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sheshe2

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13. McCrory wants them to eat cake, so to speak?
Tue Oct 29, 2013, 10:42 PM
Oct 2013
McCrory denies 12-year-old's request to discuss voting rights concerns

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Kimrey's hope was to meet with McCrory to talk about the voter ID bill, specifically the part prohibiting 16- and 17-year-olds from pre-registering to vote, as well as the cookies he brought out to protesters concerned about the abortion bill.

"I have a lot of friends who are 16 and 17 or are about to be, and they were really excited about being able to pre-register to vote," she told WNCN. "I have a lot of friends who are really into politics as well. They started talking to me about it, and I was like, 'I don't like that. That's not cool.'"

Last month, McCrory delivered a tray of cookies to protesters dressed in 1960s apparel outside the Executive Mansion. Kimrey was among those protesters, who argued the Republican-led measures were taking women back decades.

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"I was like, 'Thank you very much, but it would be nice if we could have some rights with that,'" Kimrey told reporters at the time. "I would rather sit down with [him] while we're eating cookies."

Kimrey said even though she can't vote yet, the fact that she lives in North Carolina should make her opinion matter.

"I can't vote and I don't have a million dollars. I'm not a well-funded group. I'm just a kid who was born in and lives in your state," Kimrey's petition reads.


http://wfla.membercenter.worldnow.com/story/23232847/12-year-old-raleigh-girl-calls-for-meeting-with-mccrory-on-voting-rights

What an awesome child, freshwest! Yes indeed our future gets brighter by the day! She was brilliant!

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What an absolute delight! hamsterjill Oct 2013 #1
Thanks hamsterjill. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #2
What a speaker! Jim__ Oct 2013 #3
Thanks Jim! sheshe2 Oct 2013 #4
Agreed! Republicans can't believe this is true, but they don't know liberal children, how JDPriestly Oct 2013 #23
smart, well spoken, barbtries Oct 2013 #5
They must be, barbtries. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #6
She is an awesome young lady! nt avebury Oct 2013 #7
Here's some info on what she's referring to. zentrum Oct 2013 #8
Ho-lee-crap. JBoy Oct 2013 #9
The governor thought she was a prop? More likely he feared losing a debate with her. n/t A Simple Game Oct 2013 #10
The future is looking great, Sheshe! Love this little lady! freshwest Oct 2013 #11
McCrory wants them to eat cake, so to speak? sheshe2 Oct 2013 #13
Think of it, somewhere around 20 years from now, she just may be running for president. JDPriestly Oct 2013 #24
We need millions more props like her! What a delight! juajen Oct 2013 #12
What a beautiful, sassy, articulate 12 year old! ReRe Oct 2013 #14
We need gives kudos to her parents for doing such an awesome job. KauaiK Oct 2013 #15
Young Hillary SaveAmerica Oct 2013 #16
A New Low in DU Undecipherable Headlines Hassan_Sabbah Oct 2013 #17
How do you describe this 'blinking sense'? It makes all that you wrote undeciferable to me. SaveAmerica Oct 2013 #19
Gee, so sorry, that is all got from the OP, Hassan. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #21
I have been here for a long time. Hassan_Sabbah Oct 2013 #25
If English is your second language, don't criticize at "first glance," before taking a second look. maddiemom Oct 2013 #28
"Schools" is used as the verb (instructs). Since when is" " publically" not a realy word? This maddiemom Oct 2013 #26
Sorry, "publicly"--just misspelled. maddiemom Oct 2013 #27
All in US should register by 16 so can participate in Primaries before Elections SaveAmerica Oct 2013 #18
I'm floored Populist_Prole Oct 2013 #20
Ah, Populist_Prole. sheshe2 Oct 2013 #22
Wow!! The light of HOPE!!! hue Oct 2013 #29
WTG, Miss Madison! meow2u3 Oct 2013 #30
K & R. dchill Oct 2013 #31
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