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August 17, 2024

Should North Carolina embrace worker unionization?  Last week, the Democratic Candidate for Labor Commissioner boldly misquoted the Constitution and declared that stronger labor unionization would improve North Carolina’s business rankings. . .   Here’s the truth. North Carolina’s right-to-work status is foundational to protecting North Carolina’s business climate. Further, the top five states for Business in CNBC ratings are all right-to-work states, and the vast majority of…

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From the Campaign Trail

August 10, 2024

NC Pork Council: Response to the NY Times NCPC: As Tropical Storm Debby made its way through North Carolina this week, the NY Times ran an article Thursday warning about the potential danger of overflowing hog lagoons. It’s accompanied by a misleading photo of a flooded hog farm — from six years ago — that actually shows…

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From the Campaign Trail

August 3, 2024

From the Campaign Trail PETER DANIEL: Democrat Ag Commissioner candidate Sarah Taber’s farm plans economically unsoundNorth State Journal: This November, North Carolinians will decide again who will lead the Department of Agriculture for the next four years: current Republican Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, who owns Guilford County’s Troxler Farms, or Democrat Sarah Taber, who has put forward some…

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From the Campaign Trail

July 27, 2024

Last week, President Joe Biden suddenly dropped out of the 2024 presidential contest and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his successor. With the election only 101 days away, the North Carolina Ag Partnership wanted to flag some concerning aspects of Harris’ record on Ag issues. Despite Harris’ support for these policies that would crush…

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From the Campaign Trail

July 23, 2024

Out of touch, partisan extremist. Less than 48 hours after the assassination attempt on former President Trump, Democratic candidate for Ag Commissioner Sarah Taber hijacked the extremely horrible moment in history to preach to her flock about vandalism that has occurred against one small local Democratic party field office, which had a broken window.  “Don’t…

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From the Campaign Trail

July 16, 2024

While Democrats on Capitol Hill squabble about the path forward with Biden after his disastrous debate performance, Sarah Taber, their nominee for NC Ag Commissioner, participated in an interview with Politico Pro, a Washington, DC publication targeted towards political insiders. Taber went out of her way to advocate for the Biden agenda and touted her plan…

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