Weird Whiplash in the North Carolina General Assembly

 

Tim Moore

On the same day that NC Senate Republicans were pushing North Carolina backward with its very own "Don't Say Gay Bill," it was also trying to usher North Carolina (finally!) into the 20th Century (not the 21st yet!) with a medical marijuana law and -- AND -- voting to bring North Carolina fully into Obamacare with expansion of Medicaid to an estimated half-million citizens still without health insurance.

Progress? Well, yes, but it's also like Republicans need to do a little meanness to keep their balance while also doing a little good.

If Senate President Phil Berger had some revelation on the road to Emmaus regarding the expansion of Medicaid, House Speaker Tim Moore did not. Moore says his House chamber will not be taking up the Medicaid bill this term. The meanness gene is strong in that one!