North Carolina families deserve better than Senator Kirk deViere.

Get the facts:

Kirk deViere sided with Senate Republicans and handed them his vote for a state budget that:

  • Failed to expand Medicaid to thousands of NC families
  • Dramatically cut teacher pay raises
  • Slashed Governor Cooper’s proposed school funding increase [1] [2] [3] [4]

Kirk deViere has been recognized as the most conservative Democrat in the Senate.

He’s voted with the Republican majority more than 87% of the time. He’s cast more than 450 votes in lockstep with North Carolina Republicans, turning his back on the needs of his constituents. [5] [6]

Kirk deViere’s support for a budget deal with far-right Republicans included spending $59 million on what some call a Confederate Museum.

Really Kirk? Millions for a Civil War museum instead of providing more health care to North Carolina families and pay raises to teachers. [7] [8] [9]

It's time for real leadership for North Carolina Families

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  1. deViere voted for S105 – https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2021/s105
  2. WRAL: Senate budget limits North Carolina teacher, worker raises in favor of tax cuts – https://www.wral.com/senate-budget-limits-nc-teacher-worker-raises-in-favor-of-tax-cuts/19736479/
  3. The Senate budget did not include Medicaid expansion and would have provided less funding for teacher pay than Governor Cooper’s proposal.Governor Cooper’s budget would have restored Master’s Pay for teachers; the Senate proposal would not. https://www.osbm.nc.gov/budget/governors-budget-recommendations

  4. Governor Cooper’s budge would have fully funded the court-ordered Leandro plan to provide a sound and basic education for all North Carolinians; the Senate budget would not – https://www.osbm.nc.gov/budget/governors-budget-recommendations
  5. North Carolina General Assembly, Member Voting Statistics 2021-22, accessed 1/11/22 – http://ratings.conservative.org/states/NC

  6. In 2021, Senator deViere was identified as the most conservative Democrat in the North Carolina Senate by the American Conservative Union Foundation’s Center for Legislative Accountability. https://www.conservative.org/2022/01/05/acu-2021-north-carolina-ratings/
  7.  “The N.C. Civil War & Reconstruction History Center, an $80 million project, appears to be on the glide path to construction in Fayetteville thanks to a cash influx approved in the recent state budget…The center received $59.6 million in the budget passed earlier this month by the N.C. General Assembly – https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/11/30/fayetteville-civil-war-center-big-north-carolina-state-budget-boost/8792850002/ – https://www.upandcomingweekly.com/views/6144-fayetteville-needs-courage-to-build-civil-war-center
  8. “The History Center’s inclusion of Civil War history has led to questions from at least some local figures, particularly in the Black community.” – https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/11/30/fayetteville-civil-war-center-big-north-carolina-state-budget-boost/8792850002/ – https://www.upandcomingweekly.com/views/6144-fayetteville-needs-courage-to-build-civil-war-center
  9. Local officials have raised “concerns from constituents about whether the History Center would truly cover the African-American experience.” “At last week’s City Council meeting, Councilwoman Shakeyla Ingram raised the issue of state funding for the History Center as the council considered a request to grant more funding for the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Park, located off Murchison Road. She compared the large sum of money the state gave the History Center vs. the park, which has received far less over time. […] In 2019, some council members, including Mayor Mitch Colvin, raised concerns from constituents about whether the History Center would truly cover the African-American experience.” – https://www.fayobserver.com/story/news/2021/11/30/fayetteville-civil-war-center-big-north-carolina-state-budget-boost/8792850002/ – https://www.upandcomingweekly.com/views/6144-fayetteville-needs-courage-to-build-civil-war-center

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