I’ve heard him referred to by some as ‘The AOC of the right.’ I don’t know if that’ll borne out to be true, but I do think that the generational piece is key here as well,” Chris Cooper, a political science professor at Western Carolina University, said after Cawthorn’s primary victory.īut CNN reported that Cawthorn went on the defensive after photos of a 2017 trip to Adolf Hitler’s vacation house surfaced on Instagram. “He’s 24-years-old, he’s dynamic, he was able to articulate the ability to reach out to younger voters. In 2020, he scored a stunning political upset when he won the GOP nomination for the House seat of then-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, despite Trump endorsing one of his GOP primary opponents.Īfter winning the primary runoff, the young Republican – who turned 25 before the general election, making him eligible to serve in the House – received the backing of Trump and was lauded for his charisma and appeal to younger voters. Chuck Edwards, whom Tillis said he is endorsing Michele Woodhouse, a self-described “business-woman and political activist” Bruce O’Connell, a hotel and restaurant operator Rod Honeycutt, a retired US Army colonel Matthew Burril, a businessman and local economic leader and Wendy Nevarez, a Navy veteran.Ĭawthorn’s challengers are trying to take advantage of his numerous controversies, including his speech on January 6, 2021, in which he urged those at then-President Donald Trump’s “Save America” rally to contest the election.Ĭawthorn – who was partially paralyzed in a 2014 car accident and was the owner of a real estate investment company as well as a motivational speaker prior to his time on Capitol Hill – caused contention even before entering the halls of Congress. On Friday night, Cawthorn addressed his latest controversy in a tweeted statement, blaming the media and the left and vowing to “continue fighting for many years to come.”Īhead of the Tar Heel State’s May 17 primary, Cawthorn is facing a number of opponents, including: state Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina is throwing his weight behind one of Cawthorn’s primary opponent – an extraordinary broadside against a fellow Republican from his home state, as internal frustration with the controversial MAGA firebrand reaches a boiling point.Īccording to multiple sources familiar with the discussions, other GOP lawmakers who are at their wits’ end with Cawthorn are also considering endorsing one of his challengers, amid growing concerns that the North Carolina Republican is dragging down the entire party with his problematic behavior. The comments from the political newcomer, who faced charges in March for driving with a revoked license for the second time in five years, have drawn the ire of members of his own party.ĬNN reported on Wednesday that Republican Sen. Madison Cawthorn – the freshman Republican representing North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in the US House of Representatives – has in recent weeks become the center of chaos within the GOP.Īt 26 years old, the youngest member of Congress has sparked uproar in the Republican Party after claiming on a podcast that people in Washington have invited him to participate in orgies and used cocaine in front of him – the latest incident in a string of controversies surrounding Cawthorn that include calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” and the Ukrainian government “incredibly evil.”
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