As the crisis in Ukraine continues, most elected officials in the United States have expressed support for their allies in Kyiv. There are however, some notable exceptions.
WRAL in North Carolina reported this morning on Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who told a group of supporters this past weekend that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a “thug” leading an “evil” government.
“Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug,” Cawthorn said in a video obtained by WRAL. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
In recent years, there have been too many instances in which Republicans have peddled anti-Ukraine talking points, without regard for accuracy. For the most part, however, many of those same GOP voices have curtailed such talk in the wake of the Russian invasion.
But this makes the exceptions all the more striking. It was Donald Trump, for example, who praised Putin’s efforts in Ukraine as “genius” and “very savvy.”
Soon after, retired Army Col. Douglas Macgregor, a Pentagon official in the Trump administration, argued that the United States should “absolutely” just let Vladimir Putin take what he wants in Ukraine.
This week, Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, on the heels of voting against a symbolic resolution in support of Ukraine, amplified Russian claims about Ukrainian biological labs.
And now Cawthorn is condemning U.S. allies in Ukraine amidst an intensifying war.
When Rep. Liz Cheney complained about the GOP having a “Putin wing,” her comments didn’t come out of nowhere.
Other lawmakers are already taking note of Cawthorn’s rhetoric. Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona tweeted, in reference to the North Carolina Republican, that it’s “disturbing that he sits in our classified briefings on Russian Ukraine war. Not sure now that is a good idea.”
We probably haven’t heard the last of this.
SraldoBabalu on March 10th, 2022 at 22:51 UTC »
I will continue to post this list I created in every thread I see about Madison Cawthorne, who is a predatory racist bag of shit:
stolen valor he lied about becoming a Marine, he lied about being admitted to the naval academy, and he admitted to this lie under oath during a lawsuit implicating his insurance company. Source: https://politicalwire.com/2020/08/11/gop-candidate-was-rejected-from-naval-academy/
sexual assault in the one semester he spent in college (at one of the most ultra conservative college in America) before dropping out due to having straight Ds (his own admission), he was accused of sexual assault by a dozen women, in a letter signed by over 150 former classmates who corroborated the victims’ accounts, which represents almost 50% of the entire student body of Patrick Henry College. It was so bad and brazen that RAs and staff would warn female students to never be alone with him, and never get in his car. Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations-patrick
white supremacy he accused a political opponent of “leaving his career in Boston to go work for non-whites”. Like, he wrote that, on his website, as an insult. As a way to discredit someone. He later said the words were “taken out of context” and it was a “syntax error”. The name of his shell company is “SPQR Holdings”, and SPQR, although a historical acronym with Roman roots, has been appropriated by white supremacist groups in recent years. sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/republican-house-candidate-s-website-attacks-critic-going-work-non-n1244531
http://pages.vassar.edu/pharos/2018/06/15/spqr-and-white-nationalism/
neo-nazi support he celebrated his visit to the Eagle’s Nest, on social media, referring over and over again to “The Führer”, umlaut and all. no one refers to Hitler as The Führer unless you admire the guy… Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/north-carolina-gop-candidate-deletes-photos-hitler-retreat_n_5f32f340c5b6960c066d6972?ri18n=true
lying about Paralympics training he lied about training for the olympics by pretending he was actually on the verge of cracking the track and field Paralympic team. He posted all these insane videos where he talks about being obsessed with breaking the 100m world record, like he actually has a chance of breaking it. I could post videos online telling the world I’m obsessed with running a sub 2 hour marathon, doesn’t mean it’s a real thing... Source: https://www.towleroad.com/2021/01/madison-cawthorn-paralympics/
lying about his career he has never held a job in his adult life (he worked at a Chick-Fil-A as a teen). He used the insurance payout from his car accident to buy a $20K foreclosed property in Georgia, registered an LLC with 0 employees and $0 top line revenue, and calls himself a “real estate investor”. Source (I know it’s the same as above, they cover both topics): https://www.towleroad.com/2021/01/madison-cawthorn-paralympics/
lying about Harvard and Princeton "Cawthorn said in an earlier deposition he was accepted to Princeton and an online program at Harvard, along with other universities. He later revised his statements to say that he had not been admitted to Princeton and Harvard and that some of his statements about college admissions were “not accurate.”’ source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/02/27/making-madison-cawthorn-how-falsehoods-helped-propel-career-new-pro-trump-star-far-right/?tid=a_classic-iphone&no_nav=true
Lying about his car accident He lied in interviews and said he heroically crawled out of a fiery crash and that friend in the car with him left him for dead when in fact his friend dragged him out while he was unconscious. The friend in question has since done many interviews sharing his side of the story. Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/madison-crowther-lies-wheelchair_n_603c5e83c5b6d7794ae01026
He misspells his own name Not the most relevant point to expose his predatory behaviour and his racism, but this shit bag misspells his own name, twice, in his signature... https://www.dailydot.com/debug/madison-cawthorn-signature/
Bringing weapons at school board meetings he was accused, and photos support these accusations, of bringing a concealed knife to a school board meeting, which is illegal: https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/10/08/republican-rep-madison-cawthorn-seen-weapon-western-carolina-university/6050253001/
Irresponsible firearm handling For someone so adamant to defend 2A, he sure as shit does not know the first thing about responsible gun ownership as he tried to board a plane with a loaded firearm, and he claims he simply forgot it was in that bag… https://www.businessinsider.com/rep-madison-cawthorn-tried-to-board-plane-with-gun-2021-7?op=1 In another incident, he was captured at a firing range doing all sorts of batshit crazy things you should NEVER do with a loaded weapon… check the whole thread on Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1474467728425689089?s=20&t=KTNCnPbgQmJhIsjYLWIRXg
Illegally brought a weapon in Congress He himself claims he was armed on Jan 6th 2021, which means he illegally brought a weapon on the grounds of the Capitol. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-rep-madison-cawthorn-said-he-was-armed-with-gun-during-capitol-insurrection_n_5fff2597c5b691806c4ea2bc
Federal ethics complaint received an official ethics complaint after harassing a fellow congressperson (a fellow Republican, to boot). His apology letter is even more incredible… Complaint: https://bipartisanreport.com/2021/07/31/gop-goon-madison-cawthorn-hit-with-federal-ethics-complaint/ Apology letter (pic halfway down the article): https://nypost.com/2021/07/30/cawthorn-draws-ethics-complaint-after-altercation-with-mckinleys-staff/
Threats against political opponents he said that there would be bloodshed if Republicans don’t win future elections, insinuating that at some point in the near future, violence against democrats will be the only option: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/madison-cawthorn-sexless-warning_n_6184e8c2e4b0ad6f58815715
Pro-Russian war propaganda in early March 2022, after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine started, he continued to defend Putin and called Zelensky a thug: https://www.wral.com/us-rep-madison-cawthorn-calls-zelensky-thug/20180199/
Driving with a revoked license Although Madison is a big fan of “law and order”, he seems to think he is above the law as he was charged with driving with a revoked license recently, his third such offense… https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/rep-madison-cawthorn-charged-driving-revoked-license-rcna19461
Inconsistencies in how he met his (ex) wife Madison, a strong defender of traditional family values, got married and divorced within 8 months. More importantly however, there are a lot of weird details about who this woman is, how they met, etc. At this point there’s no evidence proving she was a honeypot, but the story is worth investigating. TLDR; he was partying in Sweden when he met an Army guy who took him to St Petersburg to gamble, and then invited him to a fake cross-fit competition in Miami where he met his future ex-wife: https://news.yahoo.com/old-video-resurfaces-rep-madison-035733209.html
Fighting a dead rotten tree My personal favourite… If at this point you still doubt how fragile and insecure Madison is, this video (which has been almost completely scrubbed off the internet) will show how tough, manly and dangerous he really is! Video of him fighting a dead tree starts at 1:48: https://youtu.be/pm4gpYwwaCA
Here are the facts. He is a sexual predator. He is dumb (at a literal level). He is shameless. He is racist. He is the future of the GQP.
Ghstfce on March 10th, 2022 at 19:33 UTC »
Sexual predator who drives multiple times on revoked license who temporarily married a Russian spy says what now?
Asphodelmercenary on March 10th, 2022 at 18:43 UTC »
Should be removed from any classified briefings involving Russia or Ukraine then.