Rachel Hunt Sets the Stakes
Rachel Hunt’s first ad in the lieutenant governor’s race is a striking statement about the power of the abortion issue in 2024 – and the stakes for women in North Carolina.
It begins, “When Roe v Wade came to rural America, women woke up to a different world, a world with a bit more time. Little girls were little girls a little longer. Young women had the freedom to stay – or go. The word ‘liberty’ was finally being used to talk about our lives. The important decisions didn’t get easier, but they were hers.”
Hunt was seven when her father, Jim Hunt, became lieutenant governor in 1973. That was the same year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe that the Constitution protects a pregnant woman’s right to have an abortion, a decision the current court reversed last year.
When her father went to Raleigh, Hunt says in her ad, “We stayed behind on the farm. My mom knew this place had so much more to teach us.”
The ad was filmed on the Hunt family farm in Rock Ridge in Wilson County.
She says, “The values I learned here were to value every one equally. But women weren’t equal before Roe v Wade. It was just the beginning, and now it’s gone.”
I worked for Jim Hunt through his four terms as governor, and I’ve long felt Rachel has his political gifts – including the toughness and courage to take a stand for what is right, no matter who is against you.
She has run a domestic-violence shelter, practiced family law, represented children in court, worked for public schools, raised a family and won hard-fought elections to the state House and Senate.
She says, “The Republican plan isn’t this year’s 12-week abortion ban. It’s next year’s total abortion ban. We’re talking about 50 years of precedent – not just legal precedent, but how three generations of women have lived their lives.”
She ends, “My parents are home, finally. But North Carolina isn’t. Not yet. This election is the first step back to where we belong.”
Watch the ad here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hunt-ad-fund?refcode=AU_RHH_FR_GEN_GEN_AC_20230612_AM1_V1_S2
Rachel Hunt Sets the Stakes
Rachel Hunt’s first ad in the lieutenant governor’s race is a striking statement about the power of the abortion issue in 2024 – and the stakes for women in North Carolina.
It begins, “When Roe v Wade came to rural America, women woke up to a different world, a world with a bit more time. Little girls were little girls a little longer. Young women had the freedom to stay – or go. The word ‘liberty’ was finally being used to talk about our lives. The important decisions didn’t get easier, but they were hers.”
Hunt was seven when her father, Jim Hunt, became lieutenant governor in 1973. That was the same year the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Roe that the Constitution protects a pregnant woman’s right to have an abortion, a decision the current court reversed last year.
When her father went to Raleigh, Hunt says in her ad, “We stayed behind on the farm. My mom knew this place had so much more to teach us.”
The ad was filmed on the Hunt family farm in Rock Ridge in Wilson County.
She says, “The values I learned here were to value every one equally. But women weren’t equal before Roe v Wade. It was just the beginning, and now it’s gone.”
I worked for Jim Hunt through his four terms as governor, and I’ve long felt Rachel has his political gifts – including the toughness and courage to take a stand for what is right, no matter who is against you.
She has run a domestic-violence shelter, practiced family law, represented children in court, worked for public schools, raised a family and won hard-fought elections to the state House and Senate.
She says, “The Republican plan isn’t this year’s 12-week abortion ban. It’s next year’s total abortion ban. We’re talking about 50 years of precedent – not just legal precedent, but how three generations of women have lived their lives.”
She ends, “My parents are home, finally. But North Carolina isn’t. Not yet. This election is the first step back to where we belong.”
Watch the ad here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hunt-ad-fund?refcode=AU_RHH_FR_GEN_GEN_AC_20230612_AM1_V1_S2