At Trump Rally, Budd Continues To Show He Is Wrong For North Carolina

Today Trump headed to North Carolina to hold a rally for his handpicked candidate Ted Budd – a D.C. insider with no accomplishments for his state, who has spent his career looking out for himself at the expense of working families.

Here’s what you need to know about Budd as Trump attempts to rescue his struggling campaign:

Budd is too extreme for North Carolina – he is an original co-sponsor of Republicans’ national abortion ban, and refuses to say if he will accept the ‘22 election results.

• WGHP: National abortion ban co-sponsored by North Carolina Rep. Ted Budd. “Budd has a firm record for opposing all abortions.”

• WLOS: NC Senate candidate catches flak for backing federal abortion ban proposals. “Senate candidate Ted Budd is catching flak for backing a federal abortion ban proposal.”

• News & Observer: Senate candidate Ted Budd declines to say if he’ll accept 2022 election results. “U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, the Republican candidate for a North Carolina seat in the U.S. Senate, declined to say whether he would accept this year’s election results in response to questions from the New York Times, Washington Post and, in follow-up inquiries, from The News & Observer.”

• The Charlotte Observer (Editorial): Ted Budd’s refusal to answer a basic question shows he really is an election denier. “Outright refusal to commit to the peaceful transfer of power… should be disqualifying to any voter who believes that democracy matters.”

Budd’s self-serving agenda has “cost farmers millions” – and in Congress, “Budd has made several votes against farmers’ interests.”

• Washington Post: Trump’s pick in a key Senate race touts his agriculture ties. He doesn’t mention his role in a bankruptcy that cost farmers millions. “As Budd has told his narrative in a state where agriculture is the largest business, he omitted a key chapter. He made no mention of his role in his family’s calamitous involvement in a company called AgriBioTech, which ended in a bankruptcy case that cost farmers millions of dollars in losses.”

• Indy Week: Report: It Sure Looks Like Trump-Endorsed U.S. Senate Candidate Ted Budd Was Involved in a Money Transfer Scheme That Ripped Off a Bunch of Farmers. “The bankruptcy caused losses of millions of dollars for farmers, and in a settlement that followed, the Budds repaid only a small portion of the money back to their creditors.”

• Cardinal & Pine: Ted Budd Says He’s An Ally to Farmers. His Record Is More Complicated. “Budd has made several votes against farmers’ interests, and his family was involved with AgriBioTech, a bankrupted company that cost farmers millions of dollars and left a tax debt in N.C.”

• Charlotte Observer: GOP Senate campaign heats up after report tying Budd to bankruptcy that hurt farmers. “‘Do we really need another Washington politician like this representing North Carolina in the United States Senate?’ McCrory wrote on Twitter.”

Budd is bought and paid for – he is “beholden to outside forces” like Big Oil and Big Pharma who bankroll his campaign while hurting North Carolinians.

• The American Independent: Ted Budd took oil company donation one day before voting against gas price-gouging ban. “Rep. Ted Budd (R-NC), his party’s nominee for Senate this November, voted in May against a bill to prohibit price gouging by oil and gas companies. Just one day earlier, he took the legal maximum contribution from a major fossil fuel company’s political action committee.”

• The American Independent: GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd voted against bill to lower drug prices as he took Pharma cash. “Budd… voted in 2019 against H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, which would have lowered the cost of prescription drugs. Within days of that vote, he had received thousands of dollars from pharmaceutical industry political action committees.”

• The American Independent: GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd sided with banks as they poured money into his campaigns. “Budd has reliably cast votes that align with the favored positions of the banking and credit card services industry. The industry has in turn given him hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.”

• The American Independent: GOP Senate nominee Ted Budd sided with payday lenders as he took their PAC donations. “Budd has consistently sided with predatory lenders and the payday lending industry, even though payday lending is banned in his state. The industry has rewarded him with thousands of dollars in campaign contributions.”

Budd is a weak candidate running a weak campaign – even Republicans are “concerned” and sounding the alarm. 

• Reuters: A competitive Senate race in North Carolina has Republicans worried. “Seven Republican strategists said in interviews that they are concerned that Budd is not doing enough to court independent voters, who now outnumber registered Republicans and Democrats in the politically competitive state.”

• News & Observer (Opinion): Where’s Ted? The Budd Senate campaign quietly rides his Trump endorsement. “‘He’s in hiding,’ McCrory told Spectrum News.”

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