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Anderson Clayton: That's Why We Had A Primary, Y'all! But, They Didn't

Government and Politics

July 8, 2024


In a recent interview, NC Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton said on Raleigh radio station WPTF that she opposed calls for an open convention or replacing Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.

In her comments, she said that the party held a primary, theoretically giving the opportunity to others to run against Biden at that time.

However, in North Carolina, that was not the case. The Presidential primary ballot for NC Democrats featured one candidate: Joe Biden.

Note: Your writer is roughly translating, please verify the number of y'all's. 

"Ya'll had y'all's chance! We had a primary! That's what it was for! To have people that wanted to step up and run against the man to be able to do it." 

Again, the link for the interview is here, starting at approximately 5:05.

See for yourself: here's the Democratic Presidential primary result in North Carolina.

Second writer note: I have a feeling No Preference might do better today than in March!