North Carolina Republicans secured a supermajority in their state House of Representatives after one Democrat in the legislature decided she’s had enough and announced she’d be jumping ship.
According to Fox News:
State Rep. Tricia Cotham joined state House and Senate Republican leaders at the North Carolina GOP headquarters for a press conference to unveil her switch.
The "modern-day Democratic Party has become unrecognizable to me and others across the state," said Cotham. "I will not be controlled by anyone."
The turning point for Cotham, she explained, was when she was criticized for using the American flag and praying hands emoji on social media and on her vehicles.
Democrats have been "blasting me on Twitter to calling me names, coming after my family, coming after my children," continued Cotham. "That is wrong." She added that a woman cursed her out at a store while she was shopping with her son.
House Minority Leader Robert Reives said Cotham should have instead resigned from her seat because she campaigned to pursue a Democrat policy agenda in a heavily Democratic district.
After the change, Republicans now enjoy a 72-48 split in the North Carolina House, just enough for a veto-proof majority.
The toxicity of the Democrat Party is proving too much for many in elected office to put a (D) next to their names.
Earlier this year, in New Jersey of all places, the Mayor and entire town council representing East Hanover unexpectedly announced that they’d be leaving the Democrat Party, with the Mayor and four members switching to the GOP.
Matt Palumbo is the author of Fact-Checking the Fact-Checkers: How the Left Hijacked and Weaponized the Fact-Checking Industry and The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros
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