“Oct. 21, 2025, will be lodged as a defining day in North Carolina history. On that fated Tuesday, Sen. Michael Garrett, a four-term Democrat representing Guilford County, gave what, in my view, was the most brave, eloquent and consequential speech ever delivered on the floor of the N.C. Senate. It is impossible to say, in this moment, whether the speech will spur an even greater, more astonishing and ultimately successful crusade to restore democracy in the Tar Heel State or it will merely provide the prophet’s marking of our continued surrender of the American democratic experiment. Whichever result transpires, North Carolina will not again be as before.” Gene Nichol

Watch the video of Senator Michael Garrett’s eloquent and consequential speech. Read more from Gene Nichol’s accolade of Garrett at: https://www.salisburypost.com/2025/11/16/gene-nichol-the-speech/