Gov. Stein: Trump ‘flat out wrong’ about NC crime

By: Clayton Henkel

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 17, 2026

Words: 587

Last Updated: 5 hours, 58 minutes ago

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A day after President Donald Trump delivered a grim campaign speech in Gastonia, Gov. Josh Stein described Trump’s categorization of North Carolina as “political nonsense.”

In his stump speech for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Michael Whatley, Trump portrayed the state as one of the most violent in the nation. He referred to North Carolina as “criminally dangerous,” and described its cities as “blood-soaked killing fields.”

“North Carolina, it was beautiful, it was apple pie, right? …

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