INTRO: As we count down to the midterms, candidates are talking top issues, which in North Carolina includes crime, Republican Senate Candidate Michael Whatley on Fox’s “My View with Lara Trump” claiming his opponent – Democrat Roy Cooper – let thousands of criminals back onto the streets during COVID-19, which led to a crime wave.
ACK: North Carolina Senate Candidate Michael Whatley (R) on Fox’s “My View with Lara Trump”
TAG: Cooper’s campaign website says he did not release 35-hundred criminals during Covid. He says a court ordered the state to reduce the prison population due to prison conditions during the pandemic…even though Cooper’s administration fought that order.
KEYWORD: Politics, Election, Crime, Legal
