'Whoopsies MSNBC!' tweeted Cawthorn after a mistakenly sent email reportedly revealed that a 'Rachel Maddow Show' producer was 'worried' he would want to make an appearance.
's false claims of massive election fraud in 2020, was ineligible due to a constitutional amendment banning anyone"engaged in insurrection or rebellion" from seeking office. The group noted that Cawthorn spoke at the Washington, D.C., rally that immediately preceded the Capitol attack.
The group Free Speech for People is backing the challenge. Ron Fein, the group's legal director, told the Associated Press that the effort highlighted"the importance of defending the bedrock constitutional principle that oath breakers who engage in insurrection cannot be trusted in future office is essential to maintain."
Luke Ball, Cawthorn's communications director, said that the challengers were"comically misinterpreting and twisting the 14th Amendment for political gain." Cawthorn himself also lashed out at the challenge,Newsweek