On Monday, WUNC posted an article about a primary race for North Carolina House District 79. This is an example of North Carolina’s deep state objecting to someone who actually represents the voters.

The article reports:

The leader of the North Carolina House Freedom Caucus is facing a primary challenger backed by one of his fellow lawmakers.

Freedom Caucus Chairman Keith Kidwell is seeking a fifth term representing four coastal counties in the state House (Beaufort, Dare, Hyde and Pamlico). He’s now facing a Republican primary challenger, Beaufort County farmer Darren Armstrong.

Kidwell says Armstrong was recruited by Republican Rep. Jimmy Dixon of nearby Duplin County, who chairs the House agriculture committee. He shared a text in which Dixon told him about the plan. “I have identified and I am going to support Darren Armstrong to file and run in the Republican primary for N.C. House District 79,” Dixon wrote in the text message.

While the text doesn’t explain Dixon’s reasoning for backing Kidwell’s opponent, Kidwell says the dispute stems from his opposition to a proposal in the farm bill that would have protected chemical pesticide companies from lawsuits. Supporters of that measure argued the companies need protection from frivolous lawsuits, but critics like Kidwell said it would put a high burden on farmers and others who are harmed by pesticides.

“They would have been protected retroactively and in perpetuity from you suing them, and I did not feel that that’s something that should have happened,” Kidwell told WUNC. “So Jimmy got mad at me for that, and went and dug up a primary opponent for me.”

These are not all frivolous lawsuits. Keith Kidwell has been a voice for voters the entire time he has been in the North Carolina House. He was one of the voices that stopped ShrimpGate, a law that would have ended the shrimp fishing industry in North Carolina.

I have lived in North Carolina since 2013. The Republicans took over the state legislature in 2010. It has taken them a while to become as corrupt as the Democrats were, but I believe they are rapidly getting there. The voters can vote out the North Carolina swamp, but they need to be aware of who the swamp is. This upcoming election needs a very well informed electorate in North Carolina.