RALEIGH: This weekend, the News and Observer released a blockbuster report finding that “as Budd campaigned for U.S. Senate he missed 100 more votes, giving him a lifetime record of 4.3%, far above the median lifetime record of missed votes for representatives.”
“Congressman Budd has no business asking for a promotion when he has one of the worst attendance records in Congress, having missed 100 votes since launching his campaign for U.S. Senate. But on the campaign trail, news outlets and even other Republicans note that Congressman Budd has been hiding from voters and running a quiet campaign. If he’s not showing up for work in Congress and he’s not working to earn North Carolina’s votes, voters deserve to know who Congressman Budd is working for,” said Dory MacMillan, spokesperson for Cheri Beasley for North Carolina.
Throughout the campaign Congressman Budd has repeatedly hidden from voters “as a way to avoid mistakes,” while only “occasionally granting interviews and making little noise or news.” Even Republicans are worried that he is “not fighting hard enough” in “a race effectively tied,” that “could determine which party controls the Senate.”
Congressman Budd also refused to do the marquee U.S. Senate Debate hosted by the North Carolina Association of Broadcasters, which would have been available to all North Carolinians, and only agreed to one cable news debate.
Original source can be found here.
