Tricia Cotham switch to R. Heard she's sleeping with GOP House Speaker Tim Moore.

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66. Go back and read my initial post on this thread

Cotham deserves criticism and contempt from any number of angles, but to slam her with unsourced, unsubstantiated gossip that she switched parties because of a sexual relationship with a Republican member is just plain wrong, regardless of whether the spreader of the gossip claims to have inside knowledge from local sources.

Think of the outrage if a similar claim were made against Biden, Obama, AOC, or any other Democrat, based on someone claiming to have been active in the same social circles as the individual being gossiped about.

Notice that nobody in the press is reporting this, because no one will go on the record, even anonymously , to confirm it. If the rumour is being spread here on DU, I’m sure somebody in the press has asked the question.

If the claim can be verified, then Cotham indeed deserves criticism about it. Until then, it’s just gossip, plain and simple.