![]() ![]() Tillis also opened his statement by declaring that, “There is always a presumption of innocence in America, and that applies to former President Trump.” We must ensure that justice is administered without political bias, and the American people are rightly skeptical that the Biden administration is able to do that.” In a statement Budd wrote: “In America, citizens are innocent until proven guilty. In refusing to show support for Trump in the current case by echoing GOP attacks on the Biden administration and Justice Department Special Prosecutor Jack Smith, Edwards joins fellow Republicans Thom Tillis and Ted Budd, the state’s US senators.īudd, who had benefited from a Trump endorsement in his 2022 Senate campaign, chose to mimic an anodyne line used by Smith in announcing the 37-count felony indictment against Trump on Friday. He was especially careful to duck questions seeking his view of Trump’s baseless claim that he had won the 2020 presidential race but was the victim of political fraud. The freshman lawmaker from Hendersonville, whose 11 th Congressional District includes 15 counties in Western North Carolina including Buncombe, narrowly won the GOP nomination in 2022 by defeating the controversial incumbent Madison Cawthorn.Ĭawthorn, then and now, described himself as an “ultra MAGA.” He was the only member of the North Carolina congressional delegation to attend Trump’s campaign kick off at Mar-a-Lago last summer, just weeks after he lost to Edwards.ĭuring the primary campaign to oust Cawthorn and throughout the general election Edwards carefully avoided alienating the district’s substantial bloc of pro-Trump voters by sidestepping all comment about the former president. “Trump was not a factor when he endorsed my opponent last year, and I prefer to stay focused on giving the people of WNC the constituent services they expect and deserve,” Edwards said in a terse response to an Asheville Watchdog request for comment Saturday, seemingly implying that he owes Trump nothing for his own success.īy staying mum on the historic indictments of the former president, the congressman risks leaving the impression that he has no interest in taking swipes at President Biden or the Justice Department as many other Republicans are demanding. The relative silence may speak loudly to constituents who want to know where Edwards stands regarding the GOP’s leading candidate in the early jockeying for the 2024 presidential nomination. One far-right activist quoted in the piece referred said the flag flown by the White House, known as the Progress Pride flag, promoted a “cult of pedophilia,” among similar claims.Despite intense pressure from the right wing of the Republican Party to demonstrate solidarity with former President Donald Trump following his indictment last week by a Miami grand jury, Congressman Chuck Edwards is pointedly choosing to stay on the sidelines. “Fox never even communicated the malicious and discredited foundation of this article to the White House.” After the call-out, the headline of the controversial article changed from “White House flew controversial new transgender flag that promoted grooming and pedophilia, say critics” to “White House flew controversial new transgender flag that troubles some critics in the gay community.” The article itself, however, kept the “grooming” allegations intact. is characteristically lying through their teeth,” Bates wrote. Fox changed the headline of the controversial article in questionafter White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates posed a screenshot showing the reporter behind the story didn’t disclose the article’s framing when he asked for comment. ![]() After a Fox News headline claimed the White House promoted “grooming and pedophilia” by flying a version of the Pride flag, a deputy White House spokesperson fired back-and Fox blinked. ![]()
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