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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 what we stand for as citizens of the United States and District 11 of North Carolina deserves much better representation,'" said spokeswoman Amanda Mustafic Jan. 11.