Mitch Kokai, John Locke Foundation senior political analyst, discusses Gov. Roy Cooper’s campaign to convince Republican legislators to flip their votes on an abortion bill. Kokai offered these comments during the May 12, 2023, edition of PBS North Carolina’s “State Lines.”
Locke’s Mitch Kokai assesses Gov. Cooper’s abortion law pressure campaign
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