It appears Gov. Roy Cooper’s campaign staff liked the statement made by Secretary of Health and Human Services Dr. Mandy Cohen’s at the Tuesday, Aug. 4 press conference so much, they turned it into a campaign ad.
At the press conference on Tuesday, which was supposed to be about the COVID-19 numbers and Cooper’s decision not to reopen the state’s economy, Cohen begin with a statement on Medicaid – one of the most divisive political issues in North Carolina.
Cohen said, “Before I begin with data I just want to give a shout out to the state of Missouri for voting yesterday to expand Medicaid. We in North Carolina are now one of only 12 states that have not said yes to providing North Carolinians with affordable access to health coverage and bringing billions of dollars into our economy. It is time to expand Medicaid here in North Carolina.”
Cooper’s campaign released a similar ad on Thursday, Aug. 6.
The campaign ad from the Cooper campaign reads, “On Tuesday, Missourians voted for Medicaid expansion, making their state the 39th (including the District of Columbia) in the country – and the sixth traditionally “red” state – to do it.”
The ad shows a Politico headline and states, “People deserve health care, especially during a pandemic – and folks across the political spectrum agree: Medicaid expansion is the best way to get coverage to those who need it most.”
“Roy is fighting to expand access to Medicaid to close the health care coverage gap for more than 500,000 North Carolinians – If Missouri can expand Medicaid, so can North Carolina.”
Cohen used a government press conference, to give Cooper’s campaign a boost.
Perhaps, to be fair at Cooper’s next COVID-19 press conference his Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Dan Forest should be given equal time.
Roy and Mandy need to go the way of Harry and Megan. Out of site and out of their minds.
Darned if you Coop, darned if you don’t. The message is the same (see the Democrat Playbook, on line).
Set the message on repeat. Or, the Big Lie.
We always knew the Covid crisis was being used as a bully pulpit, now we have the proof.
This should be good fodder for the Forrest campaign.
I would like to point out that the last time Medicaid was expanded the state went into a severe deficit. It took a Republican governor, Pat McCrory, to not only get us out of debt, but go on to establish a surplus. A factor in that was cutting the fat and fraud in Medicaid.
Like Welfare, the program has problems that nobody wants to fix because it’s good for buying votes. The question that needs to be asked every time this comes up…in fact when ANY government (at any level) give away program is proposed, the very first question that needs to asked over and over again until a REAL answer is given is “how are you going to pay for this?”
Before you take MY hard earned money away from me at the point of a gun and/or under the threat of imprisonment, to give to some undeserving (please note MW and the rest of you the use of the word “undeserving”) individual I should have a say in it!
Cal Cunningham tried that same approach on Tom Tillis,that he didn’t care about our North Carolinians about 500000.He ,Cal ,Did not propose how to pay for these people.He also did not say that these people were not AmericansNorth Carolinians but were Illegals.I am currently a senior citizen who paid my way for 40 years plus.How much did any of the people Dr Cohen talk about pay into our system so that they would have Use of our retirement system .I see very little and we tax payers will be stuck with their healthcare!!!!!!! They could return to their home and get help and I might add Coop and Dr Cohen might accompany them and remain there.