Revenge: The Undermining of Public Education in NC Continues Apace for Pure Spite

 

Cunningham and Majeed

 

 

Sure enough (and of course!) two of the (former) members of the NC House Democratic Caucus, Carla Cunningham and Nasif Majeed, joined all the Republicans in overriding Governor Stein's veto of a bill that will commit North Carolina to participating in the federal school voucher program authorized by President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill. Reps. Cunningham and Majeed had changed their registrations to Unaffiliated after they lost their primaries in March to fellow Democrats who had promised to be more loyal to Democratic Party values. Cunningham and Majeed had participated already with the Republicans in veto overrides prior to today, and had suffered as a result their estrangement from the NC Democratic Party, which cut off data and other resources. 

Majeed had originally voted against the measure that he decided today was just fine with him.

A third Democratic House member targeted for his previous footsy with the Republicans, Shelly Willingham, was also defeated in his March primary but did not change his party affiliation. He took the more cowardly route today of simply missing the veto-override session.