Apr 09 2008
Orr Questions McCrory on Immigration
Orr cited a June 4, 2006 article in the Observer that said: “McCrory acknowledges undocumented workers likely had a role building Charlotte Bobcats Arena and expressed uncertainty about whether the NASCAR Hall of Fame could be completed within budget without illegal immigrant workers.”
“I can’t let him keep going around talking about leadership and how tough he is on immigration without setting the record straight,” Orr, a former N.C. Supreme Court justice, said at a news conference.
McCrory’s gubernatorial campaign did not immediately return a request for comment.
In a way Pat McCrory reminds of Rudy Giuliani. Neither governed their respective city overly conservative, but when they went prime time they both ran from their record to appease their party’s base. Giuliani’s campaign eventually imploded. If more inconsistencies in his record continue to be revealed McCrory could indeed blow his own double digit lead.
This is why I like Orr and distrust McCrory.
McCrory goes on TV and says he’s the baddest dude on the block when it comes to stopping illegal immigration. But only two years ago, he pretty much shrugged and said “aw shucks” when he KNEW illegal immigrants were building the two most important construction projects of his mayoral tenure.