'Young people like me are fed up': North Carolina teen calls out GOP gerrymandering

by Walter Einenkel for Daily

Monday, October 02, 2023 at 8:00:08p EDT

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Public hearings began at the end of September, and many North Carolinians came to give their shady Republican legislators a piece of their mind.

This included Eric Willoughby, a teen from Huntersville. Willoughby spoke for less than two minutes but made every second count. Calling out the unpopular leadership shown by conservatives in North Carolina over gun safety and reproductive rights, the high school senior warned that this new scheme showed Republicans were “coming for every North Carolinians’ right to fair representation.”

Willoughby reminded the audience that these are the same legislators who have proven repeatedly they care very little for our democracy and the idea that they should now redraw the maps would be satirical if it wasn’t so serious. He spoke clearly and ended by admonishing these short-sighted fools, telling them to “watch your step. Be very careful in what you choose to do, because young people like me are watching and young people like me are fed up.”
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