Charlotte News and Observer: “A North Carolina school system contacted a sheriff’s office after a report that U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn brought a knife to a school board meeting that he attended to oppose the district’s COVID-19 mask mandate. On Monday, Cawthorn spoke to the school board in Henderson County. The next day, one of his political opponents released a photo that appears to show that he had a knife in a sheath attached to the bottom of his wheelchair. And a group opposing Cawthorn’s reelection to Congress reported him to local law enforcement.”
“‘I don’t really know anything about that,’ Cawthorn said when asked about the allegations after speaking at a school board meeting in Johnston County on Tuesday. ‘I’ll have to look into it, but I don’t know anything about it.’ Bringing knives onto school grounds is a class 1 misdemeanor in North Carolina. A spokesperson for Cawthorn did not respond to a request for further comment.”