With less than a month left in his single term as a U.S. congressman, Madison Cawthorn is busy tying up loose ends and cleaning up the messes he made during his two totally unproductive years in office.
First, the outgoing rightwing lawmaker from North Carolina was just cleared of having an “improper relationship” with his male staffer. You know? The one whose crotch he grabbed on camera.
In a report released Tuesday, the House Ethics Committee referenced “public discussion in news articles and on social media” about a series of leaked “photographs and videos depicting the two of them engaging in explicit and sexually suggestive comments and conduct.”
In addition to the now infamous crotch-grabbing video, other leaked materials included pictures of Cawthorn partying at a nightclub wearing sexy lingerie and video of him aggressively thrusting his penis in another man’s face.
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JUST IN: New photos obtained by @politico appear to show Madison Cawthorn wearing women’s lingerie. Cawthorn recently accused fellow Republicans of attending cocaine orgies. pic.twitter.com/YNKB0qyivd
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) April 22, 2022
After looking into the crotch-grabbing video specifically, the committee says that both Cawthorn and staffer Stephen Smith “denied having any romantic or sexual relationship.” The committee also determined Smith was “not a first cousin” of the 27-year-old, despite media reports to the contrary.
So, that’s good. Sorta? We guess?
Unfortunately for Cawthorn, his good fortune stopped there.
Because the House Ethics Committee also determined there was “substantial evidence” to suggest he violated ethics rules by urging his followers to invest in LGB (“Let’s Go Brandon”) cryptocurrency, which he an undisclosed financial interest in, earlier this year.
Not only that, but the committee found Cawthorn purchased the LGB coin at a lower price than the general public, violating House rules on accepting gifts, and that he “failed to file timely reports” on his cryptocurrency investments.
He was ordered to donate $15,000, the value of the gift, to charity within 14 days plus another $1,000 as a late filing fee.
Related: Madison Cawthorn explains leaked video of himself naked in bed, humping male friend
Last week, Cawthorn delivered what was likely his final Congressional speech, during which he urged young men to “reclaim masculinity” and to warn of the dangers of “metrosexuals”.
“Our young men are taught that weakness is strength, that delicacy is desirable, and that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind, body, and soul,” he said.
“Social media has weakened us, siphoning our men of their will to fight. To rise in a noble manner, square their jaws, and charge once more into the breach of light to defend what they love,” he continued.
“So on this precipice of disaster, I ask the young men of this nation a question: Will you sit behind a screen while the storied tales of your forefathers become myth?”
Leaving Congress, Cawthorn issues an address to Alpha males: “Our young men.. are taught that being a soft metrosexual is more valuable than training the mind, body & soul. I ask the young men of this nation: Will you reclaim your masculinity? Will you become a man to be feared?” pic.twitter.com/kmfrHCKXLY
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) December 1, 2022
Related: Madison Cawthorn uses final Congress speech to “reclaim masculinity” and OMFG you guys
ahpace24
Yep, another Republican closet case, wow what a surprise! Nothing says masculine hetero quite like grabbing another male’s crotch!
Bluedevil
Put him a room with Larry Craig!
Man About Town
Or at least in the next stall!
RyanMBecker
Hah, that would be like shooting fish in a barrel! Yes, “shooting” is a sex reference, and my apologies to the disabled…
Kangol2
Don’t forget Mark Foley and Denny Hastert, though he’s probably too old for them!
PoetDaddy
What a cipher!
James
HE AND JERRY FALWELL JR. CAN GET MARRIED.
Winsocki
Nothing says metrosexual more than wearing a woman’s bra and lingerie……mirror mirro on the wall …who’s the most Metro of them all…Cawthorn
Salacious1
Typical Republican controlled response. He was a relative (second cousin, not first), and he was on the payroll. He also embezzled money meant for his campaign. He should have been forced from office, not just issued a tepid ‘warning’ on his way out the door. He’s about as exonerated as Trump was through both impeachments and the Muller Report.
Invader7
They GQP sinks lower and lower…
BEPVA
Ignorant voters get the representation they deserve.
butchqueen
I wanna pull his hair and breed his pretty booty!
eeebee333
That poor bastard is a mess.
fredk3
I’m just a sweet transvestite, from Transsexual, Transylvania!
Pier
Did someone here order a “Bye Felicia” meme ?
Anthonyshine
He’s still hot!
Saki
yes
dali
In no way am I condoning Cawthorne for who he is and what he represents, but who hasn’t seen straight men in their twenties act like idiots and use sexual innuendos for banter? Straight guys do it all the time. And if they’re close friends, they’ll see crotch grabbing as a joke.
surfnspy
I don’t know if it is a good thing or a bad thing that the clearly mentally I’ll can be elected to office in this country.
maxdadmark
Reminds me of Aaron “Lady Downton” Schock’s spin at pretending he’s “straight.” At least Lady Downton didn’t want to end up like Lapdog Lindsey, miserable AF and turning into a bitter old maid.
Consider This
Trump/Cawthorn 2024 ? 🙂
Gay Thomas
Be a Trump alpha. Beat up a tree like Maddie! No surprise this Trumper sycophant is a gigantic fraud.
Jon in Canada
Sitler is clearly not standing for it.
TAZnTampa
He clearly didn’t learn anything from the Aaron Schock saga
CNY1983
no one bought his bullshit diarrhea, nor his own masculinity.
move along.
Jimmynj
Another MAGA loser who won’t hold an elected office in January.
Steven R
When are we going to see the sex tape with him and Aaron Schock?