Talk about friends in low places

Chapel Hill Republican Bradford Paisley Briner IV was already a tough pill to swallow.  Most of his campaign thus far has involved trashing incumbent Republican treasurer Dale Folwell.  Briner has been a Republican for all of ten minutes. (He actually took the Democrat ballot in 2020.)

Briner has spent much of his time in North Carolina apparently sleeping through meetings of UNC’s governing board while DEI and riots have ravaged state campuses.

Passionate endorsements of Briner by McClatchy vehicles in Raleigh and Charlotte are just two more middle-fingers aimed at the GOP base whose arms are already being twisted to vote for this horrid candidate.

Briner has spoken openly about bringing Wall Street vultures back inside the state retirement plan. Folwell played it safe with the retirement plan because he knew those investments were part of a lot of good people’s futures.  Briner wants to show his Wall Street buddies some love and re-introduce a lot more risk — and bigger commissions — to the game.

Briner is one of three people helping Obama fan, gun-grabber and soft drink regulator Michael Bloomberg manage his money.  Briner’s boss and co-worker is Steven Rattner, the manager of Obama’s takeover of the Detroit auto industry.  Rattner is a big fan of investing in Red China and instituting carbon taxes. He’s also big on Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) — basically a credit rating that evaluates and rewards individuals and companies on how well in-line they are with leftist political preferences.

Rattner also got caught up in a pay-to-play scandal involving the NY state pension plan.  If everything falls into place on November 5, Rattner’s protege will be quite close to the North Carolina state retirement plan.

Folks, we truly have two horrid choices for treasurer this year.  Trust me folks, we will miss Dale Folwell.