Kyle Parrish - Founder of We Compete
@kp4nc.bsky.social
Husband, father, former congressional candidate and founder of We Compete, a PAC dedicated to helping down-ballot Dems fight in red districts!!
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From Murphy to Manteo, rural NC is strong, proud, and ignored.
Trump and the NC GOP have had their chance—and they’ve left us with broken promises and broken roads. It’s time for something better.
#RuralNCDeservesMore #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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Trump and the NC GOP have had their chance—and they’ve left us with broken promises and broken roads. It’s time for something better.
#RuralNCDeservesMore #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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Trump Denies Disaster Aid, Tells States To Do More
In the wake of recent natural disasters, state leaders across the country are finding that emergency support from the federal government is no longer a given.
www.floods.org
September 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
From Murphy to Manteo, rural NC is strong, proud, and ignored.
Trump and the NC GOP have had their chance—and they’ve left us with broken promises and broken roads. It’s time for something better.
#RuralNCDeservesMore #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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Trump and the NC GOP have had their chance—and they’ve left us with broken promises and broken roads. It’s time for something better.
#RuralNCDeservesMore #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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“Family values” shouldn’t mean gutting food assistance, denying childcare, and leaving rural moms without OB care. The GOP isn’t pro-family—they’re pro-pandering.
#RuralFamiliesDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#RuralFamiliesDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
House Republicans’ Extreme Budget Plan Fails North Carolina Families, Children, and Communities - NC Budget & Tax Center
Note: An updated version of this fact sheet about the final bill is available here. House Republicans passed legislation that would raise costs on North Carolina families and take health coverage,…
ncbudget.org
September 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“Family values” shouldn’t mean gutting food assistance, denying childcare, and leaving rural moms without OB care. The GOP isn’t pro-family—they’re pro-pandering.
#RuralFamiliesDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#RuralFamiliesDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Western NC faces landslides, aging roads, and crumbling infrastructure—but the GOP’s more interested in banning books and policing bathrooms than actually fixing what’s broken.
#DoYourJob #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#DoYourJob #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
September 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Western NC faces landslides, aging roads, and crumbling infrastructure—but the GOP’s more interested in banning books and policing bathrooms than actually fixing what’s broken.
#DoYourJob #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#DoYourJob #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
In Eastern NC, floodwaters rise, farms get wrecked, and families wait months for help. Meanwhile, Republicans in Raleigh pass laws to protect polluters, not people.
#EnvironmentalJustice #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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#EnvironmentalJustice #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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September 10, 2025 at 11:40 PM
In Eastern NC, floodwaters rise, farms get wrecked, and families wait months for help. Meanwhile, Republicans in Raleigh pass laws to protect polluters, not people.
#EnvironmentalJustice #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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#EnvironmentalJustice #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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GOP lawmakers love to talk about the “rural backbone” of NC—while they rip funding from rural schools, clinics, and roads.
If it’s the backbone, why do they keep breaking it?
#ProtectRuralNC #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
If it’s the backbone, why do they keep breaking it?
#ProtectRuralNC #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
GOP cuts to food assistance would hit rural America especially hard • West Virginia Watch
Cuts to SNAP would affect residents of every state in all types of communities, but advocates fear it could especially hit rural people.
westvirginiawatch.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:51 PM
GOP lawmakers love to talk about the “rural backbone” of NC—while they rip funding from rural schools, clinics, and roads.
If it’s the backbone, why do they keep breaking it?
#ProtectRuralNC #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
If it’s the backbone, why do they keep breaking it?
#ProtectRuralNC #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Broadband is as essential as electricity—but rural NC is still in the digital dark.
Trump didn’t fix it. Musk exploited it. And Republicans in Raleigh keep stalling it.
Stop the speeches. Finish the damn job.
#BroadbandIsBasic #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Trump didn’t fix it. Musk exploited it. And Republicans in Raleigh keep stalling it.
Stop the speeches. Finish the damn job.
#BroadbandIsBasic #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
September 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Broadband is as essential as electricity—but rural NC is still in the digital dark.
Trump didn’t fix it. Musk exploited it. And Republicans in Raleigh keep stalling it.
Stop the speeches. Finish the damn job.
#BroadbandIsBasic #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Trump didn’t fix it. Musk exploited it. And Republicans in Raleigh keep stalling it.
Stop the speeches. Finish the damn job.
#BroadbandIsBasic #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Students in rural NC don’t need “culture war curriculum.”
They need textbooks that aren’t 15 years old, working HVAC systems, and enough teachers to fill classrooms.
#FundOurSchools #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
They need textbooks that aren’t 15 years old, working HVAC systems, and enough teachers to fill classrooms.
#FundOurSchools #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Rural schools in NC's Border Belt brace for federal funding cuts
Federal funding is especially crucial for low-income schools like those in rural southeastern North Carolina.
borderbelt.org
September 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Students in rural NC don’t need “culture war curriculum.”
They need textbooks that aren’t 15 years old, working HVAC systems, and enough teachers to fill classrooms.
#FundOurSchools #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
They need textbooks that aren’t 15 years old, working HVAC systems, and enough teachers to fill classrooms.
#FundOurSchools #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
NC Republicans kept blocking Medicaid expansion, even as rural ERs were overwhelmed and clinics shut down. Now Trump guts all progress NC made.
This isn’t “small government”—it’s punishing the poor for spite.
#ExpandMedicaid #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
This isn’t “small government”—it’s punishing the poor for spite.
#ExpandMedicaid #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
What do the looming cuts to Medicaid really mean?
Health policy expert Will Dow breaks down the risks—and potential state-level response.
publichealth.berkeley.edu
September 6, 2025 at 11:36 PM
NC Republicans kept blocking Medicaid expansion, even as rural ERs were overwhelmed and clinics shut down. Now Trump guts all progress NC made.
This isn’t “small government”—it’s punishing the poor for spite.
#ExpandMedicaid #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
This isn’t “small government”—it’s punishing the poor for spite.
#ExpandMedicaid #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Disaster after disaster hits rural NC—and still, no urgency from Republican leaders!!
Bridges washed out, homes flooded, families displaced.
They show up for photo ops, not recovery.
#RuralRecoveryNow #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Bridges washed out, homes flooded, families displaced.
They show up for photo ops, not recovery.
#RuralRecoveryNow #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
September 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Disaster after disaster hits rural NC—and still, no urgency from Republican leaders!!
Bridges washed out, homes flooded, families displaced.
They show up for photo ops, not recovery.
#RuralRecoveryNow #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Bridges washed out, homes flooded, families displaced.
They show up for photo ops, not recovery.
#RuralRecoveryNow #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
If a Cracker Barrel logo change upsets you more than rural hospitals closing, you’ve been played.
NC Republicans cry about culture wars while ignoring life-and-death crises in their own backyard.
#PrioritiesMatter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
NC Republicans cry about culture wars while ignoring life-and-death crises in their own backyard.
#PrioritiesMatter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
September 4, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If a Cracker Barrel logo change upsets you more than rural hospitals closing, you’ve been played.
NC Republicans cry about culture wars while ignoring life-and-death crises in their own backyard.
#PrioritiesMatter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
NC Republicans cry about culture wars while ignoring life-and-death crises in their own backyard.
#PrioritiesMatter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
GOP politicians love to say rural America is the “backbone of the country.” Then they cut rural's spine—slashing funding for schools, jobs, roads, and healthcare.
You can’t love something while you let it rot.
#RuralDeservesBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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You can’t love something while you let it rot.
#RuralDeservesBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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Bad medicine? Funding cuts may be 'fatal wound' to these vital NC clinics.
Federally qualified community health centers, including 39 in North Carolina, were designed with low-income, rural residents in mind.
carolinapublicpress.org
May 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
GOP politicians love to say rural America is the “backbone of the country.” Then they cut rural's spine—slashing funding for schools, jobs, roads, and healthcare.
You can’t love something while you let it rot.
#RuralDeservesBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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You can’t love something while you let it rot.
#RuralDeservesBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
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The GOP says they’re about “local control,” but then pass laws that block rural towns from raising wages, regulating pollution, or expanding healthcare.
It's not local control they want—it’s total control.
#LetTownsLead #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
It's not local control they want—it’s total control.
#LetTownsLead #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
May 2, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The GOP says they’re about “local control,” but then pass laws that block rural towns from raising wages, regulating pollution, or expanding healthcare.
It's not local control they want—it’s total control.
#LetTownsLead #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
It's not local control they want—it’s total control.
#LetTownsLead #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Republicans say they hate “big government”—until it’s time to bail out banks, subsidize oil companies, or police people’s personal lives.
But when rural families need help? Suddenly there's no money.
Trump laughs at #WNC while he denies them help.
#HelpNotHype #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
But when rural families need help? Suddenly there's no money.
Trump laughs at #WNC while he denies them help.
#HelpNotHype #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
May 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Republicans say they hate “big government”—until it’s time to bail out banks, subsidize oil companies, or police people’s personal lives.
But when rural families need help? Suddenly there's no money.
Trump laughs at #WNC while he denies them help.
#HelpNotHype #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
But when rural families need help? Suddenly there's no money.
Trump laughs at #WNC while he denies them help.
#HelpNotHype #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
“We stand with farmers,” they say.
Then they back mega-corporations over family farms, gut agricultural support, and impose trade wars that destroy rural economies.
Lies in a baseball cap.
#StandWithFarmers #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Then they back mega-corporations over family farms, gut agricultural support, and impose trade wars that destroy rural economies.
Lies in a baseball cap.
#StandWithFarmers #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“We stand with farmers,” they say.
Then they back mega-corporations over family farms, gut agricultural support, and impose trade wars that destroy rural economies.
Lies in a baseball cap.
#StandWithFarmers #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Then they back mega-corporations over family farms, gut agricultural support, and impose trade wars that destroy rural economies.
Lies in a baseball cap.
#StandWithFarmers #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
GOP leaders oppose student debt relief—but they’ve done nothing to fix the crumbling rural schools or make college affordable.
They’re fine with you being in debt, as long as their donors are making big money. Just ask @VirginiaFoxx
#EducationForAll #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
They’re fine with you being in debt, as long as their donors are making big money. Just ask @VirginiaFoxx
#EducationForAll #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
GOP leaders oppose student debt relief—but they’ve done nothing to fix the crumbling rural schools or make college affordable.
They’re fine with you being in debt, as long as their donors are making big money. Just ask @VirginiaFoxx
#EducationForAll #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
They’re fine with you being in debt, as long as their donors are making big money. Just ask @VirginiaFoxx
#EducationForAll #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
They talk about “fiscal responsibility” while giving billion-dollar handouts to corporate polluters who poison rural farmland and rivers.
Guess who’s left to clean it up? Rural families.
#CorporateWelfare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Guess who’s left to clean it up? Rural families.
#CorporateWelfare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 28, 2025 at 4:16 PM
They talk about “fiscal responsibility” while giving billion-dollar handouts to corporate polluters who poison rural farmland and rivers.
Guess who’s left to clean it up? Rural families.
#CorporateWelfare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Guess who’s left to clean it up? Rural families.
#CorporateWelfare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Republicans scream about “opportunity,” but their policies force rural Americans to live without hospitals, without internet, without clean water.
Opportunity without infrastructure is a lie.
#RuralFreedom #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Opportunity without infrastructure is a lie.
#RuralFreedom #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 27, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Republicans scream about “opportunity,” but their policies force rural Americans to live without hospitals, without internet, without clean water.
Opportunity without infrastructure is a lie.
#RuralFreedom #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Opportunity without infrastructure is a lie.
#RuralFreedom #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
GOP: “We care about family values.”
Also GOP: Votes to cut childcare subsidies, school lunches, and Head Start programs in rural towns.
The hypocrisy isn’t just insulting—it’s hurting real families.
#FamilyValuesMyFoot #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Also GOP: Votes to cut childcare subsidies, school lunches, and Head Start programs in rural towns.
The hypocrisy isn’t just insulting—it’s hurting real families.
#FamilyValuesMyFoot #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
GOP: “We care about family values.”
Also GOP: Votes to cut childcare subsidies, school lunches, and Head Start programs in rural towns.
The hypocrisy isn’t just insulting—it’s hurting real families.
#FamilyValuesMyFoot #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Also GOP: Votes to cut childcare subsidies, school lunches, and Head Start programs in rural towns.
The hypocrisy isn’t just insulting—it’s hurting real families.
#FamilyValuesMyFoot #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
“Pro-life”? Then why do rural women have to drive hours for maternity care? GOP policies have shuttered clinics and defunded prenatal programs across rural America.
It's not pro-life—it's pro-control.
#RuralHealthCrisis #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
It's not pro-life—it's pro-control.
#RuralHealthCrisis #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Pro-life”? Then why do rural women have to drive hours for maternity care? GOP policies have shuttered clinics and defunded prenatal programs across rural America.
It's not pro-life—it's pro-control.
#RuralHealthCrisis #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
It's not pro-life—it's pro-control.
#RuralHealthCrisis #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Republicans love to say “support the troops,” yet they block funding for rural VA clinics and mental health care. You can’t wave a flag while turning your back on the people who served.
#SupportOurVets #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#SupportOurVets #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 24, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Republicans love to say “support the troops,” yet they block funding for rural VA clinics and mental health care. You can’t wave a flag while turning your back on the people who served.
#SupportOurVets #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#SupportOurVets #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
They say “freedom isn’t free”—but under Trump & Musk, it’s only for the rich.
Rural Americans are working harder for less, and getting kicked down while billionaires cash out. We need leaders who fight for the people, not against them.
#WeDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Rural Americans are working harder for less, and getting kicked down while billionaires cash out. We need leaders who fight for the people, not against them.
#WeDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
They say “freedom isn’t free”—but under Trump & Musk, it’s only for the rich.
Rural Americans are working harder for less, and getting kicked down while billionaires cash out. We need leaders who fight for the people, not against them.
#WeDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Rural Americans are working harder for less, and getting kicked down while billionaires cash out. We need leaders who fight for the people, not against them.
#WeDeserveBetter #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Trump wants to slash Medicaid again—right when rural hospitals are hanging on by a thread. If you think he cares about your healthcare, ask yourself why he’s never once stood in a rural ER.
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 22, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Trump wants to slash Medicaid again—right when rural hospitals are hanging on by a thread. If you think he cares about your healthcare, ask yourself why he’s never once stood in a rural ER.
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
NC Republicans call themselves “pro-life,” then cut funding for rural maternity care, mental health services, and kids' nutrition. It’s not about life—it’s about control. And people are paying the price.
#FightForFamilies #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#FightForFamilies #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
North Carolina Republicans file one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country
State lawmakers are considering what would be one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country.
www.cbs17.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:16 PM
NC Republicans call themselves “pro-life,” then cut funding for rural maternity care, mental health services, and kids' nutrition. It’s not about life—it’s about control. And people are paying the price.
#FightForFamilies #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#FightForFamilies #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
If Trump and Musk had their way, libraries would be defunded, schools would be privatized, and news would be whatever they tweeted last. That’s not patriotism—that’s propaganda.
#EducationMatters #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#EducationMatters #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 21, 2025 at 4:16 PM
If Trump and Musk had their way, libraries would be defunded, schools would be privatized, and news would be whatever they tweeted last. That’s not patriotism—that’s propaganda.
#EducationMatters #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#EducationMatters #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
Trump wants to slash Medicaid again—right when rural hospitals are hanging on by a thread. If you think he cares about your healthcare, ask yourself why he’s never once stood in a rural ER.
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
April 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Trump wants to slash Medicaid again—right when rural hospitals are hanging on by a thread. If you think he cares about your healthcare, ask yourself why he’s never once stood in a rural ER.
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC
#ProtectRuralCare #ncpol #WeCompetePAC