North Carolina Elections Board Claims Power To Kick Cawthorn Off Ballot Over Role In Jan. 6 | Talking Points Memo

The North Carolina State Board of Elections is asserting a right to keep far-right Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), who’s currently being scrutinized over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, off the ballot ahead of the 2022 midterms if it so chooses.


This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1404471

Surprised that this hasn’t already been fast tracked to Brett send the gang…

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Oh, please, please, please let it be so! :crossed_fingers:

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Please proceed, Elections Board.

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What’s up with the fake, silly looking military jacket - with no medals or ribbons?!! :roll_eyes:

That alone should disqualify him from running!

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Next time, think twice about insurrection.

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Poor kid. Stump-punching stupid.

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Check the leather patch on the right shoulder of the jacket. Cawthorn wears it when he’s shooting his mouth off.

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Fake soldier.

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If there were a measurable, enforceable requirement to be mentally competent, as one might think there should be, Cawthorn would fail that test too.

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The board’s actions are only fair. Cawthorn has as much standing to argue his eligibility for Congress as he does issuing marriage advice.

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Grifting attention whore. When his political career fails, he’ll go in for preachin’ ‘n griftin’.

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Funny thing. A recent survey to determine who was the most loathed Supreme Court Justice ended in a 6-way tie.

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They claim the power, but in the event there’s solid evidence of his crime, will they actually use the power?

Stay tuned (in both events, evidence and use).

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Any time a Red State does something that on its face seems like the right thing to do, I smell a rat.

What’s the catch, that they’re deciding that the real insurrection was the Biden Steal, thus they’ll just have to ban any Dems who voted for him from ever running?

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Still pretending he didn’t get rejected by the Naval Academy.

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At some point, being a traitor does impede a grifter like Cawthorn. North Carolina does have its bright spots.

It’s obviously a total grift here, from a legal perspective, to file a pre-emptive suit like this. (IANAL) There’s been no injury to Cawthorn, so he has no basis for a lawsuit. What morons, he and his attorney are. They’re doing this for publicity, plain and simple.

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Cawthorn is a total, unredeemable asshole as his goldigging ex found out.

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Republicans are big on “Stolen Glory”. Just a regular part of resume inflation.

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So the unforgiving snowflake was active,

Senator Lummis was also in the meeting, she has just been deemed the most coward politician ever…

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