Madison Cawthorn Says Vote Republican Or There Will Be Bloodshed

If it wasn't clear on January 6th that Republicans no longer believe in the democratic principle of the peaceful transfer of power, North Carolina freshman Congressman Madison Cawthorn amplified that abandonment in remarks made over the weekend to a North Carolina GOP gathering:

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

Of course, the election system isn't rigged and it wasn't stolen and Cawthorn knows it. But Cawthorn knows that people believe these things even if they are made out of pure whole cloth. In conveying this message, Cawthorn is saying the only votes which count are Republican votes, that they are entitled to political power and are willing to kill their fellow Americans to attain it and retain it. 

The fact that Cawthorn is not condemned by his fellow Republicans for such incendiary language tells you that they are in simpatico with him or just too chickenshit to challenge this false narrative. 

In which case, January 6th was only the beginning. Thing are going to get a lot worse between now and 2026, if not sooner. And we won't know what hit is even though the Republican Party has been winding its fist.