You Know Who Madison Cawthorn Is-- Now Meet The Democrat Who Is Going To Save North Carolina And The U.S.A. From ThisNeo-Fascist Little Goon

North Carolina’s 11th district on the western edge of the state includes the stunning Blue Ridge Mountains, Great Smoky Mountains National Park and some of the most beautiful forests, waterfalls and vistas in the country. It also includes Asheville, a small, artsy, craft beer-loving liberal city that anchors this district … but hardly defines it. Asheville and some of Buncombe County are a bright blue dot in a sea of deep red conservative voters. Despite redrawn lines that ended the gerrymander and Republican stranglehold on the 11th, there remains a highly divided electorate in this still red-leaning district that makes challenging it challenging for a Democrat.

This year though, NC-11 has a really exception candidate, Moe Davis, former Chief Prosecutor at Guantanamo, who retired over the government's use of torture. An Air Force colonel (ret.) and former Director of the Air Force Judiciary, Davis is up against the GOP's "it boy," Madison Cawthorn who isn't even in office yet and has been caught lying about:

• the Naval Academy, which he says was going to take him but in reality rejected him before his accident.
• being a CEO of a real estate investment firm
• being a motivational speaker. (Cawthorn has not held any job since 2016, when he worked part-time answering phones and reading news clips for then Rep. Mark Meadows, and has never held a full-time adult job.)
• being accepted at Harvard-- where he never really applied
• being in the military, allowing Fox Business anchor Maria Bartiromo to say he had served his country, when he never did, pretending his tragic car accident was related to battlefield valor

Instead, Madison Cawthorn has been credibly accused by numerous women of sexual misconduct, is a semi-closeted white nationalist, neo-Nazi and admirer of Adolph Hitler, a shameless COVID-denier, host of numerous super-spreader events and a crackpot conspiracy-theory nut. He's very ambitious and sees the NC-11 House seat as a stepping stone to a Senate race [presumably against Cal Cunningham in 2026]. I invited Moe Davis to introduce himself to DWT readers by way of a guest post on the broadband problem in western North Carolina. Please hear him out and consider contributing to his campaign here or by tapping on the Blue America 2020 Trump District Democrats thermometer on the right.


Digital Divide In Western North Carolina
-by Moe Davis

Broadband internet is no longer a luxury. It is a necessity for business, education, medicine and service in the 21st Century. But in some counties of rural Western North Carolina, as many as 50 percent or more lack access to broadband.

That has to change.

I support Rep. Jim Clyburn’s Accessible, Affordable Internet for All bill that will provide $80 billion to help extend broadband to rural areas throughout Western North Carolina.

Homework Gap

Covid-19 has greatly exacerbated the long-standing digital divide that disadvantages rural students. Students without access to broadband have had difficulties doing homework that requires the internet for quite some time now. Distance learning due to the pandemic has made this issue critical and urgent. We cannot allow our children to fall behind. Seeing students sitting in cars with their parents in the parking lots of local libraries and schools doing schoolwork has become common place throughout WNC. It is unacceptable.

Telehealth

Telemedicine has been growing in popularity even before the pandemic, and has seen a boon in the last 6 months. We can expect this pattern to continue even after the pandemic is over as we have entered a new era in medicine. Doctors are monitoring their patients with biofeedback software that requires high speed internet connection. Diabetics can measure their blood sugars with an app, if they have connectivity, cancer patients can receive treatments without going to the doctor’s office or hospital. We can expect a more efficient and cost effective medical care system but every patient needs access to it for cost reductions to be optimum. We can close the gap in health outcomes between rural and urban citizens when we close the digital gap.

Public Safety

Rural communities have a disadvantage when first responders cannot access patient information such as allergies, recent medical procedures and more when responding to unconscious patients. When folks cannot get “Silver Alerts” or “Amber Alerts” when children or the elderly go missing, we delay finding the vulnerable. Our elderly need life alert systems also. Our citizens need home protection systems that require broadband connection. Law enforcement officers need access to personal background information while responding to dangerous situations like domestic violence calls.

Economic Development

Now that we know so many folks can work from home, I expect that trend to continue. This means that many more people who love our mountains can move here regardless of who they work for. Entrepreneurs and other companies can be free to open business here, stimulating and growing our economy. Green jobs can explode as farmers turn to growing hemp for the production of plant based “plastics”. Those plastics can be produced right here in Dist 11 also. This vision for a green economy in WNC is only possible if we ensure 100% broadband access throughout the district. Broadband access is a right and should be considered a utility much like electricity. NC H129 needs to be overturned allowing local municipalities to offer broadband.