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So guess who is having quite an image problem? Madison Cawthorn duh Dud is a liar
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:53 pm
Madison Cawthorn - who a poster on this board says would not be a congressman without the posters fundraising efforts
These are being written about young Maddy:
1."no one embodies the deception of the GOP quite like freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who lies about everything, including the accident that left him partially paralyzed.
According to a Washington Post report from this weekend, while giving a speech at Patrick Henry College in 2017, Cawthorn lied multiple times about the 2014 car crash that left him reliant on a wheelchair.
The Post says that Cawthorn claimed his friend who was driving the vehicle at the time, Bradley Ledford, had left him for dead.
"He was my brother, my best friend. And he leaves me in a car to die in a fiery tomb," Cawthorn said of the accident. "He runs to safety deep in the woods and just leaves me in a burning car as the flames start to lick my legs and curl up and burn my left side."
Cawthorn also claimed he was pronounced dead at the scene, but thanks to "adrenaline or divine intervention, I definitely believe it's the latter, I had a deep inhale of breath."
The problem, of course, is that none of it was true.
According to Ledford, he saved Cawthorn's life. "That statement he made was false," Ledford told The Washington Post. "It hurt very badly that he would say something as false as that. That is not at all what happened.
I pulled him out of the car the second that I was able to get out of the car." And, according to a court deposition, Cawthorn claims he has no memory from the accident. And per a police accident report and Florida Highway Patrol records, Cawthorn was "incapacitated and in critical condition" but was not declared dead.
Cawthorn launched his congressional campaign and has long-relied on the fictional version of the car accident to reach his political goals. He has also claimed that the crash derailed his dreams of attending the Naval Academy — another outright lie.
Cawthorn was friends with former Rep. Mark Meadows' son, Blake, and in December 2013, he convinced Meadows to nominate Cawthorn to the Naval Academy via a "process that enables a local member of Congress to recommend candidates," The Post reports.
But Cawthorn's acceptance also hinged on his grades and other benchmarks, and prior to the car accident, he was rejected from the Naval Academy.
Cawthorn said in a court deposition that "he went on a spring break trip in Florida with his friend Ledford" after his application was denied.
Cawthorn has championed himself as a Trump-like candidate, and in just two months as a congressman, he has certainly lived up to the hype.
More than 30 former classmates of Cawthorn's told BuzzFeed they "witnessed, experienced, or knew of sexual harassment and misconduct" by Cawthorn on his Christian college's campus. In October, more than 160 former students of the same college signed an open letter describing Cawthorn's predatory behavior. He visited Adolf Hitler's vacation home and in an Instagram post marking the occasion, described Hitler as "the Fuhrer."
These are being written about young Maddy:
1."no one embodies the deception of the GOP quite like freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who lies about everything, including the accident that left him partially paralyzed.
According to a Washington Post report from this weekend, while giving a speech at Patrick Henry College in 2017, Cawthorn lied multiple times about the 2014 car crash that left him reliant on a wheelchair.
The Post says that Cawthorn claimed his friend who was driving the vehicle at the time, Bradley Ledford, had left him for dead.
"He was my brother, my best friend. And he leaves me in a car to die in a fiery tomb," Cawthorn said of the accident. "He runs to safety deep in the woods and just leaves me in a burning car as the flames start to lick my legs and curl up and burn my left side."
Cawthorn also claimed he was pronounced dead at the scene, but thanks to "adrenaline or divine intervention, I definitely believe it's the latter, I had a deep inhale of breath."
The problem, of course, is that none of it was true.
According to Ledford, he saved Cawthorn's life. "That statement he made was false," Ledford told The Washington Post. "It hurt very badly that he would say something as false as that. That is not at all what happened.
I pulled him out of the car the second that I was able to get out of the car." And, according to a court deposition, Cawthorn claims he has no memory from the accident. And per a police accident report and Florida Highway Patrol records, Cawthorn was "incapacitated and in critical condition" but was not declared dead.
Cawthorn launched his congressional campaign and has long-relied on the fictional version of the car accident to reach his political goals. He has also claimed that the crash derailed his dreams of attending the Naval Academy — another outright lie.
Cawthorn was friends with former Rep. Mark Meadows' son, Blake, and in December 2013, he convinced Meadows to nominate Cawthorn to the Naval Academy via a "process that enables a local member of Congress to recommend candidates," The Post reports.
But Cawthorn's acceptance also hinged on his grades and other benchmarks, and prior to the car accident, he was rejected from the Naval Academy.
Cawthorn said in a court deposition that "he went on a spring break trip in Florida with his friend Ledford" after his application was denied.
Cawthorn has championed himself as a Trump-like candidate, and in just two months as a congressman, he has certainly lived up to the hype.
More than 30 former classmates of Cawthorn's told BuzzFeed they "witnessed, experienced, or knew of sexual harassment and misconduct" by Cawthorn on his Christian college's campus. In October, more than 160 former students of the same college signed an open letter describing Cawthorn's predatory behavior. He visited Adolf Hitler's vacation home and in an Instagram post marking the occasion, described Hitler as "the Fuhrer."
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Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:53 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
Love Madison I don't care what the haters say.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:54 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
His beard fake ex-wife is so frickin fine
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:55 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
I'm curious why this is coming out now. Punishment for letting the cat out of the bag about coke and orgies in DC?
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:56 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
and this from The Hill, a publication I detest
"Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-N.C.) unfounded allegations of being invited to orgies in Washington and seeing people do cocaine is prompting condemnation from his state’s GOP senators, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and other Republicans.
The 26-year-old first-term lawmaker has been a minor irritation to some Republicans since he joined the House in 2021, but the most recent remarks have put tempers at the boiling point for House Republicans. They also come as an eight-way Republican primary for his seat ramps up.
There is just a month and a half to go until the May 17 primary, and Cawthorn needs to secure at least 30 percent support in order to avoid a primary runoff.
But with the wave of recent controversies and a lack of allies in the Republican establishment in Washington or in his state, political operatives and primary opponents think he has a good chance of losing his seat.
“The negatives that Cawthorn are incurring are the worst kind of negatives an incumbent can incur, and those are the ones that are self-inflicted,” a longtime Republican political operative in North Carolina told The Hill.
It’s a running joke in Washington that the HBO comedy “Veep” much more accurately depicts lawmakers and administration officials than the provocative drama “House of Cards” on Netflix.
But when Cawthorn was asked on the “Warrior Poet Society” podcast last week if “House of Cards” was “closer to a documentary,” he leaned in to its dark portrayal of Washington society.
“All of the sudden you get invited to, ‘Well hey, we’re going to have kind of a sexual get together at one of our homes, you should come’ … and then you realize they are asking you to come to an orgy,” Cawthorn said, adding that people who advocate for addiction treatment will do “a key bump of cocaine right in front of you.”
That frustrated Republican members, who said that they started getting questions about whether they attend orgies. Some said Cawthorn needs to name names if he is going to make such an allegation, and many suspect it is simply made up.
Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) brought his concerns about Cawthon up in Tuesday’s House Republican Conference meeting, which Cawthorn did not attend.
“The only orgy I’m aware of in D.C. is an orgy of spending,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) told The Hill.
Cawthorn’s office declined to comment for this story.
The firestorm over the “orgy” remarks is just the latest in a line of headaches that Cawthorn has caused McCarthy.
Earlier in the month, Cawthorn called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug,” prompting a rebuke from McCarthy. He was also recently charged with driving with a revoked license and caused a stir when he likely broke House rules by bringing Tennessee congressional candidate Robby Starbuck onto the House floor in February.
McCarthy spoke to Cawthorn on Wednesday. He told reporters that Cawthorn had “no evidence behind the statements” about orgies and cocaine and that Cawthorn has “got to turn himself around.” The Republican leader did not rule out further disciplinary action for Cawthorn.
“He’s lost my trust, and he’s going to have to earn it back,” McCarthy said.
Criticism did not stop in the lower chamber. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told NBC News that Cawthorn has “been an embarrassment at times.” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told CNN that the orgy comment was the latest “silly statement” from Cawthorn.
“People in the district are going to have to vote for him, and I would ask them to look at his record and ask what has he done since he’s been here,” Tillis said, adding that Cawthorn has accomplished “not a lot, in my opinion.”
Cawthorn raised nearly $2.9 million in 2021 and has aimed to become an “America First” influencer with endorsements. But his celebrity and fundraising prowess has not translated to having allies in his state.
“I don’t think he’s made many friends amongst elected Republicans, particularly in the state legislature, simply because of the stunt he pulled with wanting to jump from his old congressional district into a newly drawn district,” said J. Michael Bitzer, chair of the political science department at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.
Before redistricting was set, Cawthorn moved to run in a different drafted Charlotte-area district rather than the mountainous 11th District and endorsed longtime Republican activist Michele Woodhouse. But when maps changed, he moved back.
Woodhouse stood her ground, and now Cawthorn’s comments are providing fuel for her campaign against him.
“There’s a new headline of something that he does or says that’s, you know, bizarre comments, bizarre behavior, really unbecoming a member of Congress,” Woodhouse told The Hill.
Another top candidate in the race is state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who has been running television ads in the district for three weeks. He had been less direct about criticizing Cawthorn.
“When he makes headlines, he will be identified as a workhorse, not a show horse,” former North Carolina state Sen. Jim Davis said in an endorsement for Edwards announced Wednesday.
According to a memorandum on an internal March 10-13 poll from the Edwards campaign obtained by The Hill, 73 percent of likely Republican primary voters were less likely to vote for Cawthorn when informed that he proposed a consumption tax in a “New Contract with America” resolution he released.
"Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-N.C.) unfounded allegations of being invited to orgies in Washington and seeing people do cocaine is prompting condemnation from his state’s GOP senators, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) and other Republicans.
The 26-year-old first-term lawmaker has been a minor irritation to some Republicans since he joined the House in 2021, but the most recent remarks have put tempers at the boiling point for House Republicans. They also come as an eight-way Republican primary for his seat ramps up.
There is just a month and a half to go until the May 17 primary, and Cawthorn needs to secure at least 30 percent support in order to avoid a primary runoff.
But with the wave of recent controversies and a lack of allies in the Republican establishment in Washington or in his state, political operatives and primary opponents think he has a good chance of losing his seat.
“The negatives that Cawthorn are incurring are the worst kind of negatives an incumbent can incur, and those are the ones that are self-inflicted,” a longtime Republican political operative in North Carolina told The Hill.
It’s a running joke in Washington that the HBO comedy “Veep” much more accurately depicts lawmakers and administration officials than the provocative drama “House of Cards” on Netflix.
But when Cawthorn was asked on the “Warrior Poet Society” podcast last week if “House of Cards” was “closer to a documentary,” he leaned in to its dark portrayal of Washington society.
“All of the sudden you get invited to, ‘Well hey, we’re going to have kind of a sexual get together at one of our homes, you should come’ … and then you realize they are asking you to come to an orgy,” Cawthorn said, adding that people who advocate for addiction treatment will do “a key bump of cocaine right in front of you.”
That frustrated Republican members, who said that they started getting questions about whether they attend orgies. Some said Cawthorn needs to name names if he is going to make such an allegation, and many suspect it is simply made up.
Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) brought his concerns about Cawthon up in Tuesday’s House Republican Conference meeting, which Cawthorn did not attend.
“The only orgy I’m aware of in D.C. is an orgy of spending,” Rep. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) told The Hill.
Cawthorn’s office declined to comment for this story.
The firestorm over the “orgy” remarks is just the latest in a line of headaches that Cawthorn has caused McCarthy.
Earlier in the month, Cawthorn called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug,” prompting a rebuke from McCarthy. He was also recently charged with driving with a revoked license and caused a stir when he likely broke House rules by bringing Tennessee congressional candidate Robby Starbuck onto the House floor in February.
McCarthy spoke to Cawthorn on Wednesday. He told reporters that Cawthorn had “no evidence behind the statements” about orgies and cocaine and that Cawthorn has “got to turn himself around.” The Republican leader did not rule out further disciplinary action for Cawthorn.
“He’s lost my trust, and he’s going to have to earn it back,” McCarthy said.
Criticism did not stop in the lower chamber. Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.) told NBC News that Cawthorn has “been an embarrassment at times.” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) told CNN that the orgy comment was the latest “silly statement” from Cawthorn.
“People in the district are going to have to vote for him, and I would ask them to look at his record and ask what has he done since he’s been here,” Tillis said, adding that Cawthorn has accomplished “not a lot, in my opinion.”
Cawthorn raised nearly $2.9 million in 2021 and has aimed to become an “America First” influencer with endorsements. But his celebrity and fundraising prowess has not translated to having allies in his state.
“I don’t think he’s made many friends amongst elected Republicans, particularly in the state legislature, simply because of the stunt he pulled with wanting to jump from his old congressional district into a newly drawn district,” said J. Michael Bitzer, chair of the political science department at Catawba College in Salisbury, N.C.
Before redistricting was set, Cawthorn moved to run in a different drafted Charlotte-area district rather than the mountainous 11th District and endorsed longtime Republican activist Michele Woodhouse. But when maps changed, he moved back.
Woodhouse stood her ground, and now Cawthorn’s comments are providing fuel for her campaign against him.
“There’s a new headline of something that he does or says that’s, you know, bizarre comments, bizarre behavior, really unbecoming a member of Congress,” Woodhouse told The Hill.
Another top candidate in the race is state Sen. Chuck Edwards, who has been running television ads in the district for three weeks. He had been less direct about criticizing Cawthorn.
“When he makes headlines, he will be identified as a workhorse, not a show horse,” former North Carolina state Sen. Jim Davis said in an endorsement for Edwards announced Wednesday.
According to a memorandum on an internal March 10-13 poll from the Edwards campaign obtained by The Hill, 73 percent of likely Republican primary voters were less likely to vote for Cawthorn when informed that he proposed a consumption tax in a “New Contract with America” resolution he released.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:57 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
quote:
BuzzFeed
I don't believe it.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:58 pm to The Boat
quote:
His beard fake ex-wife
What does that mean?
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:59 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
Posted on 4/6/22 at 9:59 pm to FooManChoo
He’s been in a battle with NC state dems over his eligibility for office. They claim he participated in Jan 6.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:00 pm to GumboPot
quote:
What does that mean?
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:02 pm to Herschal
quote:
His ex wife
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:02 pm to The Boat
and from "The US Sun"?
Cawthorn was 18 when he was critically injured in 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida, after a car he was riding in struck a concrete pylon.
After the near-death experience, Cawthorn said in one interview: “There is no time to wait. Life is precious and it can be taken away at any time.”
He was riding as a passenger in a BMW X3 SUV when his friend Bradley Ledford fell asleep behind the wheel.
The car crashed into a concrete barrier while Cawthorn's feet were on the dashboard.
The injuries from the accident left Cawthorn partially paralyzed from the waist down, and he now uses a wheelchair.
ACCUSED OF LYING
In a 2017 speech, Cawthorn said that Ledford left him "to die in a fiery tomb," however, Ledford publicly disputed this in 2021 saying that he pulled Cawthorn from the wreck once he escaped the car.
In their depositions, Cawthorn stated that he had "no memory from the accident," while Ledford said that he had helped rescue an unconscious Cawthorn.
In an interview with People, Ledford expanded on what happened immediately after the crash - and how he and Cawthorn have repaired their bond.
"Him and I have been through so much together," Ledford told the outlet.
Cawthorn suffered "incapacitating" and "life-threatening" injuries, as the vehicle erupted into flames almost immediately after impact.
Ledford said he quickly "recognized that Maddy [Cawthorn] was unconscious and [I] was realizing that the situation was getting worse and worse."
Ledford explained how he moved toward Cawthorn and felt an intense heat on his right arm, then realized flames were engulfing the back half of the SUV.
He tried to open the driver-side door to escape, but it was jammed. He tried to kick out the windshield, but it wouldn't budge.
Instead, Ledford said, he reached over Cawthorn and punched out the passenger window.
He climbed out, landed on the concrete and immediately turned around to unbuckle Cawthorn, with whom he pleaded to wake up, he says.
"While I was pulling him out of the window, a bystander came by and helped me carry him away from the car," Ledford said.
"I remember his leg was pretty badly cut from the accident and we were sitting on the side of the interstate," Ledford recalled.
"So I took my shirt off and wrapped it around his leg and then just kind of stayed with him until the paramedics got there."
On election night in November 2020, Cawthorn gathered his family and friends in anticipation of a victory, and joining him was Ledford.
"This is the guy who saved my life," Cawthorn said of Ledford.
HITLER POST
Cawthorn found himself in hot water over an Instagram post celebrating his "bucket list" visit to Adolf Hitler's HQ.
The visit - in 2017 - was to Hitler's German vacation house called the "Eagle's Nest."
He would later remove the post.
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT
Cawthorn introduced his fiancée to the public in a tweet, describing Bayardelle as an anesthesiologist assistant and a CrossFit athlete.
Bayardelle said that the couple met through a mutual friend and “hit it off,” and after four months “knew he was the one.”
Cawthorn asked cross-fit athlete Cristina Bayardelle to marry him in 2019.
"Man, I feel like that diamond was created just for her. So joy-filled and in love," Cawthorn wrote on Instagram.
STANDS AT RNC
Cawthorn delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention in August last year during which he stood up from his wheelchair with the help of a walker.
Cawthorn recounted the moment he was left paralyzed and wheelchair-bound after getting into a car accident in 2014 at just 18 years old.
"At 20, I thought about giving up. However, I knew I could still make a difference. My accident gave me new eyes to see, and new ears to hear," he said.
"At 20, I made a choice. In 2020, our country has a choice. We can give up on the American idea, or we can work together to make our imperfect union more perfect."
He continued: "I choose to fight for the future, to seize the high ground and retake the Shining City on a Hill."
"While the radical left wants to dismantle, defund, and destroy, Republicans, under President Trump’s leadership, want to rebuild, restore and renew."
Cawthorn closed his speech by urging Americans not to "cower to a mob" and to "kneel before God but stand for our flag."
He then rose from his wheelchair and stood behind a walker as he said: "Be a radical for liberty and be radical for our republic for which I stand, one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all."
WINS ELECTION
Cawthorn was elected to represent a western North Carolina U.S. House district in November last year.
He had first drawn attention after defeating Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in an upset in the June GOP primary runoff.
Cawthorn had worked as a staffer in former White House chief of staff Mark Meadow's district office from 2015 to 2016.
GETS MARRIED
The couple got hitched in April, sharing pictures of the day online.
After their marriage Cawthorn wrote online: "On April 3rd of 2014 my life changed. A car accident put me in a wheelchair and dashed my hopes for the future.
"On April 3rd of 2021, my life has once again changed.
"Marrying Cristina Bayardelle, now Cristina Cawthorn is the greatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life."
SPLITS FROM WIFE
In December Cawthorn announced he was divorcing his wife of less than a year and blamed his role in Congress for the split.
He said in a statement that "overnight their lives changed" following his election win.
He added: "When my wife Cristina and I were engaged, I was not a member of Congress.
"I felt called to serve and we both agreed that I should run. Our victory was unprecedented.
"But overnight, our lives changed.
"That change has been both hectic and difficult. It's neither the pace nor the lifestyle we had planned for."
He cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split and added: "While it was an enormously difficult decision, Cristina and I have mutually decided to divorce.
"We ask for privacy as we work through this privately."
Cawthorn was 18 when he was critically injured in 2014 in Daytona Beach, Florida, after a car he was riding in struck a concrete pylon.
After the near-death experience, Cawthorn said in one interview: “There is no time to wait. Life is precious and it can be taken away at any time.”
He was riding as a passenger in a BMW X3 SUV when his friend Bradley Ledford fell asleep behind the wheel.
The car crashed into a concrete barrier while Cawthorn's feet were on the dashboard.
The injuries from the accident left Cawthorn partially paralyzed from the waist down, and he now uses a wheelchair.
ACCUSED OF LYING
In a 2017 speech, Cawthorn said that Ledford left him "to die in a fiery tomb," however, Ledford publicly disputed this in 2021 saying that he pulled Cawthorn from the wreck once he escaped the car.
In their depositions, Cawthorn stated that he had "no memory from the accident," while Ledford said that he had helped rescue an unconscious Cawthorn.
In an interview with People, Ledford expanded on what happened immediately after the crash - and how he and Cawthorn have repaired their bond.
"Him and I have been through so much together," Ledford told the outlet.
Cawthorn suffered "incapacitating" and "life-threatening" injuries, as the vehicle erupted into flames almost immediately after impact.
Ledford said he quickly "recognized that Maddy [Cawthorn] was unconscious and [I] was realizing that the situation was getting worse and worse."
Ledford explained how he moved toward Cawthorn and felt an intense heat on his right arm, then realized flames were engulfing the back half of the SUV.
He tried to open the driver-side door to escape, but it was jammed. He tried to kick out the windshield, but it wouldn't budge.
Instead, Ledford said, he reached over Cawthorn and punched out the passenger window.
He climbed out, landed on the concrete and immediately turned around to unbuckle Cawthorn, with whom he pleaded to wake up, he says.
"While I was pulling him out of the window, a bystander came by and helped me carry him away from the car," Ledford said.
"I remember his leg was pretty badly cut from the accident and we were sitting on the side of the interstate," Ledford recalled.
"So I took my shirt off and wrapped it around his leg and then just kind of stayed with him until the paramedics got there."
On election night in November 2020, Cawthorn gathered his family and friends in anticipation of a victory, and joining him was Ledford.
"This is the guy who saved my life," Cawthorn said of Ledford.
HITLER POST
Cawthorn found himself in hot water over an Instagram post celebrating his "bucket list" visit to Adolf Hitler's HQ.
The visit - in 2017 - was to Hitler's German vacation house called the "Eagle's Nest."
He would later remove the post.
ANNOUNCES ENGAGEMENT
Cawthorn introduced his fiancée to the public in a tweet, describing Bayardelle as an anesthesiologist assistant and a CrossFit athlete.
Bayardelle said that the couple met through a mutual friend and “hit it off,” and after four months “knew he was the one.”
Cawthorn asked cross-fit athlete Cristina Bayardelle to marry him in 2019.
"Man, I feel like that diamond was created just for her. So joy-filled and in love," Cawthorn wrote on Instagram.
STANDS AT RNC
Cawthorn delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention in August last year during which he stood up from his wheelchair with the help of a walker.
Cawthorn recounted the moment he was left paralyzed and wheelchair-bound after getting into a car accident in 2014 at just 18 years old.
"At 20, I thought about giving up. However, I knew I could still make a difference. My accident gave me new eyes to see, and new ears to hear," he said.
"At 20, I made a choice. In 2020, our country has a choice. We can give up on the American idea, or we can work together to make our imperfect union more perfect."
He continued: "I choose to fight for the future, to seize the high ground and retake the Shining City on a Hill."
"While the radical left wants to dismantle, defund, and destroy, Republicans, under President Trump’s leadership, want to rebuild, restore and renew."
Cawthorn closed his speech by urging Americans not to "cower to a mob" and to "kneel before God but stand for our flag."
He then rose from his wheelchair and stood behind a walker as he said: "Be a radical for liberty and be radical for our republic for which I stand, one nation under God, with liberty and justice for all."
WINS ELECTION
Cawthorn was elected to represent a western North Carolina U.S. House district in November last year.
He had first drawn attention after defeating Donald Trump’s preferred candidate in an upset in the June GOP primary runoff.
Cawthorn had worked as a staffer in former White House chief of staff Mark Meadow's district office from 2015 to 2016.
GETS MARRIED
The couple got hitched in April, sharing pictures of the day online.
After their marriage Cawthorn wrote online: "On April 3rd of 2014 my life changed. A car accident put me in a wheelchair and dashed my hopes for the future.
"On April 3rd of 2021, my life has once again changed.
"Marrying Cristina Bayardelle, now Cristina Cawthorn is the greatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life."
SPLITS FROM WIFE
In December Cawthorn announced he was divorcing his wife of less than a year and blamed his role in Congress for the split.
He said in a statement that "overnight their lives changed" following his election win.
He added: "When my wife Cristina and I were engaged, I was not a member of Congress.
"I felt called to serve and we both agreed that I should run. Our victory was unprecedented.
"But overnight, our lives changed.
"That change has been both hectic and difficult. It's neither the pace nor the lifestyle we had planned for."
He cited "irreconcilable differences" as the reason for their split and added: "While it was an enormously difficult decision, Cristina and I have mutually decided to divorce.
"We ask for privacy as we work through this privately."
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:03 pm to The Boat
Seriously. I'm totally out of the loop. I don't know what "beard fake" means.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:08 pm to GumboPot
Sure would. Love the tan lines.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:09 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
WASHINGTON NBC NEWS — Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., has been charged with driving with a revoked license and faces two pending citations for speeding.
The 26-year-old congressman was stopped last Thursday in Cleveland County by a North Carolina State Highway Patrol officer who conducted a traffic stop for a left-of-center violation on U.S. Route 74, according to First Sgt. Christopher D. Knox.
"During the course of the investigation it was determined that the driver’s license was in a state of revocation and he was subsequently charged with driving while license revoked," Knox said. "He was given a court date of Friday, May 6, in Shelby."
It is unclear why Cawthorn's license was revoked. His spokesman, Luke Ball, said in a statement to NBC News, "Our office expects the traffic matters to be resolved quickly and we remain focused on serving the constituents of NC-11."
The GOP congressman was also stopped last October in a white 2009 Dodge vehicle for driving 89 mph in a 65 mph zone in Buncombe County, and his court date is set for May 3.
He was stopped again on the evening of Jan. 8 in Polk County for driving 87 mph in a 70 mph zone. He was given a court date of April 18.
Driving with a revoked license is a misdemeanor that can carry a sentenced of up to 20 days in jail, although The Citizen Times in Asheville, N.C., reported the violation usually results in a fine or probation. The newspaper also reported that Cawthorn had been charged with driving with a revoked license in 2017, before he was elected to Congress, but the charge was ultimately dismissed.
The 26-year-old congressman was stopped last Thursday in Cleveland County by a North Carolina State Highway Patrol officer who conducted a traffic stop for a left-of-center violation on U.S. Route 74, according to First Sgt. Christopher D. Knox.
"During the course of the investigation it was determined that the driver’s license was in a state of revocation and he was subsequently charged with driving while license revoked," Knox said. "He was given a court date of Friday, May 6, in Shelby."
It is unclear why Cawthorn's license was revoked. His spokesman, Luke Ball, said in a statement to NBC News, "Our office expects the traffic matters to be resolved quickly and we remain focused on serving the constituents of NC-11."
The GOP congressman was also stopped last October in a white 2009 Dodge vehicle for driving 89 mph in a 65 mph zone in Buncombe County, and his court date is set for May 3.
He was stopped again on the evening of Jan. 8 in Polk County for driving 87 mph in a 70 mph zone. He was given a court date of April 18.
Driving with a revoked license is a misdemeanor that can carry a sentenced of up to 20 days in jail, although The Citizen Times in Asheville, N.C., reported the violation usually results in a fine or probation. The newspaper also reported that Cawthorn had been charged with driving with a revoked license in 2017, before he was elected to Congress, but the charge was ultimately dismissed.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:14 pm to BuckyCheese
quote:well she's available.
Sure would. Love the tan lines.
After being married less than a year, he has announce they are divorcing
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:20 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
quote:
an eight-way Republican primary
All this talk of orgies, and this statement reads a bit differently..
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:22 pm to FooManChoo
Yep
He courageously spoke of the unspeakable deviant club and now they will try and smear/ruin him.
He courageously spoke of the unspeakable deviant club and now they will try and smear/ruin him.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:23 pm to JJJimmyJimJames
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The GOP congressman was also stopped last October in a white 2009 Dodge vehicle for driving 89 mph in a 65 mph zone in Buncombe County, and his court date is set for May 3.
He hasn't dipped into the DC payoff plan yet it appears.
Posted on 4/6/22 at 10:23 pm to Bow08tie
quote:
He courageously spoke of the unspeakable deviant club and now they will try and smear/ruin him.
Apparently he lost his courage as he hasn't named names.
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