One of Wake County’s last Republican lawmakers pushed 2020 election lies
The insurrection at the US Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was an attack on American democracy. In now-deleted posts, state Rep. Mike Schietzelt, a Wake County Republican, defended President Trump’s effort to sow doubt about the 2020 election prior to the attack.

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