Senator Phil Berger criticizes Governors Cooper and Stein while highlighting veto overrides

Senator Phil Berger, a Republican representing North Carolina’s 26th Senate district since 2023, used his social media platform to criticize former Governor Roy Cooper and current Governor Josh Stein in a series of posts on July 28 and July 29, 2025.

On July 28, Berger wrote, “Roy Cooper is attempting to rewrite his record. He consistently opposed balanced budgets and vetoed teacher pay raises when they didn’t include his radical, far-left policies. He shuttered businesses and needlessly kept children out of school. He refused to stand up for women”.

The following day, prior to entering the Senate Chamber, Berger posted another statement directed at Governor Josh Stein: “I’m about to walk into the Senate Chamber to override Gov. Josh Stein’s harmful vetoes of commonsense proposals. He wants to create a North Carolina where you cannot fully exercise your Second Amendment rights, where you must coexist with criminal illegal aliens, where your”.

Later that day, after legislative action in the chamber, Berger reported on the outcome: “The Senate just got done overriding 12 of Gov. Stein’s vetoes. Senate Republicans are fighting for North Carolina families. The Governor and Senate Democrats may have tried to get North Carolina to descend into dangerous radical rule, but we refused to sit idly by and watch this”.

Berger has served in the state senate since winning election in 2023 after succeeding Dave Craven as senator for District 26.