VIDEO: Veterans walk into NC GOP convention to demand Republicans reject violence

By Michael McElroy

June 6, 2024

Here’s what happened when a group of veterans walked into the NC GOP convention to demand Republicans oppose violence.

We were on the scene in Greensboro recently, where a group of veterans and military families from a broad coalition, including Veterans for Responsible Leadership and Common Defense, walked into the NC GOP state convention to deliver a letter calling on Republicans and on Donald Trump to reject calls for violence.

Here’s what happened next.

And for our reporting on this story, click here.

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Michael McElroy is Cardinal & Pine's political correspondent. He is an adjunct instructor at UNC-Chapel Hill's Hussman School of Journalism and Media, and a former editor at The New York Times.

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VIDEO: Veterans walk into NC GOP convention to demand Republicans reject violence

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