{"id":4309,"date":"2020-10-20T11:17:51","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T11:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/?p=4309"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:52:56","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T15:52:56","slug":"in-western-n-c-race-events-show-how-cawthorn-and-davis-are-a-world-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/9thstreetjournal.org\/2020\/10\/20\/in-western-n-c-race-events-show-how-cawthorn-and-davis-are-a-world-apart\/","title":{"rendered":"In Western N.C. race, events show how Cawthorn and Davis are a world apart"},"content":{"rendered":"
In Bakersville on Oct. 3, about 50 of Madison Cawthorn\u2019s supporters crowded into a wooden pavilion, nearly all without masks, many sporting Trump attire, a few in cowboy boots, and one with a \u201cWomen for Trump\u201d button featuring the First Lady. As people crammed in awaiting the arrival of the Republican nominee for Congress in the Western North Carolina district, a golf cart rolled up with a Confederate flag waving in the wind.<\/span><\/p>\n A day later, about 35 supporters of Moe Davis gathered for a concert at One World Brewing in Asheville. Parties were spaced more than six feet apart as they sipped on beer and enjoyed a mix of jazz and country music. Though some wore Davis buttons, they preferred casual attire to the louder political styles of the Cawthorn supporters. Nearly everyone wore a mask.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe stand for the flag\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n Cawthorn\u2019s event, promoted on Facebook as the \u201cMitchell County Meet & Greet!\u201d was held in a covered shelter at the Bakersville Pavilion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n As more people crowded under the shelter, they sat on the wooden benches, sitting shoulder-to-shoulder to make space. Those who couldn\u2019t get a coveted seat or didn\u2019t arrive early stood around the perimeter. Soon there were about 50 people.<\/span><\/p>\n Cawthorn was welcomed with cheers as he rolled his wheelchair through the dewy grass to the front of the pavilion.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cWe, as patriotic Americans, say in this country we only kneel to Jesus Christ and our God. And we stand for the flag,\u201d he told the crowd.<\/span><\/p>\n Cheers erupted.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n