State Rep. Tricia Cotham said during a press conference that Democrats in the Tar Heel State had abandoned their principles.
A formerly Democratic North Carolina state representative joined the Republican Party on Wednesday, blasting her former allies for not being “inclusive” or “tolerant” of those with different views.
“What happened to the concept of a big tent party?” the Charlotte-area lawmaker told reporters. “What happened to these ideas that we’re inclusive, we’re tolerant, we’re so welcoming to everybody? No, you’re not.” “Because that is what real public servants do,” she added. “If you don’t do exactly what the Democrats want you to do, they will try to bully you. They will try to cast you aside.”The move by Cotham gives Republicans 72 seats in North Carolina’s House of Representatives while Democrats were reduced to 48. By having 60% of the chamber’s seats, the state House GOP can more easily override vetoes by Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper.
“The appropriate action is for her to resign so that her constituents are fairly represented in the North Carolina House of Representatives,” he said.North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton and Mecklenburg County Democratic Party Chair Jane White also called for Cotham to step down, referring to her party switch as a “betrayal” and “deceit of the highest order.”
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