Rep. Cawthorn told a local newspaper he was armed on January 6. Considering this tweet, who was he looking to shoot?
Roughly one hour before right-wing extremists pushed beyond Capitol Police, looting historical objects and breaking into lawmakers offices, Cawthorn tweeted "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."
https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/madison/2021/01/08/madison-cawthorn-says-he-armed-during-capitol-invasion-jan-6/6594808002/
The Republican freshman congressman representing Madison, Buncombe and 17 other Western North Carolina counties described his evacuation from the House floor as “the closest I’ve ever been to 9/11” in an interview with the Smoky Mountain News Jan. 7.
Madison Cawthorn speaks during a "Get Out the Vote" rally with North Carolina Senator Thom Tillis at Taylor Ranch in Fletcher on Oct. 28, 2020.
“Fortunately, I was armed, so we would have been able to protect ourselves,” Cawthorn said.