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Madison Cawthorn’s Getting A Trip To the Cornfield

The word was out. The bosses had enough of Madison Cawthorn. They had enough. How much were they gonna take? So they made an example of him

Andrew Donaldson
4 min readApr 28, 2022
U.S. Congressman Madison Cawthorn speaking with attendees at the 2021 AmericaFest at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore

Whether it is a leaky roof or a flood in the basement, or a river or creek for that matter, the water always comes from somewhere. In the case of the drip, drip, drip of bad news heading the way of North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn (R-Screwed) the deluge of bad press and optics is coming from a faucet with the hand of the GOP powers that be chanting “lefty loosey” and thrilled to let events unfold from there.

For his part, Madison Cawthorn has given them plenty of wet to rain down upon his head, as detailed here by CNN:

* Cawthorn claimed in March that he had been invited to an orgy during his time in Washington and had seen leaders in the anti-drug movement doing cocaine. After meeting with Cawthorn in the wake of the allegations, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said that the North Carolina congressman “did not tell the truth. That’s unacceptable.”
* That same month, CNN reported that Cawthorn was facing charges of driving with a revoked driver’s license. It was the second time in the last five years Cawthorn had faced that charge.
* Cawthorn also drew

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Andrew Donaldson
Andrew Donaldson

Written by Andrew Donaldson

Writer. Mountaineer diaspora. Veteran. Managing Editor @ordinarytimemag on culture & politics, food writing @yonderandhome, Host @heardtellshow & other media

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