Brockman is also on the hot seat for not showing up for the pistol permit vote. The Democrats had the majority to prevent an override then 3 Dems failed to show up for the vote.
Rep. Brockman of High Point takes heat from his own party for absence at pistol permit vote Jessie Pounds Apr 3, 2023 0
GREENSBORO — N.C. Rep. Cecil Brockman, D-High Point, has been taking heat from his own party before and after his absence from last week’s vote on a law that eliminated the requirement that people get a pistol permit in order to purchase a handgun in North Carolina.
“Cecil Brockman has said he will vote with Republicans to override the Governor’s veto of the gun bill, because the Republicans have promised him money. CONTACT HIM NOW AND TELL HIM NO!!!,” the Guilford County Democratic Party posted on its Facebook page five days ago, later posting, “Thank you for reaching out to Cecil Brockman. He chose not to show up for the vote, which is just as bad.”
Guilford County Democratic Party Chairwoman Kathy Kirkpatrick said she posted that first message after a Democratic-elected official told her that Brockman had told them that he would vote with Republicans to override the governor’s veto because Republicans had promised to secure money for his district. Kirkpatrick declined to name the official who shared that with her and said she doesn’t have any independent confirmation outside of that person. However, she said, she was concerned enough about the gun issue to feel the need to post.
“On something as important as gun safety and gun violence... it’s just crazy that we are not upholding anything that we can do,” she said. “I know he wasn’t the only one that didn’t show up, but he’s the only one in Guilford County.”
Other Democrats who missed the vote were Tricia Ann Cotham of Mecklenburg County and Michael Wray of Halifax County.
Kirkpatrick said she’d left a message for Brockman and emailed him to ask why he was absent from the vote and hasn’t heard back from him.
The News & Record has emailed Brockman and called his office repeatedly since Thursday in hopes of speaking with him, without getting any response as of early Monday evening.
The Associated Press reported that the legislator’s office said in a statement the legislator was in urgent care on Wednesday morning.
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