"During a Friday address to American troops at Fort Bragg, President Donald Trump campaigned for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley, telling the crowd that voting for Whatley is very important because our military has to be protected, while Democrats will decimate our military. Referencing former governor Roy Cooper (D), who's currently running against Whatley in the upcoming Senate race, Trump promoted the theory that a COVID-era prison settlement by the ex-governor led to the early release of DeCarlos Brown Jr., the man accused of stabbing 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska to death on Charlotte public transit last year."
"This was the man, the governor, that allowed this man to get out, said Trump to a notably silent crowd. We don't do that That's not gonna happen with Michael Whatley, that I can tell you. Trump, speaking to troops in North Carolina, is now attacking ex-governor and Democratic Senate candidate Roy Cooper as a "disaster" who was culpable for a woman getting her "throat slit" (note the total silence from the crowd) pic.twitter.com/wrTDOW0bd8 Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 13, 2026 It's very important, because our military has to be protected. Our people have to be protected. And they will decimate our military, he continued."
President Donald Trump addressed troops at Fort Bragg to campaign for Republican Senate candidate Michael Whatley. He warned that Democrats would decimate the military and said voting for Whatley was very important to protect service members. Trump linked former Democratic governor Roy Cooper to a COVID-era prison settlement and promoted a theory that it led to the early release of DeCarlos Brown Jr., accused in the murder of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. The Charlotte Observer disproved that linkage. Trump invited Whatley to speak, praised his party leadership, promised troops would be taken care of if Whatley won, and drew little vocal reaction from the crowd.
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