High Point Enterprise reports 6th District Congressional candidates Mark Walker and Laura Fjeld are touting their so-called “crossover endorsements.”

Yesterday —lookee here— registered Democrat Rev. Odell Cleveland–pastor of Greensboro’s Mount Zion Baptist Church —announced he was supporting Walker. No doubt Rev. Cleveland –who is African-American (not that race matters in a political campaign {ha}) is aware of Walker’s recent comments regarding our neighbor to the south Mexico and is not bothered by them.

Meanwhile the HPE is using Professional Firefighters of Greensboro Local 497’s endorsement of Fjeld as an example of a crossover endorsement because the union had supported incumbent Rep. Howard Coble in past elections.

But —all due respect to our local first responders —is a union endorsement of a Democrat really an example of a “crossover endorsement?” Seems to me PFG’s endorsement of Coble in past elections represents a true crossover, and its endorsement of Fjeld in the upcoming elections represents to true political alignment.