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The Charlotte Observer Editorial Board

Editorial: Trump ally Ted Budd is avoiding Jan. 6 and the election lies he once helped spread

It should be impossible to avoid the Jan. 6 committee hearings — especially if you’re a politician asking people to vote for you in November.

But it seems U.S. Rep. Ted Budd, the Republican nominee for North Carolina’s open U.S. Senate seat, wants to do just that.

Since the first hearing, which occurred on June 9, Budd has tweeted plenty of times from his personal and official accounts. He’s torn into the “Biden/Beasley agenda,” the left’s supposedly radical policies, high gas prices and “Bidenflation.” He’s posted pictures with Ben Carson and North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, and even shared a meme poking fun at the Biden administration.

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