‘Garbage and lies’: Senate candidate Michael Whatley lashes out at media as campaign flounders

By: Brandon Kingdollar

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: July 13, 2026

Words: 1,116

Last Updated: 1 week, 1 day ago

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During a Rocky Mount rally last December alongside President Donald Trump, former RNC and NC GOP Chair Michael Whatley walked over to the press area to hold court.

“You’ve got to make me look not goofy,” he quipped as the gaggle began.

In the months since, as polls have grown worse and unflattering stories have emerged about his tenure leading the state Republican Party, Whatley has increasingly withdrawn from nonpartisan media, cutting reporters out of …

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