Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s (R-NC) photo-op touting the infrastructure funding for his district that came from the bipartisan infrastructure package (BIF) didn’t go quite as planned on Thursday.
A video published by American Muckrakers PAC, a Cawthorn opposition group, shows the GOP lawmaker being confronted by a person off-screen who asked him point-blank if he actually voted for the funds.
“This particular appropriation we advocated for in the appropriations [inaudible], but the larger bill we voted against,” Cawthorn replied as he posed with a giant check in front of the cameras.
“Did you vote for it, though?” the questioner pressed.
“As I just said, I think the larger bill we voted against,” the Republican replied tersely.
Cawthorn, who’s running for reelection against seven primary challengers, finds himself positively drowning in bad headlines lately: He was charged with driving with a revoked license earlier this month in his third traffic violation, he’s come under fire from members of his own party after he went off on a deranged tirade against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a group of North Carolina voters are still trying to get him disqualified from office over his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, even after a Trump-appointed judge blocked their effort.
I’d be happy to see him win the primary - imo he’d be the easiest to beat in the general.
“As I just said, I think the larger bill we voted against,” the Republican replied tersely.
Note the use of first-person plural here; he can’t even say “I voted against it.”
Spineless little fucker.
And why is he wearing camo???
The voters in his district must be so proud of him. Bless his heart.
He’s got a score to settle with a dead tree in the forest & wants to be able to sneak up on it.