Cooper: 'I hope we can have a grand bargain'

RALEIGH, N.C. — Gov. Roy Cooper was hopeful this week that the bipartisan momentum of the moment will keep rolling toward the sort of major compromises that would define his second term in office.

“I hope we can have a grand bargain," Cooper said during a virtual sit-down Thursday with Politico.

For the Democratic governor, that means Medicaid expansion, a top priority for his administration and one that's largely been dead on arrival with the Republican-controlled legislature since the GOP took control in 2010.

“This moment in time is a time where it can happen," Cooper said. “This is a moment that we should all grab together.”

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