**BREAKING: NC Gov Roy Cooper and RNC Chair Michael Whatley Spotted Secretly Collaborating—Poll Suggest Deep State Conspiracy To... Hold a Bipartisan Picnic?**

BREAKING: NC Gov Roy Cooper and RNC Chair Michael Whatley Spotted Secretly Collaborating—Poll Suggest Deep State Conspiracy to… Hold a Bipartisan Picnic?

AITA for thinking these two are actually just trying to find the best BBQ spot in the state?

In a stunning turn of events that has absolutely nobody with a functional brain surprised, a new poll from the “Institute for Recycling Tired Headlines” reveals that 73% of voters believe NC Gov Roy Cooper and RNC Chair Michael Whatley are in cahoots to… checks notes… “rig the next election by letting everyone vote.” TL;DR: Turns out, when you ask people if they think two politicians from opposite parties are up to no good, they just assume “no good” involves a secret handshake and a shared love of pork barbecue.

The poll, which polled 12 people in a Waffle House parking lot, claims that Cooper and Whatley are “statistically indistinguishable” from a pair of malfunctioning Roombas—mostly just bumping into each other and making weird beeping noises. A random Twitter user, @Xx_EpicGamer_xX, commented, “Imagine thinking these two are scheming. They can’t even agree on what ’election integrity’ means without adding a 14-page appendix.”

In related news, both Cooper and Whatley have been spotted at the same local church potluck, and one anonymous source swears they saw them share a glance—which, according to internet law, is basically a confession to treason. So, Reddit: What do you think? YTA for taking this seriously, or is this the greatest political scandal since the time a guy stole a ballpoint pen from the DMV?