Did a North Carolina Democratic lawmaker throw the party under the bus for the charter school industry?
Tricia Cotham’s defection to the Republican Party has deep roots in the right-wing “school choice” movement
... Her flip ( (Democrat --> Republican) will also likely affect future outcomes on a range of hot-button issues the legislature is considering, including abortion rights, gun control, civil rights, & the rights of LGBTQ+ communities.
* [Wikipedia] Tricia Cotham: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricia_Cotham
She had voted for abortion rights legislation and spoke of her own experience having an abortion. Shortly after her party switch (Democratic --> Republican), she was the deciding vote for legislation to restrict abortion access in North Carolina.
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N.C. Lawmaker Pretends She Never Got Abortion After Switching Parties to Pass Abortion Ban
Tricia Cotham single-handedly gutted abortion access in the South
https://newrepublic.com/post/173680/north-carolinas-party-switching-lawmaker-helped-ban-abortion-now-pretends-never-got-one
Party Switch that Blew Up N.C. Politics
Tricia Cotham, a Democrat who supported abortion rights, was encouraged to run for N.C. House by Republicans
Once elected she joined them, delivered GOP supermajority
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/us/inside-the-party-switch-that-blew-up-north-carolina-politics.html
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