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NC Rep. Cawthorn cites ballot drop boxes in questioning presidential election
Although a Trump-appointed judge approved them, Madison Cawthorn says ballot drop boxes compromised the 2020 presidential election.
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Although a Trump-appointed judge approved them, Madison Cawthorn says ballot drop boxes compromised the 2020 presidential election.
AND A PERSON WHO GREETED US DECLINED AND THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. >>> REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN FROM NORTH CAROLINA SPOKE ON NATIONAL TV ABOUT HIS VOTE TO DECERTIFY THE RESULTS OF THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CNN PAMELA BROWN ASKED REPRESENTATIVE MADISON CAWTHORN ABOUT THE VOTE. >> TELL US WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC EXAMPLES YOU SAW OF FRAUD, BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK OF FRAUD, YOU THINK OF A VOTE YOU ARE SLIPPING ONE PAST THE ELECTION OFFICIAL OR A VOTE WAS STOLEN AND IT DIDN'T COUNT. DID YOU SEE THAT SPECIFICALLY? >> NO, PAM, AND LIKE SAID. >> YOU DIDN'T. >> HOLD ON SO YOU WANTED TO THROW OUT MILLIONS OF VOTES WITHOUT ACTUALLY SEEING ANY CONCRETE EVIDENCE OF FRAUD BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING. >> CAWTHORN IS ONE OF THE MAIN MOATERS OF THE PRESIDENT'S TRUMP'S FALSE CLAIM OF ELECTION FRAUD. HE VOTED IN AN ATTEMPT TO THE ELECTION OVERTURNED. HE SAID HE OBJECTED TO WISCONSIN'S USE OF BALLOT DROP BOXES CALL IT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. PAMELA BROWN POINTED OUT A JUDGE APPOINTED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT TRUMP DISMISSED THE ARGUMENT THE DROP BOCKS WERE UNCONSTITUTIONAL BEFORE ETHE ELECTION AND SHE PRESSED HIM FURTHER ABOUT THE VOTE WHICH CAME AFTER THE RIOT AT THE U.S. CAPITOL. >> THE PEOPLE WHO CHANGED THEIR VOTE BECAUSE OF THAT, I BELIEVE THEY WERE DOING IT BECAUSE OF POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY IF THEY WERE GOING TO CONTEST OR IF THEY WEREN'T GOING TO CONTEST THE ACTIONS OF JANUARY 6th DON'T CHANGE WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION AND I BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED IN WISCONSIN WAS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. >> GEORGE IRWIN APOLOGIZED FOR ENDORSING CAWTHORN AS A GOP ACTIVIST. MORE THAN 340,000 PEOPLE SIGNED A PETITION NOW CALLING FOR