In a disturbing new interview, Madison Cawthorn, the North Carolina Republican set to become the youngest member of Congress on January 3, says he’s proud to have “switched” several Jews and Muslims to Christianity.
Speaking to Jewish Insider, the 25-year-old proselytizer says he loves getting to know people from different religions because they’re fun to convert.
“If all you are is friends with other Christians, then how are you ever going to lead somebody to Christ?” he explains.
The college dropout goes on to brag about how he’s read through “just about every single religious work there is,” and he’s managed to successfully convert a “young woman” from New York and someone “down in Atlanta” to Christianity.
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“It was pretty incredible,” he says, adding that the hardest people to convert are practicing Jews, but he has “switched a lot of, uh, you know, I guess, culturally Jewish people.”
“But being a practicing Jew, like, people who are religious about it, they are very difficult. I’ve had a hard time connecting with them in that way.”
There are likely a myriad of reasons for this.
One of them could be the fact that, in 2017, Cawthorn posted photos from a trip he took to the Eagle’s Nest, the Nazi retreat in Germany where Hitler and other members of the Third Reich liked to spend their down time, along with the caption:
The vacation house of the Führer. Seeing the Eagles Nest has been on my bucket list for awhile, it did not disappoint. Strange to hear so many laughs and share such a good time with my brother where only 79 years ago a supreme evil shared laughs and good times with his compatriots.
The congressman-elect goes on to say Muslims are waaaaay easier to “switch” because “they believe Jesus is a real person.”
“You know, the Muslims, they already believe that he was somewhat divine and so all you have to do is just be like, he wasn’t just a good man, he was a god, and now if you can submit to that then you believe in Christ.”
He adds, “If you’re not wanting to lead somebody to Christ, then you’re probably not really a Christian.”
Asked if he can separate his extreme religious views from his work as a lawmaker, Cawthorn laughs, calling the question “so silly.”
“[Christianity] is the basis of all of my experience and everything I’ve learned, everything that I believe in, how I’ve formed all of my worldview,” he says. “The Lord and the Bible and the value systems I’ve gotten through Judeo-Christian values.”
“It affects every single decision I make.”
Terrified yet?
Related: Wow, Madison Cawthorn just went full-on racist in new attack website trashing “non-white males”
Tombear
OK, he is a NAZI!
WashDrySpin
So many white males are terribly insecure!!!!
DaddyRob
I know plenty of men who are insecure not one particular race or ethnicity.
robbkvasnak
The Nazis were not christians. But the christians in the USA are sometimes Nazis, at least in their world view. They are dangerous exactly because if you are not 100% of their opinion, you are their victim. I know because two former bosses, both female evangelicals, fired me because I am gay.
I abhor this guy and his ilk.
Godabed
less talk about him more talk about him being a self hating gay? And more news on his gay lover. Everything about him screams log cabin to me. Plus he’s a Nazi.
AxelDC
Just because he took a pilgrimage to Hitler’s home?
nathan
Probably better just to use the term ‘fascist’ so that Nazi and Trump apologists can’t counter just by saying that the Nazi party no longer exists. He is clearly a fascist and probably would have been a Hitler supporter – in fact, he looks like he would fit in with the SA – Hitler’s political thugs, much like the ‘proud boys’ are for Trump.
peluzo
He would not have been a Hitler supporter. As a matter of fact, he’d have been gassed along with the jews for being disabled. Or in his Fuhrer’s words, a cripple
Jake123
Again Queerty why give this guy any attention!!
WashDrySpin
He is white so put him in the spotlight…if he is black put him in the back is Queerty’s motto
LifeinShaw
To educate everyone. It’s good to know who your enemies are. Trust me. He’ll be working hard for any type of legislation that is anti-gay.
woodroad34
A man who disassociates from logic and reality and even irony with his tweet about Hitler, but can’t see it in Trump…or himself, apparently.
MynameisSid
In this case I support a recount
AxelDC
The poster child for American Fascism
dannysax
Just like all these ignorant fundamentalist fools who say it’s their way or no way, and everyone else is going to hell (total mythology, by the way!)
Mister P
He will not be a good lawmaker.
Max
he’s not even a good human being.
nathan
He also talked about people ‘with Jewish blood flowing in their veins’ – a very Nazi-type of phrase. Let’s be clear – he is a redneck in a suit. Dumb, racist and probably misogynistic and homophobic – also a liar like his hero. I do not believe he converted anyone ever – he is not clever enough to pull that off. He is, unfortunately, the new poster boy for the Republican party for decades to come.
Mister P
Nazis have figured out how to not look like Nazis or skinheads. They figured out how to look like him.
hoosier1969
So which “gay for pay” site will be dropping that threesome video of him for the money he needed to get a Hitler tat on his pecs?
Jon in Canada
The lack of self-awareness of a man in a wheelchair who espouses and reveres Nazis not realizing he’d be the first thrown into a gas chamber and/or furnace for being “inferior” or “defective” is just delicious irony.
My2CentsWorth
In a wheel chair he does not represent the type of man that the Nazis kind considers worth living.
Barlow
This is hilarious until this idiot runs for President in 2024 – and wins.
andrewl
And this is the type of person in the 21st century, US voters are electing to represent them.
Ginger Tom
My feeling is that the halcyon days for white supremacists are increasingly in the past not the future. I sincerely hope that white supremacy is a dying credo and we can be spared all this ugliness, hatred and inhumanity in the future.
My2CentsWorth
I share your wish. I also wish that it is not replaced by an equally obnoxious form of supremacy.
Cam
“”The college dropout goes on to brag about how he’s read through “just about every single religious work there is,” and he’s managed to successfully convert a “young woman” from New York and someone “down in Atlanta” to Christianity.””
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This is the typical format for the right wing evangelical lie. They’ve never converted somebody from a small town, it’s ALWAYS somebody from a “Big City” because cities are evil, and it’s a SPECIAL thing if it’s somebody from NYC or San Francisco.
This guy’s so dumb he can’t even lie well.
Tombear
Quite frequently when men are impotent they turn mean. Reagan did!
Max
also when they have atrophying leg muscles…
Jack Meoff
Well I guess it can be hard to convert people from one made up fictional story to another I mean just try converting a Marvel fan to DC comics. Those guys a re tough convert lol.
Alex_S
As far as I remember the Kehlsteinhaus is a very popular tourist destination in Bavarian Alps, same as Neuschwanstein. But I doubt we can call everyone who visits the castle of a gay king Ludwig II “gay”. Same with Kehlsteinhaus. Thousands visit it every month, but no one turned nazi because of the day trip to Eagle’s Nest. And honestly I don’t undersatand Queerty’s obsession with MadCaw. There are more important LGBTQAI+ -issues to discuss.
Cam
Except he stated that Hitler’s retreat was on his bucket list and he has used other Nazi language and imagery. So no, this wasn’t a random tourist excursion.
Hussain-TheCanadian
He also called Hitler “Furer”, who but Nazis would call Hitler “Furer”?
Alex_S
@Hussain-TheCanadian He called Hitler “Furer”? Did you just made this up? Because there’s no such a word in German.
Alex_S
@Cam And if some heterosexual girl has Neuschwanstein on a bucket list? Does visiting it makes her queer and a monarchist?
Hussain-TheCanadian
@ Alex – Fuhrer*
Touchy touchy, you wanna fck this @ss hat don’t you?
dhmonarch89
It’s probably not as difficult as converting a Republican to the Human Race!
Norm
I’ve converted people to atheism by using you, Madison Cawthorn as the proof there is no god and after seeing you, they believe me!
ppp111
Queerty, can you please just not put him on this website anymore? I know he’s pretty and everything but seriously, we need a break. I think the vast majority of people here probably agree with me.
IndependentForever
No doubt if a Jewish person tried to convert Cawthorn he would cry he was being persecuted. But, it is alright for him to try to convert a Jewish person. One of the many and countless hypocrisies of the Evangelical, far-right CONservative movement. That Christians are being persecuted is utter BULLSHIT! If anything THEY are the bullies. Or as the now-defeated ( by a HUGE margin I might add ), outgoing Psycho President would say, it is FAKE NEWS!
These are the same people who yell being asked to wear a mask is an infringement on THEIR rights. What about the rights of people that DON’T want to get sick and by wearing a mask are trying to increase their odds of staying healthy?
This is where Trump and crazy Evangelicals are perfect partners. Everything is about them. About THEIR needs. About THEIR wants. About THEIR grievances. To hell with the rest of the world.
They know deep down they are horrible people so they don’t respect themselves. If you don’t respect yourself you can’t respect anybody else. THAT is exactly how they act.
My2CentsWorth
Very true. It would be a persecution of him if anyone tried to convince him that his [whatever version] Christianity is not the true religion.
KyleMichelSullivan
Why does this remind me of the Spanish Inquisition, where Jews were forced to convert to Christianity or be killed? His whole background is like two steps removed from that…
Chrisk
“The Lord and the Bible and the value systems I’ve gotten through Judeo-Christian values.”
Really? I wonder what it says about raping under aged girls and your still lying about being accepted into the Naval Academy.
Tombear
But wouldn’t Trump call you a loser because you are disabled. Trump does that you know.
Liquid Silver
And yet he was easily elected. Think about this.
Ibn
Lol, I dont know if this makes me that guy, but the Eagles Nest or Kehlsteinhaus in German, is literally a popular tourist attraction/national landmark and is owned by a charitable trust that maintains it for visitors. They’ve got a beer garden, a dank restaurant, guided tours run by the German Government. I don’t know this dude, but I love history, and I went to visit, the gardens are gorgeous, the air is beautiful and honestly everyone there has a great time getting drunk. Fun fact from the guided tour, Hitler hated the location because of his fear of heights, and cuz its prone to bad weather and the air is thin, he avoided this place as much as he could.
rallidriver
He’s gay. My guess is like so many others, at some point he’s going to get caught in the act of gay. My guess is he already has a grindr profile. He’s 25… this will be over before you know it.
Cam
It’s always so odd when somebody that Hitler would have deemed a burden and unfit to live turns out to be a Nazi sympathizer.
It’s the same as these broke fools in the KKK. In the Confederacy poor whites were treated terribly, they weren’t slaves, but the plantation owners wouldn’t have allowed them on the grounds, and yet today all of these people fly Confederate flags as if it would have been so wonderful for them to be there.
These delusional racist idiots are beyond self destructive.
Man About Town
On top of everything else, he also talks like a freakin’ Valley Girl circa 1982. Just what we need in Congress.
MaineBuilt
I agree with many who have a question with why so much is written about this guy. I would rather see an article celebrating the progress being made on the political front as Maine is about to see the election of openly gay Ryan Fecteau to the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives. That is the kind of positive political development that we should be reading about on here!
Hussain-TheCanadian
Im sure both the Jewish and Muslim men said “yeah we’ll convert” before going on an “exploration expedition ” into his @sshole.
butchqueen
If this sack of shit looked like Eric Trump, we probably would never have known who he is.
guezwhoitis
Cripple. indolent.Petulant.Incel.
phillycap
Yeah, he also has a very unchristian-like relationship with telling the truth. He suggested that the reason he didn’t fulfill his dream of joining the Naval Academy in Annapolis was because of his car accident. Yet when deposed under oath, he admitted his application was rejected weeks before the crash. Always beware of these frauds who bleat about their lord and savior. It’s all part of the hustle. And hey. It worked.
charlieeod74
OMG another BSCC (bat shit crazy christian) in Congress. When will people wake up and see these evangelicals for what they are, charlatans and frauds.