Source: Paul A. Specht, NEWS & OBSERVER, 9/17/19


North Carolina Republicans held a controversial vote on Sept. 11. Months earlier, Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper had vetoed a GOP-authored state budget proposal. So, when Republican House Speaker Tim Moore noticed that many Democrats were absent that morning, he shocked political opponents by holding a vote to override Cooper’s veto. News of the vote spread across the internet like a bad game of telephone. Key details of the vote went missing, or were exaggerated.

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