Petition for Madison Cawthorn's resignation 'fastest-growing'
Calls for Western North Carolina's newly elected member of Congress Madison Cawthorn to leave office are growing as critics say his rhetoric helped spur the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. They include a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by WNC Democratic officials, an opinion piece by Democratic Buncombe County Commissioner Jasmine Beach-Ferrara and a Change.org petition that a spokeswoman said was the company's fastest-growing petition over the weekend. "Over 14,000 have signed the petition, which argues that '(we) have to hold him accountable, this is not wh...