NC House Speaker Tim Moore won't run for Congress, seeking another term as speaker

[TexasTowelie]

N.C. House Speaker Tim Moore will not run for Congress in 2022 — the first major fallout from U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s decision to switch congressional districts.

It had long been suspected that Moore, a Cleveland County Republican, would run for the U.S. House next year, and the new congressional map passed by state lawmakers earlier this month included a district seemingly drawn for the speaker.

The 13th Congressional District included Cleveland County and was home to no incumbent members. But Cawthorn, a first-term congressman, announced Thursday night that he would run in that district, instead of the far-western district that included much of his current district.

Moore, who has been speaker since 2015, confirmed his decision Thursday night, hours after The News & Observer first reported it.

Read more at: https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article255751846.html
(Raleigh News & Observer)

[bottomofthehill]

1. Un-fucking real

The speaker is getting pushed out of a seat he created for himself by that empty fucking suit.

You have to be shitting me.

[littlemissmartypants]

2. You know Moore's a republican, right?

[bottomofthehill]

4. Yes I know he is a Republican

But this is where the Republican Party is going and it scares the hell out of me. I don’t agree with Speaker more on much, but Carthorn is dangerous, and crazy, throw in a touch of stupid and it is not good for democracy. The fact that he was able to force a Speaker who drew the lines of the district out with out a fight is shocking to me.

[littlemissmartypants]

3. ❤ nt