Cawthorn has said in mailers and text-message blasts that he has Trumps. This week Cawthorn tweeted a prebuttal to this story. And then when youre a young man who has a terrible accident like that, and your identity is kind of stripped from you, all of that is amplified even more, said a GOP consultant who knows Cawthorn. She explained to me, he said of another, that she was basically going to teach me how to live in a wheelchair, and I remember saying, Well, thats pointless. He climbed out, landed on the concrete and immediately turned around to unbuckle Cawthorn, with whom he pleaded to wake up, he says. Emboldened by Cawthorns miscues, misdeeds and array of indiscretions, seven Republican challengers have lined up to try to take him out in Tuesdays primary, party leaders have abandoned him, and other MAGA firebrands are keeping their distance what with the escalating storm of even just the past few months. "Our young men are taught that weakness is strength . For other inquiries, Contact Us. "While I was pulling him out of the window, a bystander came by and helped me carry him away from the car," Ledford said. Screenshot from Instagram, I miss my life, he said. He has become one of the most vocal peddlers of the claim that the presidential election was fraudulently stolen from Donald Trump, another lie. That same day, the conservative-leaning Washington Examineralleged that Cawthorn may have violated insider-trading laws. Overall, though, he began curating on social media a more upbeat, inspirational, in retrospect almost proto-political persona wearing camo, smoking cigars, shooting guns and bows, doing dips in the gym with his wheelchair lashed to his waist. On Friday, at a meet-and-greet at a gun store in Cherokee County, a supporter positioned his pickup truck to block the view of a photographer from POLITICO. Dont miss it! Cawthorn was struggling. Hes now the youngest House representative. However, this was just another falsehood, as the Naval Academy had rejected him before the accident. A former close friend of right-wing Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) told The Washington Post the lawmaker lied about a car wreck that partially paralyzed him. In interviews with outlets ranging from local newspapers to Jewish Insider to CNN, Cawthorn expressed regret. Hes in pain when hes sitting there with you. Michael Kruse is a senior staff writer at POLITICO and POLITICO Magazine. And yet he spent parts of the following few weeks, as Congress moved swiftly toward impeachment of the outgoing president, saying he was sorry. Bottom right: Cawthorn holds up a copy of legislation during a news conference outside the Capitol on April 21, 2021. Afterward, he said, they ended up together at an Italian restaurant in Bryson City called Pasqualinos. Although he cast himself with the standard identifiers of a conservative Christian Republican for freedom, liberty and the Second Amendment, against the socialists and radicals on the left his pitch at the start of his rise often had a markedly different tone. Right-wing U.S. Republican lawmaker, Madison Cawthorn defended himself on Twitter after a sex tape was released showing him forcefully thrusting his groin inside a man's mouth. The year before, on his 19th birthday, in the last week he spent at the Shepherd Center in Atlanta that specializes in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, he had told his family he would be standing up for you the next time they sang him happy birthday. Mark Meadows, then the White House chief of staff, speaks to Cawthorn, then a candidate for his former congressional seat and a former part-time staffer in his office, before a Trump speech in Mills River, N.C., on Aug. 24, 2020. "Him and I have been through so much together," Ledford told the outlet. He had a fundraiser at a restaurant in Hendersonville on Wednesday. It is pretty well documented that Testosterone levels are dropping . Rather than running to safety deep in the woods, Ledford said that hed pulled Cawthorn from the burning car, potentially saving his life. The most charitable way to see Cawthorns first month in Congress is that it was the last gasp of his best self. Cawthorn posted the photo on social media shortly before his accident. Needing to get at least 30 percent of the vote to avoid a runoff in July, Cawthorn is running out of money, running no ads on local TV and barely campaigning and all but trying to hide when he does. Erwin was in line to be Cawthorns district director until Cawthorn in the aftermath of his victory called Erwin a coward and a little bitch., Ive seen this through the years, but not to this degree, because people I think just dont have the trauma that he has., George Erwin, retired Henderson County sheriff, The disagreement began, Erwin said, when he wanted an older, more experienced woman to be hired for a position in the district office, and Cawthorn wanted a much younger woman instead. Instead, Ledford said, he reached over Cawthorn and punched out the passenger window. Yet in a stunning confession last month, he admitted he has no evidence of election fraud. Screenshot from Instagram, Clearer for Cawthorn were the first conversations he had with his therapists once he was in Atlanta. Can you pitch in a few bucks to help fund Mother Jones' investigative journalism? To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. At a campaign event at a gun store in Cherokee County on May 6, the driver of the SUV Cawthorn arrived in as well as a Cawthorn supporter with a pickup truck unsuccessfully attempted to block the view of POLITICO's photographer. He now has another one in Mecklenburg County in October for bringing the gun to the airport in Charlotte. Cawthorn's account of the 2014 wreck . Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) August 11, 2020. . TSA via AP, Madison Cawthorn has fallen well short of the most basic standards western North Carolina expects from their representatives, said Tillis. Well before he ran, won and took office, in his wrenching messages to Ledford that are part of public court records, Cawthorn expressed understandable bitterness, that once he was something, and all of a sudden he was not and so what was he now? Cawthorns congressman at the time was Mark Meadows, and he had gotten a part-time job as an assistant in Meadows Hendersonville office, starting in January of 2015. Go America, he said in another. He was riding as a passenger in a BMW X3 SUV near Daytona Beach, Florida when his friend Bradley Ledford fell asleep behind the wheel. Hes very unwell, said a Republican strategist familiar with Cawthorn. GOP congressman Madison Cawthorn is seen 'nude thrusting' at a man's head as he screams and shouts in leaked footage posted to Twitter. | "It hurt very badly that he would say something as false as that." A former friend of Rep. Madison Cawthorn said the right-wing lawmaker lied about a car wre. On election night in November 2020, Cawthorn gathered his family and friends in anticipation of a victory, and joining him was Ledford. A string of embarrassing incidents has led many to question whether the young congressman from North Carolina was really ready for the job. He was paraplegic. Its definitely time for the president to concede., The election was not fraudulent, he said on CNN on Jan. 23. But the news outlet AVL Watchdog reported in August that Cawthorn had been rejected by the Naval Academy before the crash. David Madison Cawthorn (born August 1, 1995) is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. 0:44. Cawthorn arrives on the House floor during the first session of the 117th Congress on Jan. 3, 2021. He told mothers to raise their sons to be monsters. He disparaged the Ukrainian president. Last month, Cawthorn was asked a question about how similar real life in the capital was to the TV show House of Cards. In response, he went on a rant about sexual perversion, saying that lawmakers he had looked up to through my life had invited him to orgies and that people leading the movement to stop drug addiction had done a key bump of cocaine right in front of him. We dont want to be arrogant. He chided his opponent, Lynda Bennett, whom Meadows and Trump had endorsed, for refusing to commit to debate him. You shattered me completely, he said. Offsite Link. WORKING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY, said a sign on the door. Ledford told the Washington Post that Cawthorn was unconscious after the crash, a claim buttressed by a deposition in which the future congressman said he had no memory of the accident. Stayed probably 20 minutes, he told me, and then rolled on out of there.. Im not going to be in a wheelchair. And then they explained to me that I was indeed going to be in a wheelchair.. In 2014, a car accident shattered his ankles, pelvis, and back, leaving the 18-year-old Cawthorn paraplegic and suicidal. Im not planning to vote for Donald Trump or Joe Biden., And he said he didnt care for Trumps tweets. In the March 2020 Republican primary for North Carolina's 11th congressional district, Cawthorn finished second behind Lynda Bennett, who had been endorsed both by former President Donald Trump and Meadows. Its never going to be just totally fine, said a friend. Four and a half years after Cawthorn contemplated suicide, he was running for Congress. I was unhappy with the way the president treated the death of George Floyd, he said of Trump, according to the coverage of the debate in the Cherokee Scout, and the lack of empathy he showed after that death happened.. The injuries from the accident left Cawthorn partially paralyzed from the waist down, and he now uses a wheelchair. In a 2017 speech, Cawthorn said that Ledford left him "to die in a fiery tomb," however, Ledford publicly disputed this in 2021 saying that he pulled Cawthorn from the wreck once he escaped the car. Their car was said to have crashed into a concrete barrier while Cawthorn's feet were on the dashboard . accusing him of sexually predatory behavior,, people who described allegations of sexual misconduct. His campaign has more debt than cash on hand. Take Madison Cawthorn. I cant climb anything. May 5, 2022 by Randy Slovacek. Yes, Cawthorn is in a wheelchair after becoming paralysed from the waist down. In 2014, Cawthorn, who at the time was 18, was injured while returning from a spring-break trip from Florida. You said you cant procreate, the lawyer continued. I have experienced more pain and more suffering than the overwhelming majority of people go through, he told the Washington Examiner. Theres no factual basis for this account. an extraordinary accomplishment at a young age by a man who suffered a horrific injury. They describe him as a person whose ongoing physical pain and insecurities have made him unusually susceptible to the twisted incentives of a political environment and a Trump-led GOP that prizes perhaps above all else outrage and partisan attack. Subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily to have our top stories delivered directly to your inbox. | ), He has an extreme version of what I always call successful person syndrome, said a Republican strategist familiar with Cawthorn and the campaign, defining it essentially as a first taste of success going to somebodys head. Rep. Madison Cawthorn stood up from his wheelchair . Hes endorsed two people running for Congress in Georgia. He had wanted to maybe be a Marine. Harry and Meghan evicted from Frogmore Cottage by King Charles after Spare memoir, Emmerdale's Amy Nuttall caught cheating hubby after sexy lingerie slip-up, Constance Marten and lover arrested over manslaughter, Woman found murdered is missing mum who had not been seen since before Xmas, News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. But for his part, Cawthorn seems largely unbothered. May 19, 2022 by Saqlain Farouk. Mother Jones was founded as a nonprofit in 1976 because we knew corporations and billionaires wouldn't fund the type of hard-hitting journalism we set out to do. You know, politics is always a changing game, so I cant speak as to the future. Hes got some deep issues that will probably never go away, said Chuck Archerd, a Republican who ran against him in 2020. He said it would be boring., Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images. Hes not OK, said Michele Woodhouse, the former Republican chair of the 11th District whos now running against him. He had said during the deposition he was full-time he would tell the Asheville Citizen-Times the same thing during the campaign but he wasnt. Polling shows Cawthorn sagging but still in the lead, his closest competitor being Chuck Edwards a state senator from the area who has the backing of Tillis and some of the best, most experienced strategists in the state. Rep. Madison Cawthorn says his fellow lawmakers have invited him to take part in orgies in Washington and snorted lines of cocaine right in front of him. He tried to open the driver-side door to escape, but it was jammed. Before January 6, 25-year-old Representative Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) was known for being the youngest member of Congress, an ardent Trump supporter, and one of the few wheelchair users in . PUBLISHED 4:20 PM ET Dec. 13, 2022. The rest of the answer may lie in whatever happens to Madison Cawthorn next. More than 150 former students at his college signed a letter late last year accusing him of sexually predatory behavior, which Cawthorn has denied. Should he be elected in November, at age 25 years old, he'll be the youngest member of . Amanda Greene for Politico Magazine, I was truly impressed, George Erwin, the politically influential retired Henderson County sheriff, told me. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. The following is a list of other vehicles owned by Madison Cawthorn. I think I would say the election was not fraudulent, Cawthorn said on CNN. I believe, Cawthorn said, that is the best way the voters will make an informed decision., You did see, said Chris Cooper, a political scientist at Western Carolina University who has tracked Cawthorn as intently as anybody and is at work on a book about the district, a spark of a potential for a different kind of Republican.. She told me the ways Cawthorn visibly had shifted uncomfortably in his wheelchair. Hes endorsed one person running for Congress in California. Cawthorn received a firm talking to from House Minority Leader (and model of honesty) Kevin McCarthy. by Anonymous: reply 58: June 24, 2020 3:09 AM: . In the end, Cawthorns team was declared the winner., But Cawthorn in particular stood out. Marrying Cristina Bayardelle, now Cristina Cawthorn is the greatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life," he added. In the course of the deposition, Cawthorn recounted for attorneys the hazy mental snapshots of what little he could recall from the days and weeks after the accident. He liked cruises, too, and in 2019 he boarded one on which he played a big part in a risqu late-night game show called Quest. Last month, Cawthorn was charged with driving with a revoked license, which carries a penalty of up to 20 days in jail. Republicans from the mountains to Raleigh to Washington finally had begun to think enough was enough when he accused his Capitol Hill colleagues of participating in orgies and doing key bumps of cocaine. Politically he might already have lost. You either need to give up or you need to move on. That night, he said, he stayed up for more than four hours making a list of pros and cons of staying alive.. Days later he was on "The View.". I decided I was going to live my life, he said. A newly uncovered video shows police pulling over Rep Madison Cawthorn for allegedly driving more than 20 miles over the speed limit. He is a member of the Republican Party.Cawthorn was the U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023.. During his time in Congress, he was the youngest member of Congress since Jed Johnson Jr. Chip In. Cawthorn started off his political career with a series ofapparently false statements about a car crash that left him paralyzed. Madison Cawthorn was born in Asheville, North Carolina, on August 1, 1995. Naval Academy a boast that he eventually turned into a campaign ad. The RNC. I cant wrestle with my brother. Just one endorsement anyway matters the most. We concede that he does often get applause.. But that would be the plan., Scenes from Cawthorns neighborhood, including his church in Flat Rock (top left) and a depository for retired American flags (bottom right). He was pulled over going 87 in a 70 in Polk. I miss everything too, Cawthorn shot back, unleashing one long, raw message, screens and screens of anguish and loss. | I cant bail hay. He was memorable because of the wheelchair. Days after the Harmony of the Seas returned from the Caribbean to Port Canaveral, Mark Meadows announced he was opting not to run for reelection, ostensibly to put himself in position to be Trumps fourth White House chief of staff. It's us but for your ears. Cawthorns account of the 2014 wreck which he presented publicly in the chapel of his Christian college in Virginia three years later was that a close friend had crashed the car in which he was a passenger, leaving him to die in a fiery tomb, the Post reported over the weekend. Ill probably never be able to procreate. (Cawthorn stated in a February 2022 video that he owned at least some LGBCoin, though its unclear when exactly he acquired it. He called on Harris to invoke the 25th Amendment and oust Biden from office in a letter in which he misspelled her name. In an interview with People, Ledford expanded on what happened immediately after the crash - and how he and Cawthorn have repaired their bond. . Madison Cawthorn posted a picture of him in the hospital surrounded by his medical team on July 19, 2016. Because even power needs a day off. Cawthorn suffered "incapacitating" and "life-threatening" injuries, as the vehicle erupted into flames almost immediately after impact. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Neither he nor his spokesperson responded to The Washington Post. Its a referendum on Cawthorn. Rep. Madison Cawthorn speaks before a rally for former U.S. President Donald Trump at The Farm at 95 on April 9, 2022 in Selma, North Carolina. HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. In August of 2015, 16 months after the accident that nearly killed him and left him unable to walk, Madison Cawthorn exchanged text messages with the friend who had fallen . I cant wake up in the morning without forgetting Im paralyzed and also falling out of my bed. Subscribe today and get a full year of Mother Jones for just $14.95. North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn , a young rising star in the GOP, is facing renewed sexual misconduct allegations from women who say he put them in uncomfortable situations while in college . I cant hike. In a 2017 speech, Cawthorn said that Ledford left him "to die in a fiery tomb," however, Ledford publicly disputed this in 2021 saying that he pulled Cawthorn from the wreck once he escaped the car. A scathing public letter signed by more than 150 of Madison Cawthorn's former schoolmates at Patrick Henry College alleges that the Republican candidate engaged in "sexually predatory behavior," vandalism and lying as a student and is unfit for congress or as a representative of the conservative Christian school.. Cawthorn ( Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent North Carolina's 11th Congressional District. Madison Cawthorn was involved in a car accident at 18 years old. He made outlandish and unsubstantiated comments on an obscure podcast about orgies and cocaine use by his Capitol Hill colleagues. Madison Cawthorn ( Republican Party) was a member of the U.S. House, representing North Carolina's 11th Congressional District. Brad Ledford and Madison Cawthorn on spring break in April 2014. I feel like he thinks that he could have done so much more had the accident not happened, said Hunter Clark, a former intern in Cawthorns district office. She is influencing an entire generation, he said. How do you know that?, Everyone is always hopeful, but, I mean, with my injury, its unlikely that Ill walk or procreate or, you know, recover.. The endorsements page on Cawthorns campaign website is a broken link. Most of the others running had been at an NAACP forum in Hendersonville, including the handful of Democrats, but OConnell and Cawthorn had opted to go to the meeting of the Republican club of Swain County. To conservatives, lets define what we support, and win the argument in areas like health care and the environment, he said from the stage at the Republican National Convention that August. Speaking at a county event in his home state of North Carolina over the weekend, the far-right representative parroted Trump's lie about a "rigged" election, which by . Madison is a proven fighter. Madison Cawthrone was home-schooled in Hendersonville, North Carolina, through 12th grade, and played football with the Asheville Saints, a league that includes home-schooled high school students. Now, though, heading into his first reelection, Cawthorn is mired in controversy, facing the very real possibility that the end of his electoral career might come as quickly as it began. He lost renomination in 2022. For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, Madison Cawthorn was involved in a serious car accident in 2014 that left him paralyzed from the waist down, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). Republicans, many of whom reportedlyhad to field concerned questions from their spouses, were really pissed off. With a walker and the help of his pals, he stood up from his chair at the crescendo of his speech. ACCUSED OF LYING. Queen City News published the dashcam video on Friday. He tweeted it was time to fight. On Jan. 6, at the Save America rally at the Ellipse, he was one of the speakers who revved up the crowd. Madison Cawthorn's birth took place on August 1, 1995, in Asheville, North Carolina. Hes got a big voice. The 26-year-old is a member of the Republican party. Amanda Greene for Politico Magazine, Throughout 2018 and 2019, he continued to give motivational speeches at colleges and churches. He was suing Ledford and Ledfords fathers business for millions of dollars of medical bills. It hurt very badly that he would say something as false as that, Ledford told the paper. And within weeks if not days of being sworn in at 25 years old one of the youngest members in the history of the House he had put himself on a short list of the chambers most known figures. Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC . madison cawthorn injury level Madison Cawthorn Wiki, Biography, Age, Family, Wife, Accident, Net Worth & More. He made outlandish and unsubstantiated comments, He called the Ukrainian president a thug,, POLITICO was the first to publish photos of the event. join us with a tax-deductible donation today. While his injury was a tragedy, others who have suffered such tragedies have endured without committing the crime of sedition, as . He officially announced his candidacy the week after that. Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Cawthorn told his supporters thatUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a thug and that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.. He called the Ukrainian president a thug, he suggested Nancy Pelosi was an alcoholic (she doesnt drink), and the seemingly ceaseless gush of unsavory news has included allegations of insider trading, pictures of shuttered district offices, a leaked tranche of salacious images and videos, and ongoing proof in FEC filings that hes a prodigious fundraiser but a profligate spender as well. Bill Clark/Pool via AP. He started what he called a real estate investment company through which he purchased for $20,000 a single 6-acre lot in rural Georgia. . rejected by the Naval Academy before the crash. One of his accusers worked as a Republican intern on Capitol Hill at the time she went public with her allegation. In the fall of 2016, he enrolled at Patrick Henry College, a school in Loudoun County, Va., with fewer than 400 students that exists to glorify God and prepare Christian men and women who will lead our nation and shape our culture. The Saturday of Thanksgiving, a few weeks after Trumps election, Cawthorn struck a pose in front of the U.S. Capitol. For so long weve just kind of been the party of no without offering a lot of really good answers., Top" Cawthorn sits at the front and center as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy poses with the freshman members of the House Republican Conference on the steps of the Capitol on Jan. 4, 2020. And Cawthorn traveled, sometimes with his parents, sometimes with his cousin, sometimes with the woman he would marry, to Boston, to Cuba, to the Swiss Alps. This photo provided by the Transportation Security Administration shows the handgun that officials say was found in Cawthorn's carry-on bag at a Charlotte Douglas International Airport security checkpoint in April. Cawthorn long ago lost the trust and support of some of the most influential Republicans in and around Henderson County, without whom he would not have gotten elected in the first place. Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn is facing allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct by several women who say he put them in uncomfortable situations when he was a college student, with the . Cawthorn has said in mailers and text-message blasts that he has Trumps endorsement, but Trump has yet to put out a formal statement doing so, as he has for other candidates he supports. sent that night a very Trump-esque, red-meat tweet. Wake up determined to throat punch life, he said in one post. Cawthorn has used a wheelchair since the crash. (Cawthorn denied being forceful, and his spokesperson at the time said there was a big difference between a failed advance and being forceful, to the extent thats possible when youre paraplegic.). For a 25-year-old, Madison Cawthorn's really made a successful name for himself, not only professionally but also financially as well. View our online Press Pack. We kept all politics local, he said. Cawthorn's victory was considered an upset. Madison Cawthorn was once a rising GOP star. He has a T12 spinal cord injury. I took the thought of suicide completely out of my mind, he said. "He needs to get his act together. 0:00. Cawthorn is pictured wearing lingerie during a game on a cruise, in photos provided to POLITICO. Sign up for the newsletter. Haunted by ambition, he wrote. He said during a speech at the Republican National Convention: "My accident . Four women told BuzzFeed that Cawthorn was aggressive, misogynistic or predatory toward them. When he first ran for Congress, Cawthorn spoke up for reporters who other Republican candidates wanted to kick out of a public forum. He started selling Covid masks that said USELESS. In a speech on the House floor about the Second Amendment, he said, In real America, when we say, Come and take it, we damn well mean it. When Liz Cheney of Wyoming was booted from her House leadership position for her pro-democracy views, he tweeted, Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey, goodbye Liz Cheney. He called Dr. Anthony Fauci a punk. He called Biden a geriatric despot. He said Bidens vaccine outreach efforts were really so the government could come take peoples Bibles and guns. He was, as Matt put it, the disabled guy who got applause., We concede that Madison is a winner and a star, Ball told me in an email this week. I voted for Madison originally, I donated to him originally, I like him but hes self-destructing, OConnell told me. Writing for the conservative Washington Examiner, investigative reporter Andrew Kerr claimed that Rep. Madison Cawthorn dropped close to $3000 in taxpayer money at a lavish resort in his hometown . Wilson told me she left their dinner with Cawthorn wondering whether in some small way if he didnt win, he would be , The primary in the district is essentially a referendum on Cawthorn. Cawthorn, who had been sitting with his feet on the dashboard suffered serious injury including a spinal fracture at his T11 vertebrae leading to partial paralysis. Mr Cawthorn has come under fire in recent weeks from his fellow Republicans after he said on a podcast that members had invited him to an orgy and taken "a key bump of cocaine" in front of him. Cawthorn claimed he was declared dead after the wreck. Phone to phone, the teens bantered back and forth about getting together, but after a while it was clear Cawthorn didnt want to. Copyright 2023 Mother Jones and the Foundation for National Progress. But his stunt last night proves that he has no place in Congress. By Reuben Jones Washington, D.C. I think the press should be allowed to stay, he said, so people can hear what we have to say. Ledford said he quickly "recognized that Maddy [Cawthorn] was unconscious and [I] was realizing that the situation was getting worse and worse.". The report states a review of Cawthorn's expenses also showed "$491 for a trip to Papa's and Beer Mexican Restaurant, two visits to Chick-fil-A totaling $382," with Cawthorn labeling the . I cant get through the day without pain. Coursing through many of my conversations with people in Cawthorns district is a belief that the accident ravaged his body and messed with his psyche but that winning the election has harmed him too. He assumed office on January 3, 2021. Months after he called them thugs, he said the insurrectionists in jail were political prisoners. Months after he said the election was not fraudulent, he said, If our election systems continue to be rigged and continue to be stolen, its going to lead to one place, and its bloodshed. In the midst of redistricting he tried to shift to a district that would have stretched east to the much larger Charlotte market before coming back when the maps were shot down. 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