GOP Congressman Told Crowd To 'Lightly Threaten' Lawmakers: 'I'm Coming After You'

[RandySF]

Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) last month urged the crowd at a conservative gathering to “lightly threaten” lawmakers ahead of the certification of the presidential election results.

Cawthorn, speaking at a Turning Point USA event on Dec. 21, said he would help raise money for primary challengers to Republicans who don’t join the right-wing effort the subvert the will of the voters.

According to The Charlotte Observer, he told the crowd:

“Call your congressman and feel free, you can lightly threaten them and say, you know what, if you don’t start supporting election integrity, I’m coming after you, Madison Cawthorn is coming after you, everybody’s coming after you.”

The comments are drawing renewed attention after last week’s deadly violence as supporters of President Donald Trump attacked the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying President-elect Joe Biden’s victory.

The freshman lawmaker also spoke at the rally that preceded the attack, where he denounced his House colleagues as “cowards,” lied about the election results and declared: “Wow, this crowd has some fight in it” shortly before the mob engaged in actual fighting at the Capitol.



https://www.huffpost.com/entry/madison-cawthorn-lightly-threaten-congress_n_5ffd12a3c5b691806c4be467

[BusyBeingBest]

1. This douche is another who needs watching.

[wnylib]

8. Watching? How about arrest?

[dchill]

2. Look out, Matt Gaetz! There's a new fresh face of the party...

...in town! Madison Cawthorn!

[Blue Owl]

3. One problem: MAGATs aren't capable of nuance

[DFW]

4. If «I'm coming for you» is a light threat

What constitutes a « heavy threat? »

[wnylib]

9. Heavy threat: I'm here and I'm armed.

[herding cats]

5. Be terroristic, but do it light?

Milquetoast inciting of terrorism is a defense now?

Once you incite them, once you embrace the script, your implicated. Mealy mouth verbiage or not.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

6. "if you don't start supporting election integrity"

you mean like "Find me 11,780 votes"?

And just how does a mob "lightly threaten" someone? By erecting a gallows complete with noose?

Cawthorn Leghorn is another Rethug jerkoff like Boebert who needs to be shown the door and expelled from the House.

[wishstar]

7. I just posted on another thread about him saying he carried loaded gun while in Capitol Jan 6th

He enlisted them to show up and march on twitter before rally where he incited them and then publicly bragged about having carried loaded gun into and around Capitol.

But he abruptly criticized Trump and the "thugs" as soon as fallout started.

[ad121rome]

10. Two faced lying hypocrite

Why do you think he could pump up his crowd and then be critical when Trumps crowd actual follows through? Is it because the media doesn’t call him out? I do. We need a curious media back in this country, one not totally owned by Republican interests. Come on Democrats, get back in the news business.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

11. K&R

[GoCubsGo]

12. That smarmy, little prick needs to be lightly threatened

into getting a big heavy foot up his Nazi-sympathizing ass, as he is heave-hoed out of Congress. Fuck that disgusting, treasonous fucker and the horse he rode in on.

[milestogo]

13. He should be impeached too.