At midnight on November 5, North Carolina decisively awarded its 16 electoral votes to President Donald Trump, marking the 13th Republican victory in the state's past 15 presidential elections. Only Jimmy Carter in 1976 and Barack Obama in 2008 stopped this record. By the next day, Republicans had secured control of the North Carolina General Assembly, but fell just one vote short of a veto-proof majority.
Despite these strong showings in national and legislative elections, experts and optimistic Democrats still refer to North Carolina as a “purple state.” reason? A puzzling trend: While North Carolinians reliably vote Republican for president, Congress and the judiciary, they continue to elect Democrats to the state's top executive positions.
Dan Bishop knows where corruption thrives deep within the department and is ready to wield the butcher knife to eliminate it from the beginning.
Despite Republican dominance in presidential elections over the past 50 years, North Carolina has only elected three Republican governors: Jim Holhauser, Jim Martin, and Pat McCrory. No Republican has served as the state's attorney general since Reconstruction.
With President Trump likely to rise to the top, 2024 presents Republicans with their biggest chance in years to end the party's drought on the attorney general job. One of the most effective conservative litigators in the House of Representatives, Rep. Dan Bishop (R) has earned a reputation for sharp cross-examination of Biden administration officials, including Secretary of State Alejandro Mayorkas. He has decided to enter the race for attorney general in North Carolina, leaving a clear path to re-election in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District.
Unfortunately for Republicans, gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson was caught on video saying, to put it mildly: undiplomatic. Democrats seized on those comments to unleash a relentless wave of attack ads targeting Robinson. The barrage not only hurt Mr. Robinson, but also undermined other prominent Republican candidates, including Mr. Bishop and lieutenant governor candidate Hal Weatherman. Robinson's loss to incumbent Attorney General Josh Stein proved too heavy to overcome, dragging down Bishop, Weatherman and other State House candidates along with Robinson. Bishop and Weatherman played a much closer race than Robinson, but could not overcome the downdraft from the top of the ticket.
However, as the saying goes, every cloud has a silver lining. In this case, North Carolina's loss could be the United States' gain.
The U.S. Senate already has some of its fiercest conservative cross-examiners, including Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Missouri), and John Kennedy (R-Rabada). They are connected. But if there's any member of Congress whose influence can be matched or exceeded, it's Bishop. He was known for his relentless and penetrating questioning, and proved as formidable as these famous Senate interrogators.
A quick search on YouTube reveals Bishop's shocking effectiveness in cross-examining Democratic witnesses and defending President Trump's border security policies. His sharp and unrelenting approach has repeatedly highlighted the dangers of Democrats' open borders stance.
One of his standout moments came in 2022 when he faced Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In a heated exchange, Bishop told Mayorkas: “You're the worst I've ever seen you avoid answering or filibuster when members only have five minutes to ask questions.'' He is one of the hardest-working bureaucrats in the country.”
Just over a month ago, Bishop brought mothers who had lost loved ones to crimes committed by illegal immigrants to the House Judiciary Committee, giving them a platform to share their stories. He reminded the committee of Kate Steinle, who was killed by an illegal immigrant on a San Francisco pier in 2015, and emphasized the human cost of an unsafe border.
Prior to his election to Congress, Bishop was known as one of North Carolina's top commercial litigators. He has appeared on Business North Carolina's “Legal Elite” ten times and has been named a “Super Lawyer” seven times. Unlike Jeff Sessions, President Trump's nominee for attorney general in 2017, whose primary qualification was his early support for Trump, Bishop is a staunch defender of Trump's policies and his commitment to tackling illegal immigration. , is also passionate about stopping fentanyl and tackling corruption within the Department of Justice.
Respected by law enforcement, Bishop had the support of the North Carolina Police Benevolent Association and most sheriffs in the state. His unparalleled tenacity, legal skills, and dedication to law enforcement make him a strong candidate for Attorney General.
One of President Trump's top priorities must be to restore the integrity of the Department of Justice and ensure that the American people have confidence in a fair judicial system free from partisan manipulation. Dan Bishop is perfectly positioned to lead this effort. With direct experience on the House Judiciary Committee and the Committee on Weaponization of Government, he is critical of the Biden administration's misuse of the Department of Justice to target individuals based on their political beliefs to benefit Democrats. I have witnessed it. Bishop knows where corruption thrives deep within the department and is ready to wield the butcher knife to root it out from the start.
When President Trump evaluated strong candidates for vice president, he chose a true superstar: Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio). Appointing Dan Bishop as attorney general would add another powerful figure to Trump's cabinet. This is a conservative superstar dedicated to dismantling the corruption that has tainted the American justice system and destroyed public trust.
With Bishop at the helm, the Justice Department will quickly return to accountability and integrity. He will be the anti-Garland. He is a professional lawyer with an outstanding track record of integrity, blind justice, and a commitment to the immediate demilitarization of government. Political prosecutors would be eliminated and Democratic manipulation of the Justice Department would end from day one.
