Democrats have infiltrated Republican primaries for years with sneaky tactics.
But one progressive candidate took the fraud to a whole new level.
And Kate Barr went on camera and said the five words that prove she's a fraud.
She's Bragging About Running As A Fake Republican
Kate Barr wants to represent North Carolina's 14th Congressional District in Congress.
There's just one problem — she's running in the GOP primary against incumbent Representative Tim Moore while openly calling herself a progressive.
"I'm not a real Republican," Barr said during an interview on "The Hometown Holler" podcast.
"Like, I am telling people the truth. I knock on a door and say, 'I am running in the Republican primary, but I am not a Republican, I am a progressive.'"
Her website even declares in bold letters: "I'm not a Republican. But I am running in the Republican primary."
Barr says she's doing this because North Carolina's 14th District is "gerrymandered" to favor Republicans, meaning the general election is already decided before voters cast ballots.
"I'm running as a Republican in the Republican primary for Congressional District 14 because that is where the actual competition happens in our gerrymandered district. It happens in the primaries," Barr explained.
"Like, if you're in a district that is a lock for Democrats, that Democratic primary is where the competition is."
She even admits this is a calculated strategy to game the system.
"And, quite frankly, while the 'can't win' strategy is about building for the long term, and like, building our bench and being ready for fair maps in 2030, we got to fu**ing win right now. Because we are in an emergency, like a democratic emergency, and so the place I can win is as a fake Republican."
This Primary Manipulation Follows A Familiar Playbook
Claire McCaskill pulled the same stunt in 2012 when she was fighting for reelection to the Senate in Missouri.
She dumped $1.7 million into Republican primary ads promoting Todd Akin — more than Akin spent on his entire campaign.
Fast forward to 2022, and Democrat groups poured tens of millions into GOP primaries across the country.
They ran ads in Pennsylvania boosting Doug Mastriano, in Maryland promoting Dan Cox, and in New Hampshire elevating Don Bolduc.
The strategy worked more often than not, with Democrats winning most of those matchups.
Of course, that was also after establishment GOP leadership all but abandoned those races.
But Barr's taking it further than just funding ads.
She literally changed her voter registration from Democrat to Republican and filed to run as a GOP candidate — all while admitting she's progressive on every doorstep.
She even hosted a town hall called the "No Fu**ing Moore Town Hall" complete with profanity-laced attacks on Moore.
Republicans Aren't Innocent Either
North Carolina Republicans passed a new congressional map last October that hands the GOP an 11-3 advantage in the state's 14 House seats.
The new map specifically went after Don Davis, a black Democrat holding the state's only competitive district in eastern North Carolina.
President Trump called on Republican-controlled state legislatures to redraw districts before the 2026 midterms to protect the GOP House majority.
Texas responded first, adding five solid Republican seats through redistricting.
North Carolina and Utah followed, while Democrats in California and Virginia launched their own gerrymandering campaigns in response.
Republicans playing the same game doesn't make Barr's fraud acceptable.
She's not running honest campaign criticizing gerrymandering while competing as a Democrat.
Barr switched parties to deceive GOP primary voters into electing someone who'll vote with Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer every single time.
She told one reporter: "If you put me in a box then I'm a Democrat, but I don't want (people) to do that."
In another interview, she described herself as "more Democrat, Unaffiliated, Populist and Progressive, than Republican."
Those are her own words.
Representative Moore's campaign nailed it when they called Barr's stunt "an insult to Republican voters" and said "folks know a far-left fraud when they see one."
Barr needs 33,000 votes to win the March 3 primary.
Her entire strategy banks on North Carolina's unaffiliated voters — who make up 38% of the district — switching to Republican primary ballots to elect a progressive.
That's election manipulation dressed up as fighting gerrymandering.
North Carolina Republican voters deserve candidates who'll actually represent conservative values, not progressives gaming the system.
Sources:
- Margaret Flavin, "GOP Congressional Primary Candidate in NC Openly Admits She is a Fake Republican: 'I am a Progressive' (Video)," The Gateway Pundit, February 11, 2026.
- "Democrats spend millions on Republican primaries," OpenSecrets News, April 16, 2025.
- "Democrats spend tens of millions amplifying far-right candidates in nine states," The Washington Post, September 13, 2022.
- "North Carolina can use GOP-drawn congressional map designed to add another Republican House seat, court rules," NBC News, November 27, 2025.
- "NC House candidate admits she's not a Republican despite running in GOP primary," Fox News, February 11, 2026.
- "To Protest Gerrymandering, This N.C. Democrat Is Running as a Republican," The Assembly NC, November 25, 2025.
