After a month of desperately trying to prevent Democrat Roy Cooper from taking office even though he won the gubernatorial election, the North Carolina Legislature has changed tack:
After calling a surprise special session, Republican lawmakers who control the General Assembly introduced measures to end the governor’s control over election boards, to require State Senate approval of the new governor’s cabinet members and to strip his power to appoint University of North Carolina trustees.
Republicans also proposed to substantially cut the number of state employees who serve at the governor’s pleasure, giving Civil Service protections to hundreds of managers in state agencies who have executed the priorities of Gov. Pat McCrory, a Republican.
Unbelievable. Every time you think Republicans can’t get any worse, they get worse. I’m curious: Have any conservatives denounced this banana republic behavior? Breitbart? The Weekly Standard? National Review? The Wall Street Journal? Anyone?
