Well, today’s the day!
Republican voters in North Carolina are currently hitting the polls to determine whether to make Madison Cawthorn a one term congressman. He’s facing seven challengers in today’s primary and things aren’t looking great for the young Nazi enthusiast.
The AP reports:
Several GOP leaders have turned away from the 26-year-old congressman, with some citing a series of unforced errors, such as calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” after Russia invaded his country. Cawthorn also infuriated fellow Republicans in Congress when he alleged on a podcast that he had been invited to an orgy in Washington.
State Sen. Chuck Edwards, Cawthorn’s top rival, received endorsements from U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis and the state’s top GOP legislative leaders. A super PAC allied with Tillis ran ads against Cawthorn, one of which called him a “reckless embarrassment” and “dishonest disaster.”
If that wasn’t bad enough, five former volunteers who worked for Cawthorn’s campaign have just come forward to share their experiences with him to Business Insider and–surprise!–none of them had anything positive to say about it.
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“He fooled the hell out of everybody,” Bruce Rose, who volunteered for Cawthorn for four months back in 2020 says. “I despise him … He is a criminal and a performer.”
“He changed. If you tout the law, you have to stand for the law, and he doesn’t.”
Greg Wiggins, another former campaign volunteer, adds, “He’s more interested in hobnobbing with people in Washington than hobnobbing with a farmer over here, or someone that’s a plumber, or someone that needs their help like a veteran.”
“It became all about Madison and not about district 11.”
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Former volunteer Debbie Brogden echoes this sentiment, saying, “It seems like he’s forgotten where he comes from and who got him there.”
“He had this vision of what he wanted for the conservative Americans,” she adds. “I just was enthralled that somebody that young could be that powerful. It has been so heartbreaking to watch him turn into what he’s turned into.”
“He’s just an entitled little boy,” Rose says. “He has not grown into manhood.”
Another former volunteer labeled Cawthorn “irresponsible.” And another likened him to a cult leader, saying “I had people in the community that were trying to get me back on track. But at that time, I couldn’t see past what I thought was going to be something really tremendous and something really good for district 11.”
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All this comes less than one month after Lisa Wiggins, a former campaign aide to the anti-LGBTQ congressman, described her ex-boss as a “habitual liar” and a “bad person” then filed a workplace complaint against him for allegedly violating the Family and Medical Leave Act by rejecting her time off request when she was going through a family crisis.
“He’s a habitual liar and he’s going to say and do anything he can to your face but behind your back he’s completely opposite,” Wiggins said in a leaked phone recording with David Wheeler, the co-founder of a PAC nicknamed Fire Madison Cawthorn.
“People need to know how this man really is… He’s still got a lot of people fooled.”
In response to the Business Insider piece, Luke Ball, a spokesperson for the Cawthorn’s office, says they “understand a small handful of former volunteers are backing other candidates in the GOP primary, and that they are hoping to tout their candidates to the media.”
“That is their prerogative, and we look forward to uniting the NC-11 GOP behind Congressman Cawthorn following a decisive victory on May 17.”
Covid Hermit
Despite all his drunken frat boy antics, and despite being a totally repulsive human being, I somehow won’t be surprised if he wins the primary election today. And if that happens, his constituents deserve what they get out of him.
DarkZephyr
I will be a little surprised if he wins despite all the gay stuff. That other stuff disgruntled former staffers have brought up has ever been enough to stop a Republican from winning. Conservative voters don’t care about a Republican candidate being a liar or selfish or being rude to people. And in many cases they seem to revel in a candidate’s cruelty and selfishness. Just look at how they adore Trump.
Polaro
Too many people dividing the anti-Madison vote. He might pull it off. I kind of hope he does. He should be easier to beat if we put up a decent democrat.
DarkZephyr
He’s so gross and embarrassing.
Diplomat
Seems he’s just eye candy with a bad brain.
ShiningSex
he’s only eye candy for people with no taste
Jaquelope
@Diplomat : He does have cute nipples, though, but that’s about the only thing he has that could be said to be even mildly attractive.
jackmister
What’s the problem? He sounds like a typical Republican. He just needs to say he loves Jesus more often.
Mack
And that will get him elected by a landslide.
johncp56
Gross, who broke this guy, shame he is fo damn hot looking, but hate makes everything ugly
ShiningSex
He’s not hot. He’s typical and boring looking. Hollister queen looking which is f*cking boring.
Polaro
I think he is smoking hot. Why deny it? I’d still steal his wheel chair if I had the chance.
ZzBomb
There are no “conservatives” anymore, just racist, misogynistic, and homophobic children who rather smear shit on the halls of Congress than actually work to accomplish anything. See January 6th 2021 for further reading. That’s about the height of “political discourse” to expect from them.
Cam
Republicans had no problem with him supporting people trying to overthrow the American government….but spill the beans on their coke orgies????…That’s it, the entire party turned on him. LOL
gregg2010
I will not be at all surprised if he is re-elected. Madison represents the new face of the Republican Party.
CNY1983
the new face is just the same old shit-face as before.
richybruce
She so gay!
MISTERJETT
when did republicans get so dumb?
wolfman6
Have you been living under a rock? They’ve been dumb for 40 years or more, but since the 21st century began, they’ve been on an upward swing to the highest levels of dumb.
Jer
Reagan was the turning point. He was disconnected, incompetent, and far out of his depth, but he could learn his lines and keep the evangelicals happy promising to abolish abortion and remove rights from queers. It’s gone down ever since.
Joshooeerr
They’ve always been phenomenally stupid. If you need a reminder watch Gaslit, the story behind the Watergate break-in. Almost everyone involved was stupid beyond belief. It didn’t start with Trump or Bush.
Inspector 57
MISTERJETT, my take – FWIW – is that many Republicans have always been almost as simple, prejudiced, paranoid, selfish, and intolerant as they are now. What’s changed is that they’re more overt about it these days. Trump and Fox teach them that it’s okay to lie blatantly. Fox, politicians, and various internet social groups reinforce and fuel their senses of entitlement, superiority, righteousness, and hatred. They model and encourage stridency and an us-versus-them mentality. So the right is just as dumb now as before, but it’s more vocal (and violent) about expressing it.
Bengali
When I heard he was running I thought
1) oh, he’s regained mobility..
2) he’s probably being chased by the police
3) he’s heading to another cocaine-fueled orgy
4) ALL OF THE ABOVE
peacefulruffneck
Time to dust off the Colton Comes Out Strategy for a Netflix series.
Steve9999
Aaron Schock 2.0
Polaro
As bad as Aaron was, he was never this bad. How fast standards have dropped.
duke4172
Madison needs to be a Democrat and stand up for lgbtq causes since he is evidently one of us!
BGreen1963
We do NOT want that loser. Let him stay on that side of the fence and we will build a higher wall behind that fence. He’s a product of the Reagan Degeneration.
Derek Northcutt
Have you seen his signature on the wikipaedia page? He has the penmanship of a five year old.
Ken A.
You guys are funny. Some find him hot and others are telling those people no he’s not. Maybe in your opinion their opinion is just as valid. I find him decent looking in that pic of him sipping from a pineapple, but that’s just me. He spouts things without thinking. If he loses, it will be an ego killer, he’s endorsed by Trump and those endorsements don’t seem to have a great track record lately. He’s obviously in it for himself.
CityguyUSA
What does LGBFJB on his shirt mean?
Polaro
Good question???
BaltoSteve
Just break it up. The first three letters are their inane code that pretty much means the same thing as the last three. And the last three are F the current president.
mulder69
LGBFJB = “Let’s Go Brandon. F@#$ Joe Biden”. It’s sickening how happy he looks.
chat fisher
He is as crippled in mind as he is in body.
Diplomat
It’s 7pm pacific and pretty boy Madison has so far lost in the primaries by 11%. Could shift but…looks like he’s going to be looking for a new job. Any suggestions?
KRobert57
I wonder, since Maddy is such beautiful eye candy; does he have any kind of tumescence down there? His pretty man status would be more valuable if there were!!!!!
Diplomat
It’s official, congresstwit M. Cawthorne was defeated and hence conceded. He’s out. His next job will be…..
inbama
Towel boy at the sauna in Mar-a-Lago Club.
white-queer-african
Sean Cody and Corbin Fisher already contacted by his handlers.
Waiting for the highest offer.
LOL.LOL.LOL..
white-queer-african
MARILYN IS OUT!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bitch.
LOL.LOL.LOL.
lord.krath
He capitalized on the vulnerabilities and insecurities of the GQP. He modeled himself after Trump. That any of his constituents are disappointed is ridiculous. They got what they voted for in this fool. Just like Boebert’s constituents and MGTs. I wish the party of “personal accountability” would own their decisions and be accountable, at least to themselves, FFS.
Josh in OR
It’s almost like Trump is a reverse Midas: he’s painted himself gold in order to be worshipped by the GQP (they needed a new god, since theirs is quite absent), but everything he touches turns to shit…
wikidBSTN
Sounds like a carbon copy of Donald Trump to me.
Creamsicle
I’m surprised that queerty hasn’t made a post about his primary loss. He’s officially out of Congress at the end of the year. He’s a lame duck (no pun intended) who accomplished nothing legislatively. All he’s done is make enemies and had his own tea spilled.