A lawyer for Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) cited an 1872 congressional action granting amnesty to Confederate soldiers to defend his own client’s eligibility for office.
I’m not sure calling yourself a confederate traitor is the win he thinks it is. Maybe it is in his district - I don’t really know - but, damn, surely not the defense I would make if there were any other options.
Hey, if we’re going to travel back 150 years, why don’t we travel back a few hundred more so that I can get a land grant for everything west of the Mississippi?
But he doesn’t know what his district is. He elbowed out markymeadows’ preferred successor in NC-11, and now he wants to hop over to NC-14, which was redistricted specially for a different GOP pol, favored by the local party.
Reminds me of the Andy Griffith episode where an old timer wanted to cash in some old bonds that would have bankrupted Mayberry from the accrued interest, until Andy figured out they were Confederate bonds.