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Meadow ‘fraud’ is propaganda

Meadow ‘fraud’ is propaganda

To the Editor:

It looks like the leftist propaganda media has teamed up to smear former Rep. Mark Meadows with exaggerated claims of voter fraud, comparing his case to two other cases in which the voter fraud committed was of a totally different nature. 

The Charlotte Observer is even insinuating that Meadows is a felon because some Hoke County resident voted illegally being a felon himself, having no voter rights. The Smoky Mountain News also claims there’s no proof that Meadows ever lived at the Macon County address. Can you show us your proof that your accusation is indeed true? Can you prove he never, ever, spent the night there? Because that seems to be missing from the article.  

You also smear deontologically correct recusal of District Attorney Ashley Welch as a kind of proof of Meadows’ guilt. In the entire article you fail to mention even once why Meadows’ actions are a felony. Also, when you accuse someone publicly, like you do, you should have the common decency to, at the very least, hear out the accused. Or is the right of an accused person to confront his accusers not applicable to newspaper articles?

Personally, I’m not a supporter of Meadows. But you are an opposer of him because he’s a Trump ally.

Gino De Neef,

Franklin

Editor’s note: Claims of voter fraud on the part of Mark Meadows and his wife were referred by District Attorney Ashley Welch to the North Carolina Attorney General’s office for investigation by the SBI. According to the story, there is no proof Meadows ever visited the Macon County residence, which does not have a mailbox. No contact information is available for Meadows, who has not returned calls by The Smoky Mountain News for more than three years. Publicly released texts from the investigation into Meadows released by the Jan. 6 committee do not list a number. 

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