Fact-check: Did Democrats bury alive their best friends?
Democrats held a "bill funeral" for their many ideas that never came up for a vote. But were their proposals actually dead? Some made a grave mistake.
It was a whirlwind of emotions for Democrats on Tuesday.
At the North Carolina State Capitol, folks like Rep. Marcia Morey were celebrating a long-awaited swearing-in for Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs.
But less than 1,000 feet away, the manufactured mood was bleak, as other lawmakers dressed in black to attend a “bill funeral” for Democrats’ many proposals that didn’t pass either chamber before the crossover deadline.
Let us bow our heads…
Sen. Sophia Chitlik and Rep. Dante Pittman dressed most appropriately for the gathering.
In a performance unlikely to win her any Oscars, Sen. Woodson Bradley threw papers from the lectern to signal her frustration with a domestic violence prevention bill that died.
“I’m asking y’all on the other side, did this bill deserve to die?” Bradley asked. “The women and children killed by domestic violence in North Carolina that could’ve been saved by these two pieces of paper, did they deserve to perish? I don’t know. I mean, I’m asking you.”
And from the back of the room, Rep. Garland Pierce watched on as the bad soap opera unfolded.
Senate Democratic Leader Sydney Batch insisted folks take this solemn occasion seriously.
“Us calling this a bill funeral might seem silly, but there’s actually nothing funny about this,” Batch said.
Yet some of the bills on the death list displayed at the event weren’t actually dead. Here’s a few of them…
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