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”.
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Sedition not insurrection. 19 people. It was done only a few days ago after the FBI was shamed over Ray Epps and Stewart Rhodes. Epps has yet to be charged with anything. Over 700 have been charged with lesser crimes like trespassing and obstruction. We will see how many are convicted of sedition.
5 deaths? Can someone explain that to me? TIA.
Can you elaborate
I’m ignorant of this chap...
It’s all in post 34.
How he caved at the slightest threat from Pelosi.
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Hail Mary pass from the 1 yard line.
They are being charged with sedition now for political purposes so they can be constitutionally blocked from running for office.
Correction appreciated. Does either charge disqualify you from holding office? I ask because I don't really know.
Probably either one if convicted. 19 charged, none of them politicians. Do you expect the FBI to indict politicians, current and past? That would be a massive political blunder.
It does appear they are trying to make the case against Trump to deny him another run at President. No clue if they will succeed but it sure looks like that is where they are trying to go.
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