NC Republican Party declines to say if they support Superintendent nominee Morrow
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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — The North Carolina Republican Party declined to say whether they stand by Michele Morrow, who is the party’s nominee for Superintendent of Public Instruction, amid reports about her social media posts calling for the executions of Democrats.
The posts, which were first reported by CNN, were still visible on X last week. On Thursday, the account appeared to have been deleted.
In one post in May 2020, she responded to a suggestion that former President Barack Obama be placed in Guantanamo Bay by saying she would “prefer a Pay Per View of him in front of the firing squad.”
She went on to write, “We could make some money back from televising his death.”
In another post regarding President Joe Biden calling for people to wear masks in late 2020, she said, “We need to follow the Constitution’s advice and KILL all TRAITORS!!!”
The NCGOP declined to comment Thursday on the situation including when asked whether the party stands by Morrow.
Morrow nor her campaign spokesperson have responded to requests for comment about the posts.
Mo Green, who is the Democratic nominee for Superintendent, spoke at a press conference Thursday about the race.
“My opponent has a much darker view. It is one that is fueled by dangerous conspiracies and calls for violence,” he said. “We should not tolerate this. We cannot accept this. We cannot normalize this kind of rhetoric.”
CNN reported that Gov. Roy Cooper was among the Democrats who Morrow called to be executed.
“Well, that’s a serious, serious problem. And, I think that shows what kind of leader that we’re talking about,” Cooper said Thursday.
Morrow has been using a different account on X as she has campaigned for Superintendent. She posted a video on Thursday that cuts off part way through it.
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In the video, she does not address the previous social media posts. Instead, she criticizes Green.
Green was superintendent of Guilford County schools and then led the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation for several years.
The foundation says it “supports state, regional and local organizations, coalitions, or collaboratives that are working to achieve systemic change at the state level within and across four priority areas: Advancing Public Education, Fostering a Healthy and Sustainable Environment, Promoting Social and Economic Justice, and Strengthening Democracy. ZSR also supports work at the intersection of these priority areas.”
Morrow claimed Green is a “radical extremist” based on grants the organization gave to various groups.
“My opponent spent six years leading a progressive organization that funded efforts to destroy families, public schools and everyone’s safety in this state,” she said in the video.
Green responded to that Thursday.
“It was a wonderful time for me to lead that amazing organization that focuses solely on North Carolina and focuses on then trying to improve the lives of all North Carolinians,” he said. “As part of the funding, in fact, millions of dollars of the funding have been poured into supporting public schools.”
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