually is one. If we can't have rational conversations about the issues, what's the point of this whole American experiment?
It didn't work, of course. But rather than learn a lesson, Cooper dived right back into the same playbook on a new issue — school choice.
In a video message Monday staged to look like a live address, Cooper declared a theoretical "state of emergency" for public education, citing the threat of a bill that would modestly expand …