South Carolina U.S. Rep. Ralph Norman said his text messages to Mark Meadows calling for former President Donald Trump to invoke martial law over the 2020 election results declaring Joe Biden the winner were out of “frustration.”
The text messages were revealed and first published Monday night by political news website Talking Points Memo. They show that Norman, a Rock Hill Republican, pushing then-White House chief of staff Meadows to tell Trump to declare martial law. The text messages were sent to Meadows four days after Trump was impeached for his role in the Capitol riot, and three days before Biden was inaugurated.
“Mark, in seeing what’s happening so quickly, and reading about the Dominion law suits attempting to stop any meaningful investigation we are at a point of no return in saving our Republic!!” Norman texted on Jan. 17, 2021. “Our LAST HOPE is invoking Marshall (sic) Law!! PLEASE URGE TO PRESIDENT TO DO SO!!”
