This week on The Debrief: The N.C. Senate kicked off the week presenting its version of the state budget and wrapped the week giving it bipartisan passage. The state legislature also voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of SB 20, a measure restricting abortion in the second and third trimester of pregnancy. Within minutes, Cooper appealed to donors and took to national news outlets to declare the measure a result of “diabolical gerrymandering.” Meanwhile, 57% of North Carolina voters support restrictions on abortion after 12 weeks of pregnancy.
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Cooper critical of NCGA in final Council of State presser
At his last post-Council of State press conference, outgoing Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper had plenty of criticism about the North Carolina Senate’s override of his veto of Senate Bill 382 yesterday.