Former North Carolina governor and current candidate for Senate, Roy Cooper (D-NC), allegedly had a “secret” divorce. But that’s only the beginning of the scandal. It turns out he was dating his second wife while she was still married. It appears Cooper doesn’t possess a single drop of morality anywhere in his soul. Guess that’s to be expected from a Democrat.
Cooper, 68, is currently sitting at the top of Democrat politics. Once upon a time, he was even mentioned as the number one guy to replace former President Joe Biden as presidential nominee in the 2024 election. He was also one of the names on former Vice President Kamala Harris’ potential picks for vice president when she took over the nomination.
However, despite the accolades and prominent position he has occupied in the party, Cooper was keeping his divorce and the overlap with his soon-to-be second wife and her first marriage on the down low. But guess what? He’s not the only one.
Senate candidate Cal Cunningham was found to be involved in a similar extramarital affair during the North Carolina race in 2020. Man, oh man. Democrats don’t seem to have any sort of self-control, do they? And their view of marriage is clearly appalling.
Unfortunately for individuals like Cunningham and Cooper, sex scandals have been shown to be effective at swaying voter perception. Data from a study conducted by American Political Science Review (2010) says voter perception after a sex scandal is revealed can be swayed by 5-10 percent in close races.
This could prove to be a disastrous for Cooper’s senatorial aspirations.
Cooper’s first wife, Georgeanne Rice, who is now 65, was his college sweetheart. But Rice says the thrill was gone the moment he told her he was starting a political career, which she claims was announced without wwarning.
Here’s more from The Daily Mail:
‘He was my orientation counselor when I was a freshman and started at [University of North Carolina] Chapel Hill,’ she told the Daily Mail in an exclusive interview. ‘We dated starting my sophomore year of college, and then we got married two weeks after I graduated from college in 1981.
‘I thought everything was great, until one day he came home and told me that he had signed up to run for state representative. We had not discussed it or anything. We were in our mid-20s, and I wanted to start a family. I was completely flabbergasted that he would decide to run. He wouldn’t even discuss it with me; he just came home and told me. I told Roy, I don’t want this life, we didn’t discuss this. It was a pretty major life decision.’
As the young attorney ran his campaign for a state house seat in Raleigh in 1985 and 1986, he and Georganne secretly split, she said.
‘I took a promotion and moved to Greenville [North Carolina]. I still came back and went to campaign events for him, because he didn’t want anybody to know,’ she said.
‘But the day he won the election, I told him, if you lose, then we can talk about our marriage. But if you win, I didn’t sign up for this. He won, and he’s been in politics ever since. When he first ran for governor, he called me and said, if somebody contacts you, please don’t say anything negative
“I don’t wish anything bad on Roy,” she said during the interview. “But my friends think it’s funny it’s never mentioned that he was married before.”
Cooper met his current wife, Kristin, while he was coming up with an update for a law concerning car salvage. At the time, the future Mrs. Cooper was the current Mrs. George Godette, with 10 years of marriage under their belts. They also had a five-year-old daughter.
Is this really the best, morally, the Democrats have to offer? If so, 2028 should be a breeze for the GOP.
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