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U.S. Senate candidate Don Brown visits Cleveland County
- The Shelby Independent
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U.S. Senate candidate Don Brown was in Cleveland County, talking with fairgoers and local candidates, Wednesday evening.
Brown is the primary candidate facing off against Michael Whatley for the Republican nomination for the U.S. Senate race in North Carolina, after Senator Thom Tillis announced he would be vacating his seat at the end of his term.
Brown took time out of his day to talk with The Shelby Independent about several issues, including his credentials for a senate seat, healthcare, and what drastic measures need to be taken to reduce the deficit.
A retired Navy J.A.G. officer, who spent 16 years in the Navy, Brown is a constitutional lawyer who worked several high-profile cases involving what he calls “The unconstitutional and dangerous jab,” that he further explained, “Fauci put that on us and my opponent Whatley seemed to favor. I’ve been involved in some high-profile issues, served at the Pentagon and now I’m ready to rock ‘n roll for the people of North Carolina.”
Brown spoke critical of his primary opponent, Whatley, in regard to election integrity, stating, “Whatley says he’s a champion of election integrity; he got himself elected on ballots.” Brown was referring to alleged ballot irregularities, in which a lawsuit was filed after Michael Whatley was elected as North Carolina GOP Chair in 2023.
The lawsuit raised questions about the integrity of the vote that reelected Whatley over his challenger, John Kane Jr.; it was later dismissed. A Wake County Superior Court judge dismissed the lawsuit in September 2023. Whatley noted there might have been some issues but not enough to affect the outcome, and the party, overall, was unified, as stated in a Sept 6, 2023 article published by The Carolina Journal.
Brown continued, “Let’s talk about medical freedom – I have battled for medical freedom; fought these unconstitutional vaccine and mask mandates all the way to the court of appeals,” he explained. “Whatley used his position as chair of the North Carolina Republican Party to push Fauci’s jab – very irresponsible, very dangerous. I’ll be pushing for a vaccination protection act at the federal level, so that nobody, no government, no private employer can force you take vaccination, or anything in your body, ever.”
He then shifted to Senator Tillis, explaining why he jumped in the race to begin with, noting, “Tillis had gone off his rocker,” he said. “In March, Tillis tried to tube the nomination of my good friend Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, whom I have worked with very closely.”
Brown said, in his opinion, Whatley tries to be in touch with North Carolina voters, but doesn’t feel that he is, stating, “Whatley isn’t in touch with North Carolina grass roots, but he wants you to think he is, but I am in touch. And we're going to beat Whatley and Cooper.”
“We have to send warriors to congress,” said Brown. “It’s going to be hard to work with democrats; they’re off their range. We have a 37 trillion national debt! You can shut it the heck down as far as I’m concerned.”
Brown talked about more budget cuts and government agencies still needing position reductions to help reduce the national debt.
“I’m going to go to the United States Senate and push for what’s called ‘The Deep State Reduction Act’ – we have to cut two-thirds of our federal employees within 10 years and apply it to the national debt.”
He continued, talking about dismantling and potentially closing any agency that isn’t “Constitutional authorized,” as he put it, adding, “Not just The Department of Education, but also the I.R.S. and many others. If you can’t find a Constitutional justification for an agency, then it’s got to go. And the money has to go to retiring the national debt.”
Brown elaborated on his reasoning, stating retiring the nation debt was far more important than keeping some agencies open for the securing the future of the country.
“The danger we’re having here; we are on the cliff right now. If the debt continues to explode – we lose the dollar, like the British lost the pound sterling and the Spanish lost the peseta – we lose our status as an economic superpower and our way of life changes forever.”
He reiterated his stance on sending men and women to congress willing to fight, mentioning again, “We’re going to have to send warriors to the Senate. My opponents are not warriors; I am. I’m a former naval officer.”
He continued, “We have to send warriors to the U.S. Senate, warriors to the House of Representatives, and warriors to every elected position in this state and country,” Brown added. “I’m talking about school boards, county commissioners, city council – pick your political race – we have to send warriors to save the country. Either we save it, or not, but I’m going to fight to save it.”
From there his views on healthcare were mentioned. Brown stated that all benefits to illegal aliens had to be cut for the purpose of the budget. He spoke adamantly against government-run healthcare, stating it has been unaffordable since the Affordable Health Care Act.
“Anyone that tells anybody that our quality of medical care has improved under Obamacare needs to have their head examined,” said Brown. “My mom was in the hospital for four months and my sister and I were with her the entire time. I watched as the nurses and doctors were frustrated the because they couldn’t be with their patients as often, having to constantly fill out paperwork forms on computers the entire time – that’s Obamacare.”
He added that the cost of insurance has gone through the roof and wait times have significantly increased.
“The Democrats want to spend more money on healthcare, but [elected] Democrats need to keep their greedy fingers out of healthcare, for good,” he added.
He also mentioned that he believes BlueCross BlueShield needs to be broken up by antitrust, into smaller insurance companies for more competition and lower rates.
“It’ll bring costs down and repeal Obamacare and get the government out of the business of healthcare.”
The topic then shifted to Iryna’s Law, a bipartisan crime bill named for Ukrainian immigrant Iryna Zarutska who was killed while riding the lite rail train in Charlotte on August 22, of this year, which Governor Josh Stein signed after it had passed on Sept. 23. Stein waited until the last day of the 10-day review period to sign "Iryna's Law" on Oct. 3.
In Shelby, just last week, one man was arrested for armed robbery who had previously been convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping in 2017, and weapon-related offenses in both 2021 and 2022.
“The N.C. General Assembly did a good job passing Iryna’s law, cutting down on some of this crime. People are frustrated and rightly so. He [Decarlos Brown Jr.] should have never been out. Fourteen priors and they just let him out with a cashless bail situation,” Brown noted.
He went on to mention how the psychiatric hospital system needs to be expanded, and some facilities reopened for those who are found mentally unfit for trial.
“We had a huge psychiatric hospital in Raleigh, called Dorothea Dix Hospital, on Dix Hill, and in 2012 the Democrats shut it down – they never replaced it. These criminals should never be on the streets. We have to understand that we have to rebuild psychiatric facilities; they're just as important as prisons,” he explained. “I’m not interested in rehabilitating, I’m interested in getting them off the street. So, if you say you can't take them to trial – that’s fine – you put them in the psychiatric facility and keep them there.”
Brown is currently licensed to practice in North and South Carolina, and is the owner of Brown and Associates, PLLC, a law firm located in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he practices law in the areas of civil litigation, criminal defense, family law, estate planning, etc.
According to Brown and Associates PLLC’s website, during his years on active duty as a U.S. Navy JAG Officer, Brown served at the Pentagon, was published in the Naval Law Review, and received the Navy Achievement Medal, the Navy Commendation Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.