At a North Carolina rally, President Trump attacked Senate candidate Roy Cooper over prisoners released under a 2021 settlement, comparing him to Michael Dukakis. Cooper’s campaign called the attacks false and desperate, while the article reports that more than 600 released prisoners later committed serious felonies.
Outlets agree that Trump campaigned in North Carolina for Senate candidate Michael Whatley, criticizing Roy Cooper, and that Cooper’s campaign disputed the attacks.
Center outlets place the rally and attacks within the broader Senate race, pairing them with Cooper’s response and, in some reports, polling or crime data. Right-leaning outlets foreground Trump’s crime-focused case against Cooper and details about prisoners released under a settlement.
Retiring senator whose seat is the subject of the race
ALSO MENTIONED George H.W. Bush, Former president and Dukakis’s opponent in the 1988 presidential election; Michael Dukakis, Former presidential candidate used by Trump as a comparison for Cooper
Retiring senator whose seat is the subject of the race
ALSO MENTIONED George H.W. Bush, Former president and Dukakis’s opponent in the 1988 presidential election; Michael Dukakis, Former presidential candidate used by Trump as a comparison for Cooper
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