Anti-Trump GOP group calls on Bishop, Cawthorn to resign in new billboards
Brian Murphy
Updated Fri, January 29, 2021, 11:24 AM
New billboards paid for by a Republican group have gone up in North Carolina calling on two Republicans to resign from the U.S. House in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The Republican Accountability Project, created by anti-Donald Trump Republicans, purchased the billboards in opposition to U.S. Reps. Madison illboash Hawley, according to the group.
“You lied about the election. The Capitol was attacked. Cawthorn: Resign,” the billboards read in Cawthorn’s district.
There are three billboards in Cawthorn’s district, in zip codes around Asheville. Billboards will also be in Bishop’s district as part of the campaign, which includes about 100 static and digital billboards across the country, according to the group.
An example of the billboard advertisements placed in U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s district by an anti-Trump Republican group in January 2021.
Both Cawthorn and Bishop voted against certification of President Joe Biden’s election victories in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
“These representatives and senators helped incite the insurrection against the Capitol by spreading lies about the election,” said Sarah Longwell, executive director of Republican Accountability Project, in a statement. “They have proved that they are unfit to hold office. They should be nowhere near power.”
Cawthorn, who represents far-western North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, spoke at the Trump rally before a mob breached the Capitol in a deadly attack on Jan. 6, the day of election certification.
“I’m fighting a battle for our Constitution on the house floor with other patriots. The battle is on the house floor, not in the streets of D.C.,” Cawthorn tweeted at 1:31 p.m. on Jan. 6 — around the same time a mob was breaking into the Capitol.
Bishop, who is from Charlotte and represents the 9th Congressional District, released an eight-page report before the vote that accused the “national Democratic Party” of carrying “out a coordinated nationwide campaign to undermine the rule of law governing the election as structured in the Constitution.”
Emails sent to Bishop’s and Cawthorn’s offices Friday morning were not immediately returned.
For more North Carolina government and politics news, listen to the Domecast politics podcast from The News & Observer and the NC Insider. You can find it on Megaphone, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
Originally published Fri, January 29, 2021, 8:21 AM
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Anti-Trump GOP group calls on Bishop, Cawthorn to resign in new billboards
Brian Murphy
Updated Fri, January 29, 2021, 11:24 AM
New billboards paid for by a Republican group have gone up in North Carolina calling on two Republicans to resign from the U.S. House in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.
The Republican Accountability Project, created by anti-Donald Trump Republicans, purchased the billboards in opposition to U.S. Reps. Madison Cawthorn and Dan Bishop. It is part of a $1 million national campaign against a dozen or so congressional Republicans, including Sens. Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley, according to the group.
“You lied about the election. The Capitol was attacked. Cawthorn: Resign,” the billboards read in Cawthorn’s district.
There are three billboards in Cawthorn’s district, in zip codes around Asheville. Billboards will also be in Bishop’s district as part of the campaign, which includes about 100 static and digital billboards across the country, according to the group.
An example of the billboard advertisements placed in U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s district by an anti-Trump Republican group in January 2021.
Both Cawthorn and Bishop voted against certification of President Joe Biden’s election victories in Arizona and Pennsylvania.
“These representatives and senators helped incite the insurrection against the Capitol by spreading lies about the election,” said Sarah Longwell, executive director of Republican Accountability Project, in a statement. “They have proved that they are unfit to hold office. They should be nowhere near power.”
Cawthorn, who represents far-western North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, spoke at the Trump rally before a mob breached the Capitol in a deadly attack on Jan. 6, the day of election certification.
“I’m fighting a battle for our Constitution on the house floor with other patriots. The battle is on the house floor, not in the streets of D.C.,” Cawthorn tweeted at 1:31 p.m. on Jan. 6 — around the same time a mob was breaking into the Capitol.
Bishop, who is from Charlotte and represents the 9th Congressional District, released an eight-page report before the vote that accused the “national Democratic Party” of carrying “out a coordinated nationwide campaign to undermine the rule of law governing the election as structured in the Constitution.”
Emails sent to Bishop’s and Cawthorn’s offices Friday morning were not immediately returned.
For more North Carolina government and politics news, listen to the Domecast politics podcast from The News & Observer and the NC Insider. You can find it on Megaphone, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, Stitcher or wherever you get your podcasts.
Originally published Fri, January 29, 2021, 8:21 AM
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