{"id":2657935,"date":"2026-09-10T22:24:46","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-democrats-cut-ties-with-candidate-who-urged-anti-gop-violence\/"},"modified":"2026-09-10T22:28:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T02:28:24","slug":"north-carolina-democrats-cut-ties-with-candidate-who-urged-anti-gop-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-democrats-cut-ties-with-candidate-who-urged-anti-gop-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"North Carolina Democrats cut ties with candidate who urged anti-GOP violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnorth-carolina-democrats-cut-ties-with-candidate-who-urged-anti-gop-violence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2657935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Democrats in North carolina&#8217;s House of Representatives announced they would no longer support candidate Shelly Headen for the state legislature after her past social media posts advocating violence against Republicans were revealed.The caucus condemned her remarks and distanced themselves from her candidacy. Headen, who is running to unseat Republican rep. John Blust,admitted she couldn&#8217;t recall some of her posts but described herself as vocal against MAGA and made controversial statements,including celebrating Kamala Harris&#8217;s presidential nomination and suggesting foreign attacks on conservative states. She also made inflammatory remarks about conservatives experiencing sexual assault and justified her social media activity by comparing herself to figures like Jesus and Martin Luther King Jr., claiming she sacrificed for the country. Despite facing backlash from both her party and opponents, Headen refuses to withdraw from the race and reportedly spent $30,000 on a firm to review her social media history.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/north-carolina\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"552\">North Carolina<\/a> Democrats in the state\u2019s House of Representatives cut all ties with one of their candidates running for the state legislature after her past <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"433\">social media<\/a> posts about violence against Republicans came to light.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The state\u2019s House Democratic Caucus said it will no longer support Shelly Headen, who is seeking to unseat Republican state Rep. 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Ready for the MAGAs to die off!!\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a comment underneath a Facebook post from 2025, Headen called for foreign attacks on states with a large conservative population. \u201cI think our only hope is an attack on U.S. soil \u2026 preferably Alabama, Louisiana \u2026 where the stupid people live,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-2\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-16\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-2\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headen also said \u201cAmerica is beyond peaceful protest\u201d in reference to Luigi Mangione fatally shooting former UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, she suggested conservatives \u201cneed to experience sexual assault so they can experience what Trump\u2019s victims feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Headen declined to claim responsibility for any of the posts. Instead of an honest self-reflection, she compared herself to Jesus Christ, Martin Luther King Jr., and Abraham Lincoln as she runs for office.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-3\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-17\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-3\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve sacrificed myself just like Jesus sacrificed himself on the cross, and Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln and all the people that put themselves out there to sacrifice for our country,\u201d Headen told the <em>Assembly<\/em>. \u201cIf a few angry moments on social media are the end, then so be it. MAGA will keep winning if we continue with not standing up for what\u2019s right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4717278\/gavin-newsom-hard-truth-democratic-party-performance\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/4717278\/gavin-newsom-hard-truth-democratic-party-performance\/\">EXCLUSIVE \u2014 NEWSOM\u2019S HARD TRUTH FOR DEMOCRATS: \u2018IT\u2019S OUR PERFORMANCE\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Despite backlash from her own party and Republicans, Headen is refusing to drop out of the state race.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-4\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-25\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Democratic candidate apparently paid $30,000 for a consulting firm to flag her social media posts for possible concerns, according to the report.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NC Dems Cut Support Over Candidate\u2019s Past Social Media Posts<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2657936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP24306701272762.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[85470,3685,32258,36160],"class_list":["post-2657935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-anti-gop","tag-democrats","tag-north-carolina","tag-political-controversy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/AP24306701272762.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657935","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2657935"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2657938,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2657935\/revisions\/2657938"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2657936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2657935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2657935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2657935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}