Fierce Outrage After Rep. Cawthorn Warns Of ‘Bloodshed’ After Repeating False Election Claims

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August 31, 2021, 10:36 am

Republican Representative Madison Cawthorn made comments that had the cadence of a threat at a North Carolina event for his party just after posing with a shotgun he signed for a raffle and the ominous prophecy is not being appreciated by anyone who would like the world to calm the heck down. During his speech, he began to once again push the still utterly unproven claim that U.S. elections are fraught with fraud, warning of future violence between U.S. residents if Republicans don’t get what they want.

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“The things that we are wanting to fight for, it doesn’t matter if our votes don’t count,” he said. “Because, you know, if our election systems continue to be rigged and continue to be stolen, then it’s gonna lead to one place—and it’s bloodshed.”

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Cawthorn at 1:22:27: “if our election systems continue to be rigged, continue to be stolen, it’s going to lead to one place and that’s bloodshed.”

Says he is “willing to defend liberty at all costs” but would “dread” “having to take up arms against a fellow American” pic.twitter.com/RadkYfG3hU

— Aaron Fritschner (@Fritschner) August 30, 2021

“I will tell you, as much as I am willing to defend our liberty at all costs, there is nothing that I would dread doing more than having to pick up arms against a fellow American, and the way that we can have recourse against that is if we all passionately demand that we have election security in all 50 states.”

Cawthorn went on to take questions from the audience, hinting that a sequel to the January 6 assault on the Capitol might be in the works.

“We are actively working on that one … We have a few plans in motion that I can’t make public right now,” he said.

If that doesn’t have you mentally packing an emergency bag, at the same event, Cawthorn called currently imprisoned insurrectionists “political prisoners” and “hostages” and talked about hypothetically wanting to “bust them out” in spite of his difficulty identifying them.

“The big problem is we don’t actually know who all the political prisoners are, and so if we were actually to go and try to bust them out—and let me tell you, the reason why they have taken these political prisoners is they’re trying to make an example, because they don’t want to see the mass protest going on in Washington,” he said in response to another question.

Tonight @RepCawthorn was @ a GOP event in NC. He repeatedly refers to the 1/6 arrestees as political prisoners. In the context of that, he’s asked at 0:57 of this clip, “When are you gonna call us to Washington again?” He responds, “we are actively working on that one.” 1/2 pic.twitter.com/ki54PYZNrR

— Yancy (@Yancy10005) August 30, 2021

The entire Cawthorn speech as well as the subsequent Q&A was live-streamed on Facebook, but the stream has already been removed from the platform after the multiple headlines about his statements led to widespread outrage and accusations that the congressman is once again fomenting violence. Cawthorn staffers are currently working overtime to claim that he was not advocating for violence or illegal behavior or even planning any kind of protest event, even though he clearly said he was, and no amount of “context” changes that.

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This wasn’t even the end of the extreme statements made by the far-right representative. He continued to push falsehoods about the 2020 election, claiming that Donald Trump “obviously” won, claimed that Democrats “want to take the bulletproof vests off the men who are in uniform,” and called public schools “indoctrination camps.” He also promoted the conspiracy theory that President Joe Biden is showing signs of cognitive decline and called for the 25th Amendment to be utilized to remove him in a mirror copy of what Democrats were saying about Trump when he was in office.

Finally, he encouraged the audience to “lightly threaten” their members of congress if said lawmakers don’t believe in the election fraud conspiracy theory. Suffice it to say that everyone is done with Madison Cawthorn today.

Madison Cawthorn should not only be expelled from congress, he should also be arrested and charged with incitement.

— Baligubadle (@Baligubadle1) August 31, 2021

The last time members of Congress called for a civil war, as Madison Cawthorn has done, we had a Civil War. Take this seriously

— Duty To Warn (@duty2warn) August 31, 2021

Madison Cawthorn should be arrested.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) August 31, 2021

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There’s no way to watch the Madison Cawthorn video and come away with feeling anything other than this is a guy who’d be perfectly comfortable with a repeat of January 6th

— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) August 31, 2021

Madison Cawthorn is egging on the Trump base to commit another Jan 6th attack. Hope the FBI is paying attention.

— Amy Lynn (@AmyAThatcher) August 31, 2021

DNC: No bottom for Kevin McCarthy and his big tent caucus where insurrectionists, anti-Semites, and alleged sex traffickers can all find a home. In any other world, Madison Cawthorn’s remarks would be unanimously condemned.

— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) August 31, 2021

White supremacist terrorist Madison Cawthorn would’ve been arrested for sedition, insurrection and fraud if he were a person of color, but instead he’s in Congress promoting a violent uprising based on dangerous lies whilst 150 college students accuse him of sexual harassment.

— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) August 31, 2021

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Roll Madison Cawthorn straight to the nearest maximum security penitentiary, lock him up, and throw away the key.

— The USA Singers (@TheUSASingers) August 31, 2021

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*First Published: August 31, 2021, 10:36 am