Bowing to a request from Senate Republicans, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Wednesday rescinded the appointment of Charlotte City Council member LaWana Mayfield to a state commission.
“The important work of the North Carolina Human Relations Commission needs to continue without distraction from its mission,” William McKinney, the governor’s counsel, wrote Mayfield.
All 29 Senate Republicans Tuesday asked Cooper to withdraw the appointment of Mayfield, a Democrat who once compared police to “homegrown terrorists.”
Mayfield could not be reached Wednesday.
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