Madison Cawthorn panics that voters are "actually very close" to blocking him from running for reele

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Link to tweet

[FakeNoose]

1. He should listen to his electorate

... they're giving him a strong hint.

[DBoon]

5. That would be democracy

Cawthorne does not believe in that system of government.

[Jilly_in_VA]

2. They are not happy with you

Little Big Wheels. Take a hint. Roll off down the mountain. NOW.

[Jerry2144]

4. Perhaps into

An alligator infested swamp, just like that one warning sign?

Yes. I am in favor of that

[Jilly_in_VA]

9. No alligator-invested swamps in NC

Plenty of rivers, though. In his district, even. Some of them quite wild.

[OldBaldy1701E]

13. Ummm...

[mwooldri]

16. Not in his district but Eastern NC does have swamps.

With alligators. And bears.

[brooklynite]

3. Highly doubt it

First, this meme provides no evidence that he's panicking

Second, as I've mentioned before, while the NC BOE has the AUTHORITY to remove him from the ballot, it is NOT going to want to assume the RESPONSIBILITY of deciding whether Cawthorn has participated in an insurrection. There's a specific statute addressing Insurrection, and as long as he isn't indicted/convicted, he won't be kept off the ballot.

[LiberalFighter]

6. I don't like occupy democrats memes.

Too much hyper and it is all they do.

[PJMcK]

7. Well stated

The NC BOE is not going to assume the responsibility of keeping an incumbent member of Congress off the ballot. They would be tied up in court for a decade and it would rive the state.

[madville]

10. Agreed

There is very little chance the BOE takes him off the ballot unless he’s convicted of something, which isn’t happening before November.

[dsc]

11. He royally pissed of very powerful state GOP politicians

they might well take him out. He stole a district out from under the speaker of the state house.

[Deuxcents]

8. As long as he acknowledges it..I'm ok

It’s up to the voters to put his “fears” to the test.

[Mr. Ected]

12. It may happen one day, but it ain't happening one day soon

As noted above, the 14th Amendment does not say "alleged to have engaged in insurrection or rebellion". And therein lies the rub.

[monkeyman1]

14. how come the j-6 committee hasn't subpoenaed Mr. Runamouth yet ?

[CaptainTruth]

15. Banned from office is not the same as banned from running.

I really wish folks would figure this out, it makes us look like we don't understand the Constitution or the law.

The Constitution's 14th Amendment, which is the text cited in the OP meme, DOES NOT ban anyone from RUNNING for office. It bans folks from HOLDING office.

It's structured like Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution which specifies (in Clause 5) that to hold the office of POTUS a person must be at least 35 years of age. It doesn't prevent anyone younger from running for the office, it only prevents them from holding the office if they win.

Now, why are there restrictions on holding office but not running for office? Well, running for office involves things like public speeches, holding rallies (peaceful assemblies) etc etc... can we think of a part of the Constitution that might be violated if we banned someone from speaking publicly & holding assemblies? First Amendment, maybe?

Even in this specific case with Madison Cawthorn, I don't believe there's anything that can prevent him from running, Occupy Democrats has mischaracterized the issue at hand. The issue at hand is that, the North Carolina State Board of Elections allegedly has the power to prevent his name from appearing on the printed ballot. The question is NOT "can he be prevented from running," the question is "will his name appear on the ballot"?

Even if his name is removed from the ballot he can still run as a write-in candidate.

If I'm wrong on this please tell me, it's driving me nuts how 90+% of folks, including our media, are mischaracterizing this.

/rant off

[OMGWTF]

17. What about the rest of them?

[bringthePaine]

18. he's a noisy shit, like all refuKKKchickens, so who cares? they're over quota anyway...