Black Caucus to issue statement on Wright
At the end of the House session Monday night, Rep. Alma Adams called an "emergency meeting" of the N.C. Legislative Black Caucus Monday night.
Coming out, she was pretty tight lipped about the meeting, saying that she would issue a statement in the morning. When pressed, she indicated that the statement would concern Rep. Thomas Wright.
Specifically, it seems that it will concern Speaker Joe Hackney's comments that he should resign. (Update: For those who have read to that prior post on this topic, the audio links are fixed.)
(Credit: Associated Press)
Adams didn't outline specifics, but another caucus member who was in the meeting said the statement would basically call for "allowing the process to work." In other words, the caucus was unhappy that the Speaker so vocally called out one of its members, especially after Democrats showed a great deal of forbearance with former Speaker Jim Black.
Also, said the member, the caucus might ask for a meeting with the Speaker "to clarify" how House Democrats would handle this and any future ethics allegations.
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