“They probably broke their foot.”

— David Fitzgerald, Trump supporter,

after someone tried to knock down the well-constructed pro-Trump sign in his yard

“America has spoken. Get over yourself and get on the band wagon.”

— Matt Pfeiffer, Trump supporter,

after voting early in China Grove

“We’re afraid of him being
elected.  We’re all afraid of what will happen to America.”

— Daniel Brown of Salisbury,

after standing in protest at a Trump rally
and being escorted out by security

“If you don’t care more about your system than that, then you probably don’t care any more about the people who work in it.”

— Kay Wright Norman,

former school board member,

on the impression people got from the schools’ old central office  on Long Street

“Hundreds of families were told their water was toxic 10 months ago. Now the governor’s administration expects us to just use our tap water like nothing was wrong with it yesterday.”

— Deborah Graham, Dukeville resident,

after state officials rescinded advisory
about well water near coal ash ponds