{"id":702594,"date":"2021-08-31T09:20:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=702594"},"modified":"2021-08-31T09:20:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T13:20:16","slug":"madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/madison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Cawthorn Says There Will Be \u2018Bloodshed\u2019 If US Elections \u2018Continue To Be Rigged\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmadison-cawthorn-says-there-will-be-bloodshed-if-us-elections-continue-to-be-rigged%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=702594&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn warned of \u201cbloodshed\u201d if American elections continue to be \u201crigged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe things that we are wanting to fight for, it doesn\u2019t matter if our votes don\u2019t count,\u201d Cawthorn told a crowd Sunday evening at a local GOP headquarters in Franklin County, North Carolina, according to a now-restricted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MaconCountyRepublicanPartyNC\/videos\/815249052506176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">livestream<\/a> posted to Facebook and a series of videos <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fritschner\/status\/1432379499379838983\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">circulated<\/a> on Twitter by a Democratic congressional staffer. \u201cBecause, you know, if our election systems continue to be rigged and continue to be stolen, then it\u2019s going to lead to one place \u2014 and it\u2019s bloodshed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There is no evidence that the 2020 election was rigged, and claims that it was have been thoroughly discredited through dozens of lawsuits, recounts and investigations in multiple contested states.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn, a freshman and one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/23\/madison-cawthorn-age-north-carolina-primary-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youngest lawmakers<\/a> ever elected to the House, suggested he would take up arms against fellow Americans if left no other option in order to combat voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will tell you, as much as I\u2019m willing to defend liberty at all costs, there is nothing that I would dread doing more than having to pick up arms against a fellow American,\u201d Cawthorn said. \u201cAnd the way that we can have recourse against that is if we all passionately demand that we have election security in all 50 states.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Cawthorn spokesman Luke Ball said that the congressman was \u201cin no way supporting or advocating for any form of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn his comments, Congressman Cawthorn is CLEARLY advocating for violence not to occur over election integrity questions,\u201d Ball said. \u201cHe fears others would erroneously choose that route and strongly states that election integrity issues should be resolved peacefully and never through violence.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/01\/12\/madison-cawthorn-officials-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>(RELATED: Madison Cawthorn Claims His Call To \u2018Lightly Threaten\u2019 Elected Officials Was Not A Threat Of Violence)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7240078\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7240078\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7240078 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation&#039;s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden&#039;s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Photo by Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1230454306-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/GettyImages-1230454306-2048x1366-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7240078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol on January 6. (Samuel Corum\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since getting elected in November, Cawthorn has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/12\/22\/madison-cawthorn-contesting-election-will-fund-primary-opponents-against-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">repeatedly questioned<\/a> the results of the 2020 election, voting to overturn the results on Jan. 6 after calling lawmakers who did not vote to do so \u201ccowards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He has sharply criticized President Joe Biden throughout his term, and on Sunday vowed to oust him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will remove Joe Biden from office, and then, when Kamala Harris inevitably screws up, we will take them down, one at a time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn also defended the Jan. 6 rioters as \u201cpolitical prisoners\u201d and \u201cpolitical hostages.\u201d When <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Fritschner\/status\/1432379499379838983?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">asked<\/a> by an audience member when he was \u201cgoing to call us to Washington again,\u201d he suggested that such plans were being developed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat \u2014 we are actively working on that one,\u201d Cawthorn responded. \u201cI don\u2019t have an answer to that one right yet. But we are actively working on this. We have a few plans in motion that I can\u2019t make public right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn warned of \u201cbloodshed\u201d if American elections continue to be \u201crigged.\u201d\u201cThe things that we are wanting to fight for, it doesn\u2019t matter if our votes &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-702594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=702594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/702594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=702594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=702594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=702594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}