Top candidate of the Senate dem confronted with heat after the murder of Charlotte Train becomes viral

The deadly stabs of a Ukrainian refugee On board a train in Charlotte, in North Carolina, quickly became the first issue in a crucial confrontation of the Senate in 2026 which could determine whether the Republicans keep control of the chamber.

The death death of Iryna Zarutska last month on a light rail train by a man with a long criminal record and history of mental illness quickly caught national attention last week after the video of the horrible attack was released and became viral.

In the middle of President Donald Trump Concentrate this summer on horrible crimes in cities controlled by democrats, the murder is now front in the North Carolina Senate race to succeed in the retired GOP senator Thom Tillis.

Trump is blamed for the murder of Zarutska against officials, notably the former Democratic Governor Roy Cooper, who now presents himself to the Senate.

The frightening video shows a few moments before stabbing the death of Ukrainian refugees

The Iryna Zarutska Ukrainian came to the United States to escape war in his country of origin, but was stabbed to death aboard a light train on train last month in Charlotte, North Carolina. (WBTV; Evgeniya Rush on Gofundme)

“The blood of this innocent woman can literally be seen dripping from the killer’s knife, and now her blood is in the hands of the Democrats who refuse to put bad people in prison, including the former disgrace governor and the budding senator ” Roy Cooper,” accused Trump in an article on social media on Monday.

Trump argued that “North Carolina, and each state, needs law and order, and that only Republicans will deliver it”.

And the president reiterated his support for the former president of the National Republican Committee Michael Whatley, who launched a senatorial campaign in North Carolina with the encouragement and approval of Trump.

Trump, referring to the murder of Zarutska, said that Whatley “will not let it happen again.”

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Whatley, highlighting Trump’s comments, charged in a Social media message That his “policy of fine adversary of the opponent Roy Cooper has unleashed predators like Décarlos Brown Jr. and countless other violent thugs who unleash hell for innocent because they know that they will do no justice.”

And Whatley argued that “Democratic policies are not only failing – they endanger the lives of everyday Americans.

The president of the RNC, Michael Whatley, announces his race for the Senate for the North Carolina on July 31, 2025. (Fox News Digital – Paul Steinhauser)

Brown, which is black, was arrested shortly after stab wounds and accused of first degree murder. According to the police archives, he had been arrested 14 times in recent years.

Whatley, the White House and other preservatives, point to the government. Cooper’s 2020 Executive Ordgel establishing a working group for racial equity in criminal justice for the release of Brown following a five -year sentence for theft.

“Roy Cooper cannot escape that he was in charge. He set the tone. He did politics,” said the Whatley campaign spokesperson Danielle Alvarez to Fox News Digital. “He is under the failure of the failed policies of national democrats, and he is responsible for this horrible murder.”

The working group, in the midst of other reforms after the murder in 2020 of George Floyd in Minneapolis who triggered national disorders, recommended eliminating the deposit in cash for many crimes, among other suggestions.

But the working group did not ask for the release of people found guilty of crimes, and the recommendations were published after the release of Brown in prison.

Then-gov. Roy Cooper, a North Carolina Democrat, speaks with journalists on September 10, 2024 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Paul Steinhauser – Fox News)

Cooper’s campaign called the attack on “a heartbreaking and contemptible act of evil” and accused Whatley of “lying again because he knows his support for federal policies that have reduced local funding and the application of the law of the State is wrong for North Carolina”.

The campaign added that “Roy Cooper knows that North Carolinians must be safe in their communities; he has spent his career pursuing violent criminals and drug traffickers, increasing the sanctions for violence against police and keeping thousands of criminals outside the streets and behind bars.”

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Even before the murder of Zarutska, the Republicans aimed to characterize Cooper as a far left democrat. But beating Cooper, who won the state six times – four times as a attorney general and twice as a governor – will not be easy.

The launch of Cooper’s campaign earlier this summer seemed to strengthen the chances of the Democrats to overthrow a key seat in the GOP while they are trying to take a big bite from the majority of the Senate of Republicans 53-47.