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In reply to the discussion: North Carolina GOP overrides abortion veto, putting 12-week ban into effect BY JOSEPH CHOI - 05/16/2 [View all]littlemissmartypants
(30,211 posts)11. There's a rumor floating around that she sleeps with Tim Moore. He's the republican house speaker.
Here's her duplicitous assholery on display:
Rep. Tricia Cotham on 72 Hours Informed Consent - HB465...
Eight years ago
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Angry Ex-Staffers Speak Out on 'Pro-Choice' Democrat's Stunning Abortion Betrayal
Susan Rinkunas
Sat, May 13, 2023 at 8:00 AM EDT·7 min read
Imagine campaigning for a Democratic politiciana thankless, low-paying job, especially at the state levelbecause you believe in what they stand for. The candidate gives powerful speeches about abortion rights that make you proud. Youre in a purple state, where every single seat in the legislature is critical to protecting abortion access. So you join the fight, help them win, and continue working for them in the legislature. Then inexplicably, in the middle of their term, that politician does an about-face, switches parties, and votes in favor of an extreme abortion ban, delivering Republicans the one vote they needed to override a veto and actually shutter clinics in the state.
Two (now former) aides to North Carolina State Rep. Tricia Cotham found themselves in that position earlier this month. Cotham, a Democrat until recently who was endorsed by EMILYs List, had given speeches for years about abortion rights, sworn over and over to defend them, and even talked about her own medically necessary abortion. My womb and my uterus is not up for your political grab, she said in one particularly passionate 2015 speech.
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The people who helped elect Cotham and worked for her are, understandably, feeling devastated, betrayed, and confused.
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It makes you wonder, did this person ever believe anything at all? Jonathan Coby, who advised Cothams campaigns and resigned from her staff in April, told me in an interview. For her to vote for this is not just a betrayal of her district, but its a betrayal of who she has portrayed herself to be for her entire life. Coby said everyone hes spoken to on the ground in North Carolina feels deeply angry and heartbrokenand not just about the disgusting and awful politics of the move. Theres also a real human betrayal of just using and discarding people, he said.
Autumn Alston, a Democratic activist who canvassed for Cothams two most recent campaigns and advised her often, echoed that sentiment. She used people when she needed them and now she has abandoned them, Alston told me, noting that Cotham stopped contacting her after switching parties.
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The only thing that I can say for sure about Tricia Cotham from here on out is that she will always be the victim, Coby said. That is just who she believes herself to be, just a victim of life.
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Much more at the link.
https://jezebel.com/angry-ex-staffers-speak-out-on-pro-choice-democrats-stu-1850434278
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My commentary:
This article paints a picture of an egotistical, duplicitous whiner. Shallow and self entitled, she's a real piece of work. Disgusting. Turncoat Tricia.
Tricia now...
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia_Cotham
Prior to her party switch, she ran on a traditional Democratic Party platform. She had voted for abortion rights legislation and even spoken of her own experience having an abortion. Shortly after her party switch, she was the deciding vote for legislation to severely curtail abortion rights in North Carolina.[1]
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North Carolina GOP overrides abortion veto, putting 12-week ban into effect BY JOSEPH CHOI - 05/16/2 [View all]
littlemissmartypants
May 2023
OP
There's a rumor floating around that she sleeps with Tim Moore. He's the republican house speaker.
littlemissmartypants
May 2023
#11
the governor shoudl announce blanket pardons for anyone who performs them after 12 weeks
moonshinegnomie
May 2023
#10