Tag: hoped

Not the Convention, or the Election, North Carolina Republicans Hoped For

August 24, 2020
“They say most people get more conservative as you age, but I’ve gotten more liberal,” said Cindy Strom, an educational consultant who lives in the Charlotte suburb of Mooresville after moving from Chicago four years ago.In a sense, Ms. Strom is like other recent transplants who are helping to transform the state’s political dynamics by

‘Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.’ Didn’t Mean What Trump Hoped It Did

July 24, 2020
In unscripted moments before the camera, the president sometimes wanders from topic to topic without completing a train of thought, repeats himself or falls back on the same familiar phrases when questioned. He makes statements that defy common sense, like insisting that if there were not so many coronavirus tests conducted, there would not be