GOP Congressional Primary Candidate in NC Openly Admits She is a Fake Republican: “I am a Progressive” (Video) Katie Barr, a candidate in North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District GOP primary, openly states she is not a Republican but a progressive. She explains her strategy is to run in the Republican primary because that’s where the competition is in the gerrymandered district, aiming to win seats immediately due to a perceived “democratic emergency.”

• Katie Barr admits she is running as a “fake Republican” in North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District GOP primary.
• She identifies herself as a progressive and states she tells voters the truth about her political stance.
• Barr’s strategy is to compete in the Republican primary because it is where the actual competition occurs in their gerrymandered district.
• She believes winning is crucial in the current “democratic emergency” and running as a Republican is the only way she can win.
• Her campaign website states she is running as a Republican to “kick these corrupt cowards out of office.”
• Barr also uses profanity regularly and hosted a town hall called the “No Fu**ing Moore Town Hall.”