NC-ED: NC GOP candidate calls for 'war,' 'American Revolution 2.0.' What did she mean?

[RandySF]

Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public schools, is denying she’s calling for violence if she loses the election.

In a Sept. 30 email, Morrow told her supporters “this is the American Revolution 2.0,” “we either willingly fight now, or we will be forced to fight on Nov 6th” and “this is war.” On Friday, Morrow accused the media of falling for Democratic opponent Mo Green’s “distraction campaign” to “silence her.”

“It is ridiculous to imply that I am calling for an armed revolution,” Morrow said at a news conference Friday outside of the Cary Senior Center, where early voting is taking place. “What I’m actually doing is trying as hard as I possibly can to undo the damage that has been done to our young people in North Carolina.”

Green has cited the Sept. 30 statements to say, “Advocating for violence is not new for Michele Morrow.”




https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article294172744.html#storylink=cpy

[Aussie105]

1. Calling for 'war' and 'revolution' makes it clear enough, surely?

Calling for violence, mayhem and death.

"Michele Morrow, the Republican nominee for state superintendent of public schools, is denying she’s calling for violence if she loses the election."

The English language, US version, is a precise tool.
And certain words have fixed meanings and implications.

Is she saying . . . if I don't get my way, people will die?
Sounds like it.
Lock her up! Lock her up NOW!

More words-she-doesn't-mean from her:

"GOP nominee to run North Carolina public schools called for violence against Democrats, including executing Obama and Biden"

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/14/politics/kfile-gop-nominee-north-carolina-public-schools-michele-morrow-executing-democrats/index.html