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... Driving the news: Harris, who was tapped to lead the Freedom Caucus last month, made the comments at a local Republican Party dinner in Talbot County, Maryland, on Thursday.
- - - Harris said it "makes a lot of sense" for North Carolina's legislature to convene a joint session to award its 16 Electoral College votes before ballots are counted, according to a clip tweeted by pro-Trump operative Ivan Raiklin.
- - - Harris pointed to disproportionately pro-Trump counties in the Western portion of the state recovering from the devastation of Hurricane Helene.
- - - "You, statistically, can go and say, 'Hey, look, you got disenfranchised in 25 counties, you know what that vote probably would have been,' which would be, if I was in the legislature, enough to go, 'Yeah, we've got to convene the legislature, we can't disenfranchise the voters,'" said Harris.
What they're saying: "Extreme Republican leaders are openly advocating that North Carolina's Electoral votes be given to Donald Trump without an election," said Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.), the top Democrat on the House Administration Committee.
- - - "This blood-chilling scheme, suggested by the Chair of the so-called House Freedom Caucus, is anti-American," he added. ...