Greg Murphy (politician)

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In 2019, Murphy announced his candidacy for the United States House of Representatives special election in North Carolina's 3rd congressional district to replace Walter B. Jones Jr., who died in office. Murphy won the runoff on July 9, 2019, against pediatrician Joan Perry, 59.7% to 40.3%. [19] In the September 10 general election, he defeated former Greenville Mayor Allen M. Thomas, 61.7% to 37.5%. [20]

2020

In 2020, Murphy was unopposed in the Republican primary for his seat. [21] He won the general election over Democratic nominee Daryl Farrow with 63.5% of the vote. [22]

Committee assignments

For the 118th Congress: [23]

Caucus memberships

For the 118th Congress: [23]

Tenure

On March 19, 2024, Murphy introduced a bill to the 118th Congress that would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965. The amendment would ban graduate medical schools with diversity, equity and inclusion training and offices from receiving any federal funds. [27]

In an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Murphy wrote that DEI training is "dangerous everywhere" and that it will lead to "future physicians less qualified to meet patients' needs." [28]

Political positions

Chinese espionage

As a result of Chinese espionage at American universities, Murphy introduced the INFLUENCE Act, aimed at reducing the number of Chinese nationals attending American higher education institutions. While requiring higher education institutions to report gifts of $50,000 or more from a foreign source, Murphy's legislation also establishes interagency coordination on the enforcement of any violations exposing U.S. national security projects. [29] [ non-primary source needed ]

Joe Biden

During the 2020 presidential campaign, Murphy claimed on Twitter that Joe Biden "obviously is fighting the ravages of dementia." [30] Questioned about the assertion by a reporter, Murphy, a urologist, said he was only echoing what the public thinks. [31] "The majority of American people believe he does have dementia", he said. [32] Murphy also claimed Biden had ‘so much plastic surgery’. [33]

Kamala Harris

In an October 2020 tweet that later was deleted, [34] Murphy called Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris a "walking disaster" who "was only picked for her color and her race". [34]

Controversial 9/11 tweet

Murphy was condemned for a tweet directed at Representative Ilhan Omar, a Muslim.

"Heartbroken to learn another CP was killed while protecting the Capitol", Omar wrote after an April 2 incident. [35] "My thoughts and prayers go out to the officer's family and the entire Capitol Police force. The death toll would have been worse if the assailant had an AR-15 instead of a knife." Murphy responded, "Would have been worse if they had been flying planes into the buildings also". [36]

Texas v. Pennsylvania

In December 2020, Murphy was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives to sign an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania , a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Biden defeated Trump. [37] [38] The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of an election held by another state. [39] [40] [41]

Objection during 2021 United States Electoral College vote count

In January 2021, Murphy was one of several Republican members of the House, led by Representative Mo Brooks of Alabama [42] [43] and Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri, [44] who declared that they would formally object to the counting of the electoral votes of five swing states won by Biden during the January 6 joint session. [42] [43] [45] The objections would then trigger votes from both houses. [45]

At least 140 House Republicans reportedly planned to vote against the counting of electoral votes, despite the lack of any credible allegation of an irregularity that would have affected the election, and the allegations' rejections by courts, election officials, the Electoral College, and others, [42] and despite the fact that almost all of the Republican objectors had "just won elections in the very same balloting they are now claiming was fraudulently administered". [46]

Murphy said in a press release the day before the joint session, "I have been quite vocal in stating that to preserve the integrity of our elections, we must fight to ensure that every voice is heard, every legal vote is counted, and every count is confirmed", adding that he believed the actions of executive officials and judges in several states were "at best troubling and at worst seditious." [47] [48]

After the storming of the United States Capitol by a mob of rioters supporting Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, Murphy voted to agree with the objection to Pennsylvania's results. [49] [50]

Second impeachment of Donald Trump

Murphy did not cast a vote on Trump's second impeachment on January 13, 2021. [51] [52] He released a statement that he "strongly opposed" the impeachment but he would miss the vote because he was with his wife as she recovered from a surgery. [52]

Gaza

Murphy compared the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip to the United States war against Japan and suggested Israel would be justified in applying military force comparable to that of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. “If you look at what imperial Japan did to the United States, we came back and said basically you’re going to have to unconditionally surrender, and when they didn’t, we had to drop the two atomic bombs on them. This is where Israel has every single right in the world to press this conflict further,” Murphy said. [53] [54]

Personal life

Murphy lives in Greenville, North Carolina. [4] He is Catholic. [55]

Electoral history

Greg Murphy
Rep. Greg Murphy 116th Congress Portrait.jpg
Member of the U.S.HouseofRepresentatives
from North Carolina's 3rd district
Assumed office
September 17, 2019
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District Special Republican Primary, 2019 [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy 9,530 22.51
Republican Joan Perry 6,536 15.44
Republican Phil Shepard 5,10112.05
Republican Michael Speciale 4,0229.50
Republican Phil Law3,6908.72
Republican Eric Rouse3,2587.70
Republican Jeff Moore2,2805.39
Republican Francis X. De Luca1,6703.95
Republican Celeste Cairns1,4673.47
Republican Chimer Davis Clark Jr.1,0922.58
Republican Michele Nix9152.16
Republican Graham Boyd8972.12
Republican Paul Beaumont8051.90
Republican Mike Payment5371.27
Republican Don Cox2510.59
Republican Kevin Baiko1710.40
Republican Gary Ceres1080.26
Total votes42,330 100.0
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District Special Run-off Republican Primary, 2019 [57]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy 21,481 59.65
Republican Joan Perry14,53040.35
Total votes36,011 100.0
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District Special Election, 2019 [58]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy 70,407 61.74
Democratic Allen M. Thomas 42,73837.47
Constitution Greg Holt5070.44
Libertarian Tim Harris3940.35
Total votes114,046 100.0
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District General Election, 2020 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy (incumbent) 227,462 63.5
Democratic Daryl Farrow131,01136.5
Total votes358,473 100.0
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District Republican Primary, 2022 [59]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy (incumbent) 50,123 75.7
Republican Tony Cowden9,33214.1
Republican Eric Earhart3,2744.9
Republican George Papastrat1,7892.7
Republican Brian Michael Friend1,6982.6
Total votes66,216 100.0
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District General Election, 2022
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy (incumbent) 166,520 66.9
Democratic Barbara Gaskins82,37833.1
Total votes247,898 100.0
North Carolina 3rd Congressional District General Election, 2024 [60]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Greg Murphy (incumbent) 248,276 77.4
Libertarian Gheorghe Cormos72,56522.6
Total votes320,841 100.0
Republican hold

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U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 3rd congressional district

2019–present
Incumbent
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded by United States representatives by seniority
239th
Succeeded by