Madison Cawthorn, R- N.C., arrives on the House floor in the U.S. Capitol before being sworn in on Jan. 3, 2021, in Washington, D.C.,. - BILL CLARK/AFP/AFP/TNS
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., is perhaps best known for his speeches, whether at the Jan. 6 rally before the U.S. Capitol riot or at a Buncombe County school board meeting this month, when he called mask mandates “psychological child abuse.” His remarks Sunday during an event at the Macon County Republican Party headquarters in Franklin were no exception. Cawthorn, a freshman representing the state’s 11th District in western North Carolina, predicted that “bloodshed” would follow another “stolen” presidential election. He called the arrested Capitol rioters “political p...
