Rep. Madison Cawthorn is suing members of the North Carolina State Board of Elections after North Carolina voters alleged that he is ineligible for reelection due to his involvement at a rally on Jan. 6, 2021, that “amounted to an rebel.”
Cawthorn (R-N.C.), who filed for candidacy within the state’s thirteenth Congressional District final month, spoke at a rally that day in entrance of the White Home earlier than rioters stormed the Capitol. Then-President Donald Trump, whose speech headlined that rally, urged attendees to march to the Capitol, advised them to “be robust” and mentioned that “you’ll by no means take again our nation with weak point.”
Trump supporters left that rally and swarmed the Capitol, some violently forcing their means contained in the constructing in an effort to dam congressional certification of Joe Biden’s Electoral School victory. The rebel left 4 rioters lifeless and greater than 150 regulation enforcement officers injured. One officer died of a stroke after responding to the riot and a number of others died by suicide within the days after.
North Carolina voters transferring to dam Cawthorn’s reelection bid cited Part 3 of the 14th Modification, which prohibits public officers from holding workplace if they’ve “engaged in rebel or revolt” towards the US. A problem to Cawthorn’s candidacy was filed Jan. 10 on behalf of the 11 voters earlier than the State Board of Elections.