RALEIGH, N.C. — In a video of a private call with campaign supporters, obtained by The News & Observer, the Republican candidate for a key state Senate seat compares voting to a biblical parable of God sorting people into heaven or hell.
The candidate, E.C. Sykes, then encourages his wife to tell a story about challenging a school board candidate to prove his faith. After his wife invokes Judas, the false disciple who betrayed Jesus, Sykes then jumps back in, telling supporters on the call to remember that message.
“Sometimes you’re voting on policy issues that are not so spiritually based,” he said in the private call. “But in this particular time, a lot of them are. So wow, talk about being in the middle of a battle. We’re right there.”
