A grassroots effort to block North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn from running for re-election this November ended ignominiously on Friday, after a federal judge tossed a request that the State Election Board investigate his election eligibility following the January 6 insurrection at the United States Capitol.
Cawthorn, who has faced calls to resign, as well as demands for his firing since speaking at the “Stop the Steal” rally that transformed into the violent insurrectionist mob, hailed the decision by United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina Chief District Court Judge Richard Myers as a “huge victory” over “the left’s lawfare tactics.”
