Far-right Rep. Madison Cawthorn raised eyebrows last week when he made the unsubstantiated claim that people he once admired in Washington, D.C., have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front of him.
In an interview with a conservative podcast, Cawthorn, R-N.C., claimed he was giving his perspective as a “young guy in Washington,” where the average age is “probably 60 or 70.”
Those doing cocaine in his presence were some of the people leading the movement to curb drug addiction, he alleged.
I should say: Madison Cawthorn’s actions and remarks are often deranged and completely untrustworthy. Having said that, I feel no shame reveling in the havoc he’s wreaking on GOP lawmakers who’ve tried to normalize him through their support or silence.
So let’s do some quick investigative work about the claims, shall we?
Cawthorn has been accused of being a racist and has spewed invective about Democrats, so it seems likely that the people he looked up to are Republicans. And that explains why there’s been hand-wringing in the GOP over his comments — to such an extent, in fact, that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., reportedly plans to talk to Cawthorn about them.
According to Politico, Rep. Steve Womack, R-Ark., spoke out against the claims in a closed-door meeting among Republicans on Tuesday (Womack is 65 years old and has spearheaded legislation to combat drug addiction.)
“Womack remarked that many lawmakers go to bed at 9 p.m. and still use fax machines and flip phones stating that it was inappropriate to paint them with a broad brush, as Cawthorn did,” Politico reported.








