ICYMI: Free Beacon: Chuck Schumer Wants to Stop Dems from Nominating a Black Woman for Senate in NC — Again

January 28, 2020
For Immediate Release

Raleigh, NC - The Washington Free Beacon reports on Cal Jr. entrance into the race highlighting all the parallels between Cal Sr. and Cal Jr.. In North Carolina, Kentucky, and Texas Chuck Schumer interfered in the Democrat primary effectively sandbagging ascendent African American candidates. 

“If Republicans were engaging in the same type of hypocritical behavior as the national Democrats the media firestorm would be relentless,” said NCGOP Communications Director Tim Wigginton. 

Here are some of the key excerpts from the Free Beacon Report 

“Democrats are hoping to avoid a repeat of Cal Cunningham's disastrous candidacy in 2020, which ultimately prevented them from holding outright control of the Senate under President Joe Biden. And yet the party appears ready to nominate another boring white man at the expense of a qualified black woman.”

“North Carolina state senator Jeff Jackson, 38, officially entered the Democratic primary on Tuesday. He's slightly younger than Cunningham but has basically the same resume.”

“Jackson was actually Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's first choice to run against Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.) in 2020. Jackson famously told a group of college students that Schumer's ideal candidate would "spend the next 16 months in a windowless basement raising money," which the party would then use to fund attack ads against the GOP incumbent.”

“Smith wasn't the only black candidate to lose a Senate primary in 2020 after national Democrats threw their support behind a white challenger. Jackson's entry into the race sets up a similar dynamic, although it remains to be seen how much Schumer and company will actively intervene this time around."

“Jackson's internet-winning announcement video was quickly overshadowed by the candidate's bizarre comments during an interview with local journalist Tim Boyum. ‘Well, I think you're trying to find a polite way to ask me if I've ever cheated on my wife, and the answer is no,’ Jackson said in response to a question about whether Democrats should nominate candidates from more diverse racial backgrounds.”