"A Maryland Republican who leads a right-wing coalition in Congress says North Carolina’s legislature should consider awarding Electoral College votes to former President Donald Trump before citizens’ votes are counted, according to Politico.

Rep. Andy Harris, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, made the comments at a dinner on Thursday, saying the idea “makes a lot of sense” because the western part of the state, a rural area where Trump is popular, is still dealing with the impact of Hurricane Helene."

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    “When we Repubs deliberately block voters from voting the nation must accept those results. But if that same thing happens because of a climate disaster we must reject those results. Unless the climate disaster hits a blue area, in which case we must accept the results.”