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Sen. Ted Budd speaks to the Asheville Citizen Times from the G20
Republican junior senator from North Carolina Ted Budd addresses Helene recovery from the G20 in Asheville, NC Sept. 1, 2026
Ronald Hayes was cautious when he talked to a reporter this week about the political TV advertisement he appears in, talking about the death of his son Shemar, a college football player who was murdered in Charlotte in March 2024 at age 23.
“I have already been swindled into an ad that was about politics, which I don’t want to be about,” Hayes
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