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Roy Asberry Cooper III is the current North Carolina Attorney General.

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Right wing culture wars are now taking on even more significance because Supreme Court has tossed what were once protected constitutional rights into the political battlefield, a zip code should not determine a woman's reproductive rights, but that's where we are right now.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 21 days ago Top News

Today's order by the state Supreme Court restores faith in the rule of law and it is necessary for the Court to rule on the constitutionality of these unfair districts before the next election.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 8 months ago Politics

For the second time this week, we have seen a shooting in a North Carolina school, our prayers are with the victims, their families and all the students of Mt. Tabor High School in Winston-Salem.

– Roy Cooper

Found on FOX News 11 months ago Latest Headlines

Federal officials should continue to thoroughly investigate the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, our state should pass specific laws to increase transparency, confidence and accountability in the justice system.

– Roy Cooper

Found on FOX News 1 year ago U.S.

Public confidence would have been better served with a special prosecutor and by quickly making public the incident footage. Our state should pass specific laws to increase transparency, confidence and accountability in the justice system.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 1 year ago Top News

The pandemic is still here, especially for those who are not vaccinated, get vaccinated now. If you don’t listen to me, listen to your doctor and do what your doctor tells you.

– Roy Cooper

Found on FOX News 1 year ago Latest Headlines

We grieve for Sgt. Chris Ward, K-9 Deputy Logan Fox and the entire Watauga County law enforcement community today after these tragic deaths in the line of duty, these horrific shootings that claimed lives and loved ones show the ever-present danger law enforcement can encounter in the line of duty.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 1 year ago US News

We know that it's better for them there and that they learn more and they get a lot more attention, i'm going to ask local school boards and superintendents to study this data that has just come out.

– Roy Cooper

Found on FOX News 1 year ago U.S.

As much as we want the conditions surrounding COVID-19 to be favorable enough for you to hold the convention you describe in late August, it is very unlikely.

– Roy Cooper

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Top News

We're not going to sacrifice the health and safety of North Carolinians.

– Roy Cooper

Found on Reuters 2 years ago Politics

It is OK for political conventions to be political but pandemic response can not be, already we have been in talks with the RNC about the kind of convention that they would need to run and the kind of options that we need on the table. ... We want to see from the RNC what their plans are, and we have asked them to submit those plans to our public health officials.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

We all want to be in Charlotte, we love North Carolina, but having a sense now is absolutely essential because of the rules and regulations that are involved, and we look forward to working with North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, getting a swift response, and, if need be, moving Republican National Convention to a state that is farther along on reopening and can say with confidence that we can gather there.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

The good thing is that this is three months away and it's too early to tell where North Carolina will be, but we are looking at these objective measures that everybody can see that everybody can see, that the public can examine.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

This is not political. This is not emotional. This is based on health experts, data and science and that's it for everybody to see, no one is being favored or disfavored over the other.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 2 years ago Top News

Today, on the 18th anniversary of 9/11, while the state was honoring first responders, Republicans called a deceptive, surprise override of my budget veto.

– Roy Cooper

Found on CNN 2 years ago Politics

We are heartsick that anyone would act with such disregard for human life, but with your help we will find a way to remember their presence.

– Roy Cooper

Found on Reuters 3 years ago Top News

We have weathered two so-called 500-year floods within two years and three of them within 20 years.

– Roy Cooper