McCrory discuss influence former President Ronald Reagan has on his political views :: WRAL.com

I’m a Reagan Republican. Reagan was the one who convinced me to become a Republican and he called Russia, or the USSR at the time, the evil Empire. So I grew up with that I met Ronald Reagan on two different occasions. He was a man of incredible strength in his words, he was careful in his words and yet he was also self deprecating. And um, he had a unique style that I think we republicans need to get back to. And he is my role model on both conservative policy and on style and character of leadership.