Politics

Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman and special guests former UNC Tar Heel basketball player and head coach and motivational speaker Matt Doherty, WBT afternoon host Brett Winterble, Moments of Hope pastor David Chadwick with former Carolina Panther offensive lineman Frank Garcia, and legal expert attorney Bill Graham.

Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman for Wednesday, July 12th, including guests Tom Blocker with news of improving automobile sales, Theresa Payton talking about the US Senate getting a classified briefing on the potential and dangers of AI, Brett Winterble with his take on a Georgia Dem flipping to the GOP, Dr. Ashley Lucas of PHD Weight Loss talking about her new podcast "The Dr. Ashley Show," Breaking Brett Jensen live from Spain enjoying free food and drink at the Madrid Airport private lounge, and Pat McCrory with a No Label update and a McCrory Top Five!

Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman with his take on the Republican National Committee pledge, Donald Trump's "math problem," Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s plan to get in shape - push ups and bench pressing included - to take on President Biden, and Mulvaney Music Trivia!

Former NC Congressman and one of three GOP gubernatorial candidates for NC Governor Mark Walker joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman talking about what it was like to have former President Trump endorse two political opponents of Walker in two different races, NC House Speaker Tim Moore being sued for Alienation of affection, and the time Walker reached out to former NC Congressman Madison Cawthorn to offer counsel about setting up personal parameters.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman with his take on the debt ceiling bill deal between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, GOP contenders to be the party's candidate for President and their chances against a high-polling former President Trump, and the likelihood that Chris Christie could successfully debate Trump and gain enough support to make him an equal competitor in the opinion of likely voters.

Having solved all the problems in the Queen City, Charlotte City Councilman Braxton Winston is now running for North Carolina Labor Commissioner. But his comments touting NC’s “right to work” laws as a key to his success might very well tank the Democrat’s chances in his primary.   Listen Here:

Pat McCrory joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman with his take on the NC General Assembly override of Governor Roy Cooper's veto of a bill that bans nearly all abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, the Top Five issues of the last several weeks that will be forgotten in the next two weeks, and Pat's involvement with a new national political faction called 'No Labels.'

Mayor Pro Tem of Charlotte Braxton Winston joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman to talk about his decision to run for North Carolina Commissioner of Labor and not the office of Charlotte Mayor.

How the simple pleasure of freely roaming about, spending non-digital currency bothers some folks, and the similarity between politics and professional wrasslin'.

Mecklenburg County Commissioner Pat Cotham joins Good Morning BT with Bo Thompson & Beth Troutman saying that her daughter Tricia Cotham, member of the NC House of Representatives from the 112th district, was motivated to switch her political party affiliation from Democrat to Republican due to threats, being ordered around and being made to feel unwelcome in the Democratic caucus.