North Carolina Governor Blocks Republican Attempt to Use Hurricane Relief Bill to Limit Power of Incoming Democratic Leaders

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper blocked a hurricane relief bill that contained clauses to limit the power of incoming Democratic leaders and transfer it to Republican officials. (Credit: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper blocked a hurricane relief bill that contained clauses to limit the power of incoming Democratic leaders and transfer it to Republican officials.

"This legislation is a sham," Cooper wrote in his veto message, obtained by WRAL. "It does not send money to Western North Carolina but merely shuffles money from one fund to another in Raleigh."