Far-right Rep. Madison Cawthorn (NC) gave an interview to the Daily Caller yesterday in which he made some outlandish claims and sung the praises of former President Donald Trump.
Asked whether he would throw his support behind Florida’s Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump if they stood against one another in a potential GOP primary, Cawthorn, 26, did not hesitate to say Trump.
“Trump’s become like a father to me. I get to talk to him just about every single day,” Cawthorn gushed.
“He’s incredible – such a genius. Especially if I’m trying to…. You know, being 26 years old, obviously, I don’t have a ridiculous amount of experience of dealing with foreign policy yet, so then if I can just call the President of the United States, the former President of the United States, and say, ‘Hey, what would you do in this situation?’, he can tell me exactly the whole background to it. So, I love him. He’s been very good to me, and so good to our country.”
Madison Cawthorn: “Trump has become like a father to me. I get to talk to him just about every single day. He’s incredible – such a genius.” pic.twitter.com/LEvpSuirTs
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 31, 2022
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Elsewhere in the conversation, Cawthorn appeared to suggest preparing for war with China.
“I think we need to seize every Chinese asset on US soil… We need to seize those assets for the reparations they owe us for what they’ve done to the world. And it will also put us on a good wartime footing against them.”
He also said White House Medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci “deserves to spend five years in jail.”
Cawthorn also downplayed the insurrection of January 6, 2021. He not only suggested some of those who stormed the Capitol that day were “actors”, but highlighted the violence that occurred at some Black Lives Matters protests. He went so far as to claim that in 2020, “we had all of our major cities burned to the ground.”
No US cities burned to the ground during BLM protests.
Madison Cawthorn said during the BLM protests in the summer of 2020 “we had all of our major cities burned to the ground.” pic.twitter.com/ulg46amFjE
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) January 31, 2022
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Online, some wondered how Trump’s actual children might react to Cawthorn’s comments about his relationship with the former President.
Ummmm…Dad?!!
You don’t talk to me every night!! Why Madison??
And stop saying he’s the son you never had. pic.twitter.com/NXPiFrDUqg
— MΞGAN KΞLLΞY HALL (@MeganKelleyHall) February 1, 2022
Poor Junior and Eric are thinking, “Every day? Really?”
— Just Jude (@JustJoodger) February 1, 2022
Somewhere there are two guys named Don Jr and Eric wishing they could say the same thing….
— Ran_Mann (@RanMann2) January 31, 2022
He’s not even “like a father” to his biological sons. WTF is this kid talking about?? pic.twitter.com/Owqot3n1he
— KatDunleavy ✍️ 🌊🌊🌊 (@KatDunleavy) January 31, 2022
Meanwhile, Jr. has to text Mark Meadows to get messages to his father. pic.twitter.com/M4z5lCu0dE
— Sandy (like a beach) Shriver (@SandyShriver9) February 1, 2022
Junior and Cawthorn both have daddy issues so they’re practically bros.
— Michelle Lamb (@Michell17512161) January 31, 2022
Others highlighted demonstrations of Donald Trump’s genius.
A genius. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂wait… wait… 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂FFS😂 pic.twitter.com/78hoWuOODk
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 1, 2022
“…such a genius.” pic.twitter.com/oeZfGEkb1X
— Hugh G Merriman MD (@merriman_md) February 1, 2022
“Such a genius”? The only guy on this planet that couldn’t make a profit with 3 casinos.
— Stuart Douglas Anderson (@a1_stuart) February 1, 2022
Last month, a group of voters in North Carolina launched a legal bid to disqualify Cawthorn from running again. They are backed by progressive nonprofit, Free Speech for People. The voters cited Cawthorn’s involvement in the 6 January attack on the Capitol. Namely, Cawthorn participated in the ‘Save America Rally’ in DC earlier that day, telling the crowd the election had been stolen. Cawthorn also tweeted, “The future of this republic hinges on the actions of a solitary few … It’s time to fight.”
The group of 11 voters drew on an 1868 amendment to the constitution that states no one can serve in Congress “who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress … to support the constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same”.
James Bopp Jr., a lawyer engaged by Cawthorn to fight the challenge, called the action, “the most frivolous case I’ve ever seen”.
Bosch
So when’s the porn parody?
James Hart
I’d suck off Madison…and swallow.
LumpyPillows
I’m not trying to be snarky, but Madison is a seriously, really dumb person. He’s made and continues to make bad choices. Tying himself to the idiot savant of fascist politics is just Madison being Madison. Darwin will take Madison out before too long, one way or another.
James Hart
Don’t get too upset when the Republicans retake the House and Senate in November and then stop the Biden Administration’s agenda in its tracks. Also, in 2023, watch for more hearings – run by the Republicans this time – about January 6th which will unearth lots of treason on the part of Democrats.
Kangol2
“Idiot savant of fascist politics” to describe the treasonous psychopath Don the Con is perfect!
Cam
The Nazi lover also loves Trump. That fits.
CNY1983
Undoubtedly the most ignorant American idiot the republicans can find..True face of that party.
Harley
Somewhere there is an idiot with an IQ of 2 saying “Hold my beer.”
Chrisk
” I don’t have a ridiculous amount of experience of dealing with foreign policy yet”
Yikes and may that nightmare never happen.
Too bad his friend didn’t actually leave him there to die.
Ronbo
This is just so creepy in so many ways. He sounds like an arsonist in love and enchanted with the flame.
rangerwilcox
wow, he’s got super low standards.
Mister P
Of course someone who doesn’t have a lot of brains thinks that another who doesn’t have a lot brains is a genius.
There are so many people to be inspired by and yet they choose Drumpf?
white-queer-african
No comment as yet from that rightwing nut SammyBbbb ?
woodroad34
“Trump’s become like a father to me. I get to talk to him just about every single day,”….Kylo Ren said the same thing about Snoke and then Palpatine.
Mister P
Who the hell is Kulo and ren?
Kangol2
Psst: Google….
Shortcut: Star Wars character, Kylo Ren.
Jaquelope
In the Wizard of Oz, the Scarecrow bemoaned not having a brain, but Cawthorn doesn’t seem to actually have one (or he has never actually used it, if he does have one). Isn’t it amazing how so many people can survive without a brain. Could it be some kind of strange magic?
Mack
“You know, being 26 years old, obviously, I don’t have a ridiculous amount of experience of dealing with foreign policy yet, so then if I can just call the President of the United States, the former President of the United States,” ROFLMAO. Shit, Trump doesn’t know anything about foreign policy either. He wants to be a Hitler Jr.
Fname Optional Lname
Foreign policy? The only countries willing to work with Trump were the one’s who had straight dictators running the show. Cawthorn will not be re-elected and then he will be a regular on Fox news screaming for years about how the election was stolen from him by the Dems.
Kangol2
Don the Con was an utter disaster in terms of foreign policy so it’s saying quite a bit that Nazi-loving Madison Cawthorn thinks calling him to get the answers to his brainless quandaries is something to admire! What a buffoon!
BaltoSteve
First off, I am deeply disappointed at you Cam. There is a choice quote in plain sight and you didn’t go for it. “I think there are members of the Federal Government that were deeply involved in Jan.6” It’s right there in the video. Of course he thinks there were members of the Federal Government that were involved. He was one of them! Hell, if he weren’t a member of congress, his ass would have wheeled its way into the Chambers of Congress that day!
verstopcub
I can see the family resemblance. Cawthorn is handicapped from the waist down and Dump is handicapped from the neck up.
LMG
Someone should tell Cawthorn that he already has an asshole. He doesn’t need two. And it looks like Cawthorn has another brother from another father named James Hart.