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It must be hard to be a Democrat these days. They have been decapitated and overwhelmingly repudiated, and they are fit to be tied. But dont expect them to come to themselves as did the prodigal, and repent. Thats not in their nature.

If there is one scripture that describes the inane hostility of Democrats toward righteousness and the rule of law, it is Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools (Romans 1:22). It never ceases to amaze me how eager Democrats are to put their woeful ignorance on public display.

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North Carolina Governor-elect Roy Cooper speaks to supporters at a victory rally the day after his Republican opponent, incumbent Pat McCrory, conceded in Raleigh, North Carolina, on December 6, 2016

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RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolinas new Democratic governor and attorney general say theyre ending state efforts to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to revive a GOP-backed voter ID law that was struck down by a lower court, but Republican lawmakers say they will continue pushing for the high courts review.

Gov. Roy Cooper and Attorney General Josh Stein said Tuesday theyre withdrawing from the states petition for a high court review. The Supreme Court next must decide if it will take up the case anyway.

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This morning, the Governors General Counsel and Chief Deputy Attorney General jointly sent a letter discharging outside counsel in the case on behalf of the State, said a statement announcing the action on Tuesday. Also today, the Governors Office and the N.C.Department of Justice formally withdrew the State and Governors request for the U.S. Supreme Court to review the Fourth Circuits decision.

Last year Pat McCrory, then the states Republican governor, asked the Supreme Court to review a lower appeals court ruling. The July opinion by the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals determined tougher ballot access rules adopted in 2013 were written with almost surgical precision to discourage black voters who tended to support Democrats.

In a statement on Tuesday, Cooper said, We need to make it easier for people to exercise their right to vote, not harder, and I will not continue to waste time and money appealing this unconstitutional law.

Its time for North Carolina to stop fighting for this unfair, unconstitutional law and work instead to improve equal access for voters, Cooper said.

The law, passed two years after Republicans took control of the state legislature for the first time in a century, sought to entrench GOP politicians in power by targeting voters who, based on race, were unlikely to vote for the majority party, the opinion by a three-judge panel of the court stated.

We can only conclude that the North Carolina General Assembly enacted the challenged provisions of the law with discriminatory intent, the judges said.

The Supreme Court in August divided 4-4 on overturning the appeals court ruling for last falls elections. That meant North Carolinas voter identification requirement couldnt be enforced and allowed an extra seven days of early voting and same-day voter registration.

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The states Republican legislative leaders decried Tuesdays desperate and politically-motivated effort to scuttle Supreme Court review and allow the ruling by the three-judge panel of partisan Democrats to stand. Outside attorneys hired by the General Assembly to defend the law will continue on the case, Senate Leader Phil Berger, R-Rockingham, and House Speaker Tim Moore, R-Cleveland, said in a statement.

The state elections board also could opt to press the Supreme Court request, but the panel itself may be revamped as part of the ongoing partisan warfare between entrenched Republican legislative leaders and the newly elected Democratic governor. The elections board meets Wednesday.

McCrory and Republican legislative leaders said last year the laws voter ID provision, which came into effect during the 2016 primaries, improved the integrity of elections. Appeals court judges said the state provided no evidence of the kind of in-person voter fraud the ID mandate would address. The law was amended last year to include a method for people unable to get a photo ID to still vote.

North Carolina voters last November backed Republican Donald Trump for president, re-elected fellow Republican U.S. Sen. Richard Burr and expanded the number of statewide GOP office-holders.

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House Democrats campaign arm is launching Twitter ads that will target House Republicans in nearly two dozen districts over the backlash theyre facing at town halls over ObamaCare.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committees (DCCC) ads, which were provided first to The Hill, will be running in 23 GOP-held districts ahead of the 2018 midterm elections. The digital ads will feature an image of a packed crowd at a town hall with an empty chair on the stage.

Will Hurd voted to repeal the ACA with no plan to replace it, one of the ads reads. Now he wont hold a town hall with constituents.

Protesters have been flooding town halls in lawmakers home states, particularly over the looming battle over ObamaCare and pushing back on repeal of former President Obamas signature healthcare law.

Republicans many of them in swing districts are seeking to avoid protesters at these in-person gatherings and opting instead for virtual town halls.

And House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin BradyKevin BradyA guide to the committees: House House Democrats hit GOP over town hall protests in Twitter ad campaign Two tax issues dividing Republicans on ObamaCare MORE (R-Texas) recently pushed back against the protests addressing the fate of the law, saying they wont change GOP plans to repeal and replace it.

House Republicans reckless vote to rip apart the Affordable Care Act without a replacement is causing widespread backlash in their districts, said DCCC spokesman Tyler Law.

These digital ads expose vulnerable Republicans who are shameless enough to take peoples healthcare away and cowardly enough to then run scared from their constituents.

The Twitter ads will be in both English and Spanish in the districts of GOP Reps. Jeff Denham (Calif.), Mike Coffman (Colo.), Carlos Curbelo (Fla.), Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (Fla.), John Culberson (Texas) and Hurd (Texas).

The ads are a part of the DCCCs March in 18 program, which launched earlier this month and will focus on hiring full-time, local staffers in 20 swing districts from Pennsylvania to California.

In 2016, Democrats had predicted dozens of pick-up opportunities, but they only managed to flip six House seats while Republicans maintained control of both chambers and gained the White House.

Democrats are seeking to regain the House majority, and in memos released this year, they have cast themselves as being on offense in 2018. Midterm elections have historically seen the party of the incumbent president lose House seats during the first two years in office.

--This report was updated at 8:28 a.m.

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) As part of National Day of Action, Research Triangle Park leaders called for immigration reform.

To do that, local leaders are showing off new research on the contributions immigrants have in the Triangle.

Leaders said global talent promotes many of the businesses in RTP.

Research found that in the 2nd congressional district nearly 9 percent of the areas population are foreign-born residents.

The numbers also show immigrants held $1.6 billion in spending power in 2014.

Immigrants are also nearly 52-percent more likely to be entrepreneurs than the native population.

I would like Congress and any immigration bill to accelerate the path of citizenship with those that have skilled visa programs so we can remain competitive, Morrisville Mayor Pro-Tem Steve Rao said. We dont entrepreneurs going to Canada or Europe we want them to come to America.

This event focused on immigration reform and technology. Another event will be held on agriculture later this week.

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