Congresswoman Madison Cawthorn represents a fringe within the Republican Party, just as the progressive extremists of The Squad represent a far-left section of the Democratic Party.
These loud, proud, media-obsessed Republicans, including Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert, are among the most radical and obnoxious figures on the right.
Cawthorn seems more interested in tweeting and cable than working on passing legislation or being an active member of his congressional group.
At 26, he is both the youngest member of Congress and the first person born in the 1990s to be elected to Congress.
It makes sense that he’s more of a Gen Z social media personality than a traditional member of the House of Representatives.
In short, he is more interested in serving his own interests than those of the country.
Cawthorn recently stunned other MPs by calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug” and the Ukrainian government “incredibly evil.”
That earned him a rebuke from party heavyweights like Iowa Senator Joni Ernst.
Of course, I’m not a fan, but I take Cawthorn and his countrymen seriously, just as I take Congresswoman Ilhan Omar and the Progressive Squad seriously.
According to Cawthorn, truth is stranger than fiction and “sexual perversion” is rampant in the nation’s capital. (Above) Rep. Madison Cawthorn appears on the Warrior Poet Society podcast.
These elected officials have enormous influence on political and media narratives and have become the poster child – for better or for worse – for the outskirts of their parties.
Your comments should not be taken lightly. On the contrary, everything they say and do should be treated with the utmost seriousness.
Which brings us to Cawthorn’s recent appearance on the Warrior Poet Society podcast, in which he made the wild claim that Washington DC is an orgy-filled, cocaine-fuelled, House of Cards-esque work environment.
For those without a Netflix subscription, House Of Cards is a series that portrays Washington lawmakers, their staff and enablers as manipulative criminals and sexual deviants.
But according to Cawthorn, truth is stranger than fiction and “sexual perversion” is rampant in the nation’s capital.
“As a young guy in Washington, where the median age is probably 60 or 70 — and I look at all these people, a lot of them I’ve looked up to my entire life…” he told the podcast host. “Then all of a sudden you’re invited to, ‘Oh hey — we’re having a sexual encounter at one of our houses, you should come.’
“What did you just ask me to do?” he continued, to indicate his obvious shock. “And then you realize they’re asking you to come to an orgy.”
Oh wow – that’s shocking.
But wait – there’s more.
“Or the fact that there are some of the people who are leading the movement that’s trying to eradicate addiction in our country,” he continued, “and then you watch them do a big hit of cocaine right before your eyes do. And it’s like, this is wild.’
Ok – it’s time to name Mr. Cawthorn.
You are not someone who will reach down the aisle to build bipartisan relationships for the good of America.
So the obvious question is who are you talking about?
It would be completely irresponsible to speculate about individuals, but one of the most disarming parts of his claim is that he’s talking about people in their 60s and 70s who he’s “looked up to” his whole life.
Either Cawthorn (above) is a fabulous and outlandish liar, or the Republican caucus has some explaining to do.
Who could that be?
One would assume he was talking about the most senior elected members of the Republican Party and those at high levels within the Republican leadership.
Now, I’m not a prude, and I’m not here to tell people what they can and can’t do in the privacy of their own bedrooms, but those are some serious accusations.
Cocaine is still an illegal drug in the United States of America.
I think we have a right to know who Cawthorn is talking about.
This type of behavior is not only illegal, but also beneath the dignity of the code of ethics that congressmen adopt when they are elected to office.
Voters have a right to know if the people they’ve elected to represent them are spending their time getting high and participating in orgies, like in some sort of Stanley Kubrick movie, rather than trying to to address the deeply alarming problems plaguing this country.
Leading Republicans in Congress are also reportedly upset by these allegations.
Politico’s Olivia Beavers reports that during Tuesday’s weekly GOP conference session, House Republicans expressed a desire that “Cawthorn identify the colleagues involved to prove the truth of his comments.”
For too long, there has been a bizarre dismissive attitude among many in the Republican Party toward the likes of Cawthorn.
They see him and his ilk as a distraction — a semi-congressman of sorts — because they don’t seem to get anything done and instead just focus on their courtship.
This is a mistake.
Cawthorn wields a lot of power in the media and this “Orgies and Cocaine” incident is another example.
We are also all aware of the rise of troubling conspiracy theories like QAnon that focus on imagined sex crimes and dissension among the nation’s elected leaders.
If these claims are false, they only fuel a rising tide of confusion among a misled segment of the American public. This makes them potentially dangerous.
Either Cawthorn is a fabulous and outlandish liar, or the Republican caucus has some explaining to do.
I understand why members of Congress are angry and want him to name names to clear their own.
But if Cawthorn is so disturbed and disgusted by this behavior, then he should be the first to expose those behind it.