Please read this press release from my campaign about the American Legion Post 10 Debate last night.
Wilmington, NC. – Thom Goolsby told the audience at the American Legion Post 10 Debate last night that he went to Raleigh last month to a North Carolina Chamber of Commerce meeting but was unaware of what the group was all about.
In response to a question by the moderator, John Evans of WECT-TV, Goolsby was seeking to downplay the endorsement of the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce PAC which was given to Michael Lee.
Goolsby admitted going to Raleigh to the North Carolina Chamber meeting which featured representatives from several business and industry groups but says he didn’t know what the North Carolina Chamber of Commerce was. “I didn’t really even know what they were,” Goolsby said during the debate.
“I did not seek their endorsement, I do not want their endorsement, and I would not take their endorsement,” he further exclaimed.
Lee, on the other hand, seemed very proud of the backing he has received from the business community and was astonished that Goolsby would not know what the Chamber of Commerce was all about.
“Either Thom was not telling the truth when he said he did not know about the Chamber in an attempt to diffuse this major endorsement of me or he is divorced from reality when it comes to the business community. The citizens of New Hanover County should be very concerned that a NC Senate candidate is or claims to be so oblivious to the business community that he does not know about the NC Chamber,” Lee said after the debate.
Tonight the candidates will square off again in their final scheduled debate. This forum will be at the Northside Baptist Church at 7pm and is sponsored by Americans for Prosperity. It is open to the public.
To see highlights of all the debates, go to www.iwantthatsenateseat.com.
