Don Brown: “I can tell you Whatley is not liked at all in the 25 western counties.”

As the chaotic GOP primary for U.S. Senate heats up, GOP candidate Don Brown slammed DC insider Michael Whatley for failing to deliver federal relief to Western North Carolina as their “recovery czar” in a new interview with WSOC. 

Don Brown: “I can tell you Whatley is not liked at all in the 25 western counties…Trump made him the hurricane ‘recovery czar’ and yet, my last numbers that I was looking at, we’re still $64 billion short, at least, in helping Western North Carolina…It shows a lack of effectiveness.”

“Even Republicans know Michael Whatley is a DC insider who has failed Helene victims and has no interest in helping North Carolina,” said Mallory Payne, senior communications advisor for the North Carolina Democratic Party. “Time and time again, Whatley has proven he’s only looking out for the billionaires and special interests he’s spent his career delivering for.”

Republicans Ted Budd and Chuck Edwards have sounded the alarm over the delays in federal relief, with Budd calling it a “problem” that “should not have been allowed.” 

Margaret Ackiss, a member of the North Carolina Republican Party’s 11th Congressional District executive committee, has also called out Whatley’s failure, saying “it’s kind of funny to say ‘step down,’ because I never saw him step up.”

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