Cooper For North Carolina
North Carolina GOP Senate candidate Michael Whatley has tried to paint his Democratic opponent, former Gov. Roy Cooper, as soft on crime — but a new report indicates Whatley himself forgave a sex offender accused of sexually assaulting teenagers in one of his hires for a party office.According to ...
Why would Whatley install a child sex offender in a powerful role?
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| Overall score | 47.8/100 |
| Spend / Reach / Long. / Eff. | 34.7 · 83.1 · 2.5 · 70.7 |
| Spend range | USD 1,000–1,499 |
| Impressions | 175,000 – 199,999 |
| CPM (≈ $/1k impr) | USD 6.66 |
| Est. audience size | 100,001 – 500,000 |
| Days live | 10 (2026-03-20 → 2026-03-30) |
| Created | 2026-03-20 |
| Creative variants | 1 body · 1 headline |
| Platforms | facebook, instagram |
| Languages | en |
| Candidate | NC — Roy Cooper |
| Surfaced by | “senate:Roy Cooper” |
| Issue | crime safety |
| Framing | attack opponent |
| Message type | persuasion |
| Emotional appeal | fear |
| Production tier | semi pro |
| Who pictured | opponent |
| Symbols | none |
| Call to action | learn more |
| Standout element | Explosive accusation about child sex offender embedded in a news screenshot lending false-neutral credibility to a devastating attack |
| Tactic | The ad weaponizes borrowed media credibility by pairing a RawStory headline with a guilt-by-association question, making a shocking character attack appear journalistically validated rather than politically motivated. |
| Virginia | 40.2% |
| Maryland | 33.7% |
| Washington, District of Columbia | 24.5% |
| West Virginia | 1.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 0.1% |
| New York | 0.1% |
| Texas | 0.0% |
| 18-24 · female | 3.5% |
| 45-54 · unknown | 0.2% |
| Unknown · female | 0.0% |
| 65+ · unknown | 0.1% |
| 65+ · male | 4.1% |
| 65+ · female | 3.2% |
| 55-64 · unknown | 0.1% |
| 55-64 · male | 6.4% |
| 55-64 · female | 5.1% |
| 45-54 · male | 8.7% |
| 18-24 · male | 2.9% |
| 45-54 · female | 7.3% |
| 35-44 · unknown | 0.2% |
| 35-44 · male | 14.2% |
| 35-44 · female | 13.2% |
| 25-34 · unknown | 0.2% |
| 25-34 · male | 14.6% |
| 25-34 · female | 15.7% |
| 18-24 · unknown | 0.1% |
| Unknown · male | 0.0% |