Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jul 23
Roy Cooper Campaign Spends $277,312 on Security as Republicans Press Soft-on-Crime Attack
Updated
Updated · Fox News · Jul 23

Roy Cooper Campaign Spends $277,312 on Security as Republicans Press Soft-on-Crime Attack

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 23

Summary

  • $277,312.28 in FEC-reported payments went from Roy Cooper’s Senate campaign to Foresight Solutions and Frontpoint for security-related services during the 2026 cycle.
  • Republicans seized on the spending to argue hypocrisy, tying it to Cooper’s record on policing, ICE cooperation, criminal-justice changes and COVID-era inmate releases as governor.
  • Cooper’s campaign countered that he spent years as attorney general and governor backing tougher bail rules, anti-drug measures and law-enforcement raises, while accusing GOP rival Michael Whatley of his own public-safety hypocrisy.
  • The exchange adds a sharper crime-and-security line of attack to North Carolina’s Senate race, with both sides framing public safety as a central voter issue.

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