{"id":33114,"date":"2023-04-05T01:15:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T01:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33114"},"modified":"2023-04-06T13:53:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T13:53:44","slug":"gop-to-gain-supermajority-in-nc-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/?p=33114","title":{"rendered":"GOP To Gain Supermajority In NC House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:2214,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wral.com\\\/story\\\/north-carolina-lawmaker-signals-party-switch-with-big-impact\\\/20796675&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230406022807\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.wral.com\\\/story\\\/north-carolina-lawmaker-signals-party-switch-with-big-impact\\\/20796675&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:50:06&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 14:46:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 15:13:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404}],&quot;broken&quot;:true,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 15:13:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2215,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wfae.org\\\/politics\\\/2023-03-29\\\/mecklenburg-democrat-says-illness-prevented-her-from-voting-against-pistol-permit-veto-override&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251010185724\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.wfae.org\\\/politics\\\/2023-03-29\\\/mecklenburg-democrat-says-illness-prevented-her-from-voting-against-pistol-permit-veto-override&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:51:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-21 14:46:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 15:13:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 15:13:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2216,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.axios.com\\\/local\\\/raleigh\\\/2023\\\/04\\\/04\\\/nc-democrat-flip-republican-legislative-supermajority?fbclid=IwAR0Sh1seST_hImPNZ5qRy0EmTM8v56Pin6hqlLgp28chZ1IZ1iNv7oIkUMc&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2217,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.newsobserver.com\\\/news\\\/politics-government\\\/article273956915.html#storylink=cpy&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20230405174552\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.newsobserver.com\\\/news\\\/politics-government\\\/article273956915.html&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:51:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 22:51:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2218,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.wunc.org\\\/politics\\\/2023-04-04\\\/nc-house-democrat-to-switch-parties-creating-gop-supermajority&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:2219,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.charlotteobserver.com\\\/opinion\\\/article273958135.html&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County has indicated she will be switching from the Democrats to the Republicans. Speaker Tim Moore, Rep. Cotham, and other GOP leaders will be holding a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wral.com\/story\/north-carolina-lawmaker-signals-party-switch-with-big-impact\/20796675\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press conference<\/a><\/strong> Wednesday morning to announce the switch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You may remember she was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/2023\/03\/29\/dems-eating-their-own-over-sb-41-veto-override.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vilified by Carolina Forward and other leftists<\/a><\/strong> for her excused absence on the day the veto override for SB 41 was held. Reportedly, she suffers from long COVID having had it three times and was <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfae.org\/politics\/2023-03-29\/mecklenburg-democrat-says-illness-prevented-her-from-voting-against-pistol-permit-veto-override\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">scheduled to have treatment<\/a><\/strong> that day. She had notified by the Speaker and the Minority Leader of her planned absence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think the cartoon below shows why she might be making the switch.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"679\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2.png 679w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-300x253.png 300w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-2-640x540.png 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford) who was also absent that day suggested how she was treated over the veto may have something to do with it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/local\/raleigh\/2023\/04\/04\/nc-democrat-flip-republican-legislative-supermajority?fbclid=IwAR0Sh1seST_hImPNZ5qRy0EmTM8v56Pin6hqlLgp28chZ1IZ1iNv7oIkUMc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Axios<\/a><\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Rep. Cecil Brockman, who is also a moderate Democrat,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsobserver.com\/news\/politics-government\/article273956915.html#storylink=cpy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>told the News &amp; Observer<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;he doesn&#8217;t blame Cotham and said he thought the reaction from Democrats drove her to switch parties. <\/p><p>&#8220;I think she just wanted to do what&#8217;s best for her district and when you&#8217;re constantly talked about and trashed \u2014 especially the way that we have been over the past few weeks \u2014 I think this is what happens,&#8221; Brockman said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As might be expected, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wunc.org\/politics\/2023-04-04\/nc-house-democrat-to-switch-parties-creating-gop-supermajority\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Democrats <\/a><\/strong>are calling for her to resign. The Charlotte Observer in a snarky editorial is calling it a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/opinion\/article273958135.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">betrayal <\/a><\/strong>of the voters. While I don&#8217;t have any confirmation of it, I have even heard she has received death threats which given how the Left operates would not surprise me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I think if Rep. Brockman decided he had enough of the ill-treatment he would also be welcomed by the GOP. However, I think he would be trashed even worse than Rep. Cotham given he is an African-American. That is really sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> This is a meme that Sean Sorrentino posted on Twitter. He is right &#8211; the Democrats in NC have gone hard left. It was why I left many years before Rep. Cotham.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-7.png 500w, https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-7-210x300.png 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Tricia Cotham of Mecklenburg County has indicated she will be switching from the Democrats to the Republicans. Speaker&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":3,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6404,6421,6420,6422],"class_list":["post-33114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-nc-house-of-representatives","tag-nc-republican-caucus","tag-rep-tricia-cotham","tag-supermajority"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33114"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33142,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33114\/revisions\/33142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onlygunsandmoney.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}