‘Trash Poll’: Republican Senate Candidate Tells Reporter, ‘You Guys Need a Better Pollster’

Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in North Carolina, was not happy about one poll showing him trailing by a wide margin. Polls have consistently shown Whatley, the former head of the Republican National Committee, trailing former North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper (D) by five points or more. But one survey conducted by the Carolina Journal has Cooper ahead by 15, 49% to 34%. On the campaign trail Friday, Whatley took questions from reporters, one of whom was Andrew Pomeranz of the offending publication. Pomeranz did not get very far with his question. “Andrew Pomeranz, Carolina Journal,” the...