#139/2026 Fmr. district GOP chair Harvey West Jr. [R-NC] spent 6 years in prison for raping three girls between the ages of 14 & 16 while working as a cop. NC Republicans knew his monstrous past and promoted him through the party ranks anyway. MAGA is officially the party of groomers.
Democracy Watch: Links between convicted sex offender, state GOP leadership may complicate candidacies • Asheville WatchdogSeveral of the state Republican Party’s major candidates, including U.S. Senate nominee Michael Whatley, face a brewing intraparty revolt ignited by their ties to a convicted sex offender-turned-party...avlwatchdog.org