North Carolina congressman and fast food aficionado Chuck Edwards won’t hold onto his seat past November.
“Chuck Edwards has been a failure to Western North Carolina every step of the way,” said American Bridge 21st Century spokesperson Monica Venzke. “From supporting the policies that make their prices skyrocket to cutting their health care, all Chuck Edwards has done is let his constituents down. This November, it’s the voters’ chance to return the favor. North Carolinians in the 11th Congressional District are fed up with Chuck Edwards.”
As a reminder:
- Edwards can’t keep straight his own views on Medicaid, seeming to simply float where the political winds take him.
- First, he opposed expanding Medicaid in North Carolina, calling it a “boondoggle.”
- Next, he claimed he supported expansion because it was “fiscally irresponsible” not to.
- Then, he voted to cut the Medicaid that more than 143,000 North Carolinians in his district rely on for health insurance.
- Edwards, who profits off North Carolinians through his McDonald’s franchises, also voted to make the largest cut to SNAP in history. More than 33,000 North Carolinians in Edwards’ district rely on SNAP to afford groceries.
- Edwards has voted six times to protect tariffs that imposed a $1,000 tax increase last year on North Carolinians while also hurting farmers. (Vote 1, Vote 2, Vote 3, Vote 4, Vote 5, Vote 6)
- Edwards was a member of the Republican Study Committee, which advocated for raising the Social Security retirement age and turning Medicare into a voucher system.
- Edwards’ record with his McDonald’s franchise empire was as abysmal as his congressional record. One of his locations was identified as the source of a norovirus outbreak that sickened 300 people, a different customer at one of Edwards’ locations found fly larvae in their burger, and a former employee of one of his locations pleaded guilty to murder.
Published: Mar 3, 2026