6th District Candidate Pete Glidewell – Letter to the Editor

Walker’s response to Springsteen unsatisfactory

The offer by Congressman Mark Walker to “explain intellectually” North Carolina’s new law called HB2 to Bruce Springsteen is interesting. This is just after calling Mr. Springsteen a “bully” for canceling a rock concert in protest over the law. If Mr. Walker’s main qualification prior to election was that of being a pastor, using the term “bully” in the context of LGBT issues shows a remarkable lack of sensitivity to what these citizens experience every day. Mr. Walker’s solution is that he is going to a Justin Beiber concert.

What Mr. Walker should intellectually explain to his constituents is why over 130 corporations have written a letter to the governor asking him to repeal the bill. Please explain why he thinks PayPal would bully us by denying us 400 promised jobs. Please explain why 13 conventions are cancelling their Charlotte location. Please explain why a $15 million research grant has been pulled from UNC. Please explain why we would want to inflict economic suicide in the middle of a tepid recovery when our district’s unemployment is higher than the state and the national average.

When he is neither acting like a pastor nor understanding the total repercussions of laws that he endorses, why is he qualified to be our lawmaker?

Pete Glidewell

Candidate for U.S. Congress (NC-6)

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