In response, Cawthorn appeared to suggest that plans for a gathering were in the works, although he did not provide details. 6 attack on the Capitol.Īt one point, a member of the crowd asked Cawthorn, “When are you going to call us to Washington again?” And the way that we can have recourse against that is if we all passionately demand that we have election security in all 50 states,” Cawthorn said …Ĭawthorn told the crowd, “I will remove Joe Biden from office, and then, when Kamala Harris inevitably screws up, we will take them down, one at a time.” …Ĭawthorn also used the terms “political prisoners” and “political hostages” to describe those who arrested in the Jan. “I will tell you, as much as I am willing to defend our liberty at all costs, there is nothing that I would dread doing more than having to pick up arms against a fellow American. “Because, you know, if our election systems continue to be rigged and continue to be stolen, then it’s going to lead to one place-and it’s bloodshed.” … “The things that we are wanting to fight for, it doesn’t matter if our votes don’t count,” Cawthorn told the crowd, according to a video of the event posted by the county party on its Facebook page and circulated on Twitter by a Democratic congressional staffer. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) on Sunday falsely suggested that elections in the United States are “rigged” and said there will be “bloodshed” if the country’s electoral system continues on its current path.Ĭawthorn, a freshman lawmaker and pro-Trump star of the far right, made the remarks during an event at the Macon County Republican Party headquarters in Franklin, N.C., on Sunday night. This weekend, he became a test case for how much radicalization the party will tolerate. Having Hitler’s summer home on his bucket listĬalling James Madison his favorite signer of the Declaration of Independence (he didn’t sign the Declaration) while chiding people for not knowing American historyĬawthorn was elected in Mark Meadows’s gerrymandered WNC district by being the most aggressively pro-MAGA Republican around. Lying about being accepted to the Naval Academy Lying about the car accident that paralyzed him His “formal” request carries roughly the same weight as me climbing to the top of the PNC building and FORMALLY REQUESTING free Taco Tuesdays forever-i.e., none.Ĭawthorn is a backbench junior congressman of no legislative or foreign policy import who has spent his year and a half in the spotlight humiliating himself: It also contains a very long quote from Treasure Island for some reason. Cawthorn sent the latter to Vice President “Kamela” Harris, and no, I couldn’t make that up if I tried.
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