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Voters move to block Trump ally Madison Cawthorn from re-election
The Guardian ^ | 11 January 2022 | Maya Yang

Posted on 01/11/2022 2:47:09 AM PST by Erik Latranyi

A group of North Carolina voters told state officials on Monday that they want Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn to be disqualified as a congressional candidate, citing his involvement in the 6 January attack on the Capitol.

Cawthorn questioned the outcome of the presidential election during the “Save America Rally” before the Capitol riot later that day that resulted in five deaths.

At the rally, Cawthorn made baseless claims that the election had been stolen from Donald Trump, and has been accused of firing up the crowd, many of whom went on to storm the Capitol.

Lawyers filed the candidacy challenge on behalf of 11 voters with North Carolina’s board of elections, which oversees a process by which candidate qualifications are scrutinized.

The voters say Cawthorn, who formally filed as a candidate last month, cannot run because he fails to comply with an amendment in the constitution ratified shortly after the civil war.

The 1868 amendment says no one can serve in Congress “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress … to support the constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same”.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections; US: North Carolina
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To: FLT-bird

Nothing desperate about this. This is how Marxist Democrats roll. 24/7/365. They live and breath to attack their political opponents.


21 posted on 01/11/2022 5:52:11 AM PST by lodi90
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To: lodi90
Nothing desperate about this. This is how Marxist Democrats roll. 24/7/365. They live and breath to attack their political opponents.

claiming the guy cannot legally run because he committed insurrection....when no insurrection took place and he obviously couldn't have participated since he's in a wheelchair screams "we know we can't beat this guy so we're going to try dirty tricks to disqualify him". Its desperate. It doesn't look good to voters.

22 posted on 01/11/2022 6:09:52 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: Erik Latranyi

That’s what the entire “insurrection” narrative is all about.
Eliminating the opposition.
It’s common in banana republics, which we became on Usurpation Day, January 20, 2009 when ALL of our elected and appointed abrogated the Constitution by swearing in the ineligible Kenyan from Indonesia.


23 posted on 01/11/2022 6:19:20 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin ( (Natural born citizens are born here of citizen parents)(Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: stormhill

Reality is there was only one violent death: that of an unarmed Trump supporter whose murder was not prosecuted.

also the woman named Roslyn who was deliberately trampled by eager bearded activists (of unknown political persuasion) in their rush to enter the Capitol building.


24 posted on 01/11/2022 7:16:10 AM PST by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now its your turn)
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To: Erik Latranyi; All

The Socialists in Wisconsin kept Kanye West off of our ballot in 2020, KNOWING that he would siphon off votes from the mentally ill, confined and indigent crazies in our state.

I’m CONVINCED those 20K votes that Brandon supposedly ‘won by’ would’ve gone to West, if not more. Never underestimate the stupidity of the Electorate - and the Socialist Democrats NEVER do!

These people are BRAZEN...and NOTHING is done to stop them!

We’re so screwed.


25 posted on 01/11/2022 7:30:54 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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To: Erik Latranyi

“At the rally, Cawthorn made baseless claims...”

This is rich from an article that makes the baseless claim “...the Capitol riot later that day that resulted in five deaths.”

Which “baseless” claim is more baseless?


26 posted on 01/11/2022 7:44:49 AM PST by euram
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To: virgil

If we are to strictly uphold the Constitution & the laws of the land & get rid of those violating them, then I doubt we’d have enough folks left to run the country.


27 posted on 01/11/2022 8:12:15 AM PST by oldtech
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To: kabar

More Mark Elias BS

When is someone going to take this POS out, legally of course.


28 posted on 01/11/2022 8:14:54 AM PST by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: Erik Latranyi

So much for democracy.

Let those run who want to and see who gets elected.

The left reveals their hypocrisy yet again.


29 posted on 01/11/2022 8:21:08 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: Erik Latranyi

If and when Madison Cawthorne - or any other person, for that matter - is ever charged with, and convicted of, having engaged in an insurrection against the United States, then and only then should such outlandish and CLEARLY partisan complaints be heard and considered.

Meanwhile, any attorneys involved should be given a verbal warning to withdraw their representation of the suit in question, or face disbarment proceedings.


30 posted on 01/11/2022 8:39:37 AM PST by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Ancesthntr; Erik Latranyi

Oh, and about that “insurrection” thing - the feds have had many dozens (hundreds?) of people in jail for about a year now, and

No. One. Has. Been. Charged. With. Insurrection.

...and those are the people (at least many of them) who actually entered the Capitol.

WTF insurrection are they talking about? No guns, and “insurrectionists” carefully staying within rope lines does not an insurrection make. This is ALL a gigantic cover-up of The Steal - from the first thought that some Dem politician or scumbag FBI or CIA officer had regarding using the 1/6 meeting of Congress for the EC vote as a diversion. They didn’t want to even allow a fair and open hearing of the grievances, of even preliminary evidence of their massive cheating. If the Trump campaign and all those backing its position were so wrong, were so incredibly misguided or even “insane” (as many Dems and their hangers-on stated), then wouldn’t it have been in their interest to not fight recounts, to not fight records requests, to not fight this in court (except on the merits - but they fought to keep it out of court altogether), and to allow the entire world to see how Joe Biden “won” the election with clear and irrefutable evidence on 1/6 itself. What better way to crush Trump and scatter his followers...unless, that is, the Dems DID cheat, DID have something massive to cover up, DID THEMSELVES ENGAGE IN AN INSURRECTION AGAINST THE WILL OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

How I utterly despise these people - the pols, the bureaucrats, the press & media, and most especially the RINOs who willingly and cheerfully cooperated in slicing Donald Trump’s political throat as a way of “teaching” us to never elect anyone like him again. EFF them ALL!!!!


31 posted on 01/11/2022 8:49:47 AM PST by Ancesthntr (“The right to buy weapons is the right to be free.” ― A.E. Van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Erik Latranyi
More potential for problems with his estranged spouse than this nonsense, IMO.



32 posted on 01/11/2022 9:00:44 AM PST by Bratch
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To: Mouton

Let’s hope Durham does something. Otherwise, no accountability.


33 posted on 01/11/2022 9:42:06 AM PST by kabar
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To: buckalfa
"time will tell if he is a true believer or is a grifting self promoting Rino."

Yes and that time came a year ago.

For those who don't know or remember, in January 2021 Cawthorn proclaimed Biden's legitimacy and stated the election was not fraudulent.

"Yes, I think I would say that the election was not fraudulent. You know, the Constitution allowed for us to be able to push back as much as we could and I did that to the amount of the constitutional limits that I had at my disposal. So now I would say that Joseph R. Biden is our president."

"So when I contested to the election, that was within the constitutional guidelines that the framers had set up. But after I've done that and the electors and the delegates from each state elected Joe Biden as our president, I respect the office. He is my president, and I want to work with him to make sure that we can bring some meaningful change to the American people."

Since Biden's inauguration, Cawthorn has signed onto a letter along with 16 other GOP House freshmen, saying they look forward to working with Biden. Notably, Cawthorn is the youngest member of Congress in modern history, according to US House records, at just 25 years old.

Above quotes and excerpt are from a Jan. 24, 2021 news report in an interview he gave with CNN

34 posted on 01/11/2022 9:52:58 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Erik Latranyi
"Voters" here means "sock puppets."

Maybe they are even literally sock puppets.

35 posted on 01/11/2022 9:55:42 AM PST by x
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To: Eleutheria5

See post 34.


36 posted on 01/11/2022 9:56:30 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: stormhill

“”A group of North Carolina voters told state officials...
“Nah, those aren’t “voters.””

And they aren’t “North Carolina” either.


37 posted on 01/11/2022 10:15:08 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: Erik Latranyi
This is the insane theory that Marc Elias has been promoting, and while the temptation is to laugh at the insanity, there's an element of danger here.

What they are really after, it seems, is lawfare that saps the finances and attention of anyone thought to be an obstacle to the Democrat machine. From the article:

Ron Fein, legal director of Free Speech for People ... said the challenge will be the first of many against members of Congress associated with the insurrection. Free Speech for People and the group Our Revolution announced last week they would urge state administrators to bar Trump and members of Congress from future ballots.

The challenge asks the board to create a five-member panel from counties within the proposed 13th district to hear the challenge. The panel’s decision can be appealed to the state board and later to court.

The challengers also asked the board to let them question Cawthorn under oath in a deposition before the regional panel convenes, and to subpoena him and others to obtain documents.

My question is, who's funding this?

38 posted on 01/11/2022 10:34:17 AM PST by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: absalom01
George Soros would be my guess. He might be doing it through the Democrat National Committee. Or a local Democrat Committee.
39 posted on 01/11/2022 10:37:11 AM PST by sport
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To: Erik Latranyi

i wonder just who the 11 “voters” are that caused this action...


40 posted on 01/11/2022 12:58:16 PM PST by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!)
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