Name: Organizers say complaints 'overblown' about NC lawmakers' behavior during bourbon tour
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Description: The conservative group that hosted a bourbon tasting tour for North Carolina lawmakers and lobbyists says a complaint about their behavior at one Kentucky distillery is greatly exaggerated.

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<p>BUDGET PROPOSAL NEXT TUESDAY BEFORE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TAKE UP THE PROPOSAL IN EARLY JUNE, A CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL GROUP SAYS COMPLAINTS ABOUT STATE LAWMAKERS BEHAVIOR DURING A BOURBON TOUR IN KENTUCKY LAST WEEKEND. &gt;&gt; ARE OVERBLOWN. THE GROUP, GREATER CAROLINA SAID THEY SPONSOR THE TRIP TO LOUISVILLE, WRAL, CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF LAURA LESLIE HAS THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. &gt;&gt; WE FIRST TOLD YOU LAST NIGHT ABOUT A SOCIAL MEDIA POST ACCUSING NORTH CAROLINA LAWMAKERS A DRUNKEN DISORDERLY CONDUCT AT BOURBON DISTILLERY NEAR LOUISVILLE LAST WEEK. WELL, THE GROUP THAT ORGANIZED THE TRIP SAYS THOSE COMPLAINTS ARE EXAGGERATED. &gt;&gt; A SPOKESMAN FOR CONSERVATIVE POLITICAL NONPROFIT, GREATER CAROLINA SAID THE BOURBON TASTING TOUR WAS A FUNDRAISING EVENT. DONORS PAID FOR TICKETS TO GET ACCESS TO STATE LAWMAKERS WHO ALSO MADE THE TRIP ACCORDING TO A POSTER ON REDDIT WHO SAYS THEY WORK AT ONE OF THE DISTILLERY'S THEY VISITED MANY IN THAT GROUP ARE ALREADY INTOXICATED WHEN THEY ARRIVED ON A TOUR BUS WHERE THEIR PRIVATE EVENT, THE POSTER SAID THEY WANTED NORTH CAROLINIANS TO KNOW HOW THEIR ELECTED LEADERS HAVE BEHAVED DESPITE BEING EXTREMELY RUDE, DISRUPTIVE, NOT TIPPING THE BARTENDER IN TOUR GUIDES AND EVEN VOMITING IN OUR BATHROOM SINKS. NOT A SINGLE APOLOGY WAS OFFERED. THE POSTER SAID IN A STATEMENT GREATER CAROLINA SPOKESMAN JONATHAN FELTS SAID ONE PERSON WAS 6 AT THE EVENT BECAUSE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON THE TOUR BUS WAS NOT WORKING. HE SAID MEMBERS OF THE GROUP HELPED TO CLEAN IT UP. HE DIDN'T CONFIRM OR DENY THE GROUP'S LEVEL OF INTOXICATION. FELTS SAID NO TAXPAYER MONEY WAS SPENT ON THE TRIP. IT WAS ALL PRIVATE DONATIONS. HE ALSO CALLED THE ORIGINAL POSTER, A SOCIAL MEDIA TROLL AND SAID THEY HAVE NO CREDIBILITY. I CONTACTED THAT ORIGINAL POSTER THIS AFTERNOON FOR COMMENT. THEY DENIED FELT HIS VERSION OF THE STORY. &gt;&gt; IN THE MEANTIME, I'VE BEEN CALLING LAWMAKERS AND LOBBYISTS WHO THE POSTER SAYS WERE PRESENT AT THE EVENT. &gt;&gt; NONE OF THEM SO FAR HAVE</p>

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Organizers say complaints 'overblown' about NC lawmakers' behavior during bourbon tour 

Organizers say complaints about NC lawmakers' behavior during bourbon tour is 'overblown'

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