'There's nothing that I would dread doing more than having to pick up arms against a fellow American,' Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) said while speaking of allegedly 'rigged' elections.
Cawthorn's communications director Luke Ball maintained that the congressman's remarks about"bloodshed" did not mean he was advocating violence. Instead, Ball said Cawthorn was expressing concern that others could"erroneously choose" to become violent if demands for"election security" were not met.
"In his comments, Congressman Cawthorn is CLEARLY advocating for violence not to occur over election integrity questions," Ball said Monday in a statement obtained by."He fears others would erroneously choose that route and strongly states that election integrity issues should be resolved peacefully and never through violence."
Ball also insisted that Cawthorn's views on the 2020 election had not changed, pointing out that he had voted in favor of objections to the results in two states as Congress certified Biden's win on January 6. "Congressman Cawthorn's views on the 2020 election have remained consistent," he said."He raised objections to electors from several states in January because he had severe concerns about how the elections were conducted and how laws were changed last-minute to favor
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