Admittedly, not compelling on its own. The story, though, is good. In passing, I have mentioned House of Representatives hopeful Mark Harris (R-NC), supposedly a pastor in District 9 of North Carolina, who employed a Republican operative who allegedly illegally collected and discarded absentee ballots from District 9 voters for the 2018 mid-terms. Harris won the contest, but by a small enough margin that those discarded ballots may matter, and the North Carolina Elections Board refused to certify the election. The House of Representatives has stated it’ll refuse to seat Harris without the certification, so he’s kinda stuck at the moment, as the above .
You’d expect he’d be willing to to speak to the press like, oh, any legitimate representative of the people. But, nope, as WSOC TV found out:
To avoid the media, Mark Harris ran down a fire exit staircase. A man tried to prevent us from following but we still did. The alarm went off as he ran out. When media caught up he sprinted across the street to the First Baptist Church of Charlotte's parking lot #NC09 @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/vDFca16EYx
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) January 8, 2019
That sort of behavior really makes you wonder, especially as it comes from a pastor, who, popular opinion has it, should really be above such behavior.
Of course, Harris had an excuse: he wanted to go watch a football game. Not exactly responsible behavior.
