FIRST ON FOX: Former North Carolina Gov.Roy Cooper’s Senate campaign spent more than $250K on private security, federal records reviewed by Fox News Digital show, giving Republicans a new line of attack as they accuse the Democratic Senate hopeful of backing policies that make North Carolinians feel less safe.Federal Election Commission records show Cooper’s campaign spent $277,312.28 on security-related payments during the 2026 election cycle thus far, with the money going to two vendors: Foresight Solutions and Frontpoint.
Foresight Solutions describes its work as including customized security assessments, workplace safety training, de-escalation techniques, conflict resolution and workplace violence prevention.Frontpoint markets home-security systems designed to protect homes and families.The spending comes as Cooper faces GOP attacks over his record on policing, criminal justice reform, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cooperation and COVID-19-era inmate releases during his time as governor. Republicans also have invoked the killing of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light rail train, arguing Cooper’s criminal justice posture — including a racial equity task force that backed changes to cash bail — reflects a broader soft-on-crime record. SUPREME COURT JUSTICES MAKE RARE CAPITOL HILL APPEARANCE TO PUSH $230M SECURITY BUDGETRepublican strategist Mark Bednar, who was a communications director for former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and current Transportation Secretary and former Congressman Sean Duffy, ripped Cooper's "blatant hypocrisy" in a statement to Fox News Digital.Fox News Digital obtained this image of Roy Cooper in Durham, North Carolina, as he heads into a campaign rally April 9, 2026, with armed security by his side.
(Obtained by Fox News Digital)"The issue on voters' minds isn't whether Roy Cooper or any other Democrat deems it necessary to keep themselves safe, but the issue is when he and other Democrats priori...