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Tricia Cotham, the supposedly Democratic representative from NC who switched parties 3 months after being elected, allowing the state to go full Gilead on abortion rights, was apparently a Republican plant.
They defrauded voters. This should not be allowed to stand.
#Cotham #TriciaCotham #GOPAssaultOnDemocracy #NorthCarolina
https://jessica.substack.com/p/abortion-every-day-73123?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
![Screenshot from Jessica Valenti's Abortion Every Day newsletter, linked above: You likely remember North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham. She’s the lawmaker who switched parties just three months after taking office, giving Republicans a supermajority and the votes they needed to ban abortion. There were lots of theories as to why Cotham became a Republican—the primary one being that she was offended that Democrats weren’t kissing her ass enough. But according to a report from The New York Times, the reason for her switch is actually far more nefarious: she was a Republican plant.
“[W]hat was unusual—and not publicly known at the time—was that the influential people who had privately encouraged Ms. Cotham to run were Republicans, not Democrats. One was Tim Moore, the redoubtable Republican speaker of the state House. Another was John Bell, the Republican majority leader.”
While there’s no saying for certain whether Republicans knew she was a weak link or if Cotham ran knowing she would switch parties, her behavior seems to indicate the latter. Democrats and other political allies tell the NYT, for example, that she ignored their messages and well-wishes; Cotham refused to meet or take phone calls from Planned Parenthood; and her top campaign donors were PACs that generally give almost exclusively to Republicans.
All of which is to say: she defrauded voters, and Republicans helped her.](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/110/811/169/917/715/664/original/2b5a06c5b8ecf4a0.png "Screenshot from Jessica Valenti's Abortion Every Day newsletter, linked above: You likely remember North Carolina Rep. Tricia Cotham. She’s the lawmaker who switched parties just three months after taking office, giving Republicans a supermajority and the votes they needed to ban abortion. There were lots of theories as to why Cotham became a Republican—the primary one being that she was offended that Democrats weren’t kissing her ass enough. But according to a report from The New York Times, the reason for her switch is actually far more nefarious: she was a Republican plant.
“[W]hat was unusual—and not publicly known at the time—was that the influential people who had privately encouraged Ms. Cotham to run were Republicans, not Democrats. One was Tim Moore, the redoubtable Republican speaker of the state House. Another was John Bell, the Republican majority leader.”
While there’s no saying for certain whether Republicans knew she was a weak link or if Cotham ran knowing she would switch parties, her behavior seems to indicate the latter. Democrats and other political allies tell the NYT, for example, that she ignored their messages and well-wishes; Cotham refused to meet or take phone calls from Planned Parenthood; and her top campaign donors were PACs that generally give almost exclusively to Republicans.
All of which is to say: she defrauded voters, and Republicans helped her.")
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: Turns Out Rep. Tricia Cotham, North Carolina Abortion Traitor, Was a GOP Plant All Along https://jezebel.com/turns-out-rep-tricia-cotham-north-carolina-abortion-t-1850691458 #Jezebel #plannedparenthoodsouthatlantic #abortionrightsmovements #plannedparenthood #jillianreilly #laceywilliams #triciacotham #jonathancoby #robertreives #danbishopr #abortion #johnbell #politics #roevwade #timmoore #cotham #wade #roe
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: North Carolina's Party-Switching Abortion Traitor Now Says She Didn't Have an Abortion https://jezebel.com/north-carolinas-party-switching-abortion-traitor-now-sa-1850542839 #Jezebel #abortionintheunitedstates #religionandabortion #branchesofbiology #humanreproduction #triciacotham #socialissues #rondesantis #miscarriage #mikepence #abortion #politics #medicine #articles #cotham #wade #roe #rtt
Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: North Carolina Lawmaker Who Gave Pro-Abortion Speeches Just Voted for Abortion Ban https://jezebel.com/north-carolina-lawmaker-who-gave-pro-abortion-speeches-1850405410 #Jezebel #supremecourtoftheunitedstates #mcguirewoodsconsulting #triciacotham #projectlift #powerschool #abortionlaw #johnbryan #education #politics #roevwade #caselaw #cotham #wade #roe #law
Think how great it would be if we had a lot more fully staffed local newspapers to really dig into the backgrounds, connections and ulterior motives of people running for office.
You know, since we couldn't seem to spot #Santos or #Cotham on our own.
Didn't do too well with #Sinema either, but seriously . . . #journalism
Holy shit.
It seems like Tricia Cotham switched parties because she got her feelings hurt and/or nobody liked her cookies.
What the actual FUCK?
Or maybe it was a complete setup from the start.
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article273998145.html
Someone said #Cotham "should be considered the dirty anus of the Republican Party."
But I'm not too sure that's a shitty enough part of the human anatomy to compare her to.
I'm also bad at anatomy.
