Madison Cawthorn

2022 - 3 - 10

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Rep. Madison Cawthorn, Who'd Make a Good Russian Mark, Tells ... (Vanity Fair)

Over the past several weeks, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been lauded as nothing short of a hero. That seems pretty appropriate, ...

As for the notion that Ukraine has been pushing “woke ideologies,” we truly have no idea…what the hell Cawthorn is talking about. There’s a lot to unpack here, but let‘s start with the claim that Zelenskyy is a “thug.” Naturally, it does not appear that Cawthorn— whose idea of a good time includes visiting Hitler’s vacation home—backed this up with any actual evidence. Another day, another anti-democracy tirade from the House GOP.” Not even the Putin–loving Donald Trump has has criticized Zelenskyy (though there was that time he tried to extort the Ukrainian president, withholding critical aid in the hopes of getting him to dig up dirt on Joe and Hunter Biden.) It’s worth noting that these attacks on Zelenskyy closely mirror Putin’s, who has claimed the “purpose” of his “operation,” i.e. invasion, is to “protect people who for eight years now have been facing humiliation and genocide perpetrated by the Kyiv regime,” adding that his goal is to “denazify Ukraine”—a country with a Jewish president—and “bring to trial those who perpetrated numerous bloody crimes against civilians, including against citizens of the Russian Federation.” At an event on Saturday in North Carolina, the 26-year-old lawmaker told supporters: “Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug. Over the past several weeks, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been lauded as nothing short of a hero.

After condemning Ukraine, Madison Cawthorn faces GOP pushback (MSNBC)

Lindsey Graham said folks like Madison Cawthorn “are outliers in the largest sense possible on our side.”

And we’d like to be helping the good guys more.” “Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug,” Cawthorn was seen saying. Asked by Insider at a Senate press conference about Cawthorn’s remarks, Republican Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa rejected his characterization of Ukraine. The report added that the congressman sought to justify calling Zelenskyy a “thug” by accusing the Ukrainian president of pushing “misinformation on America.” WRAL went on to note, “He posted a link to a conservative blog post with examples.” It was Karl Rove, oddly enough, who helped break the story. Republican senators on Thursday rejected Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina’s characterization of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “thug” who’s presiding over an “incredibly evil” and “incredibly corrupt” government....

Analysis: Madison Cawthorn is having a very bad week ... (CNN)

No one likely is happier to see this week in the rearview mirror -- more on that in a second -- than North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who has ...

Booker said at the time: "It just really personally saddens me that somebody who is so clearly racist is a nominee of a major party, and I think it's a disrespect of the entire community." "The story of Cawthorn's rise is, by any measure, an extraordinary accomplishment at a young age by a man who suffered a horrific injury. made against Cawthorn by several women when he was in college. He also insisted, without explanation, that the Ukrainian government was "pushing woke ideologies." . And that that charge was one of three pending traffic citations against the congressman. The remarks also immediately drew criticism from Cawthorn's primary opponents -- one of whom, state Sen. Chuck Edwards, tweeted this

Ukraine Is Too Woke for Madison Cawthorn (New York Magazine)

To most people, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a figure to admire. The former comedian has become the face of a country under siege; ...

Putin, too, has portrayed the Ukraine government as something akin to evil, saying that Ukraine is run by Nazis and that the “denazification” of the country is a goal of the invasion. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.” Karl Rove — yes, him — first reported the remarks in a piece for The Wall Street Journal. Yet Zelenskyy has his detractors, and they aren’t all named Vladimir Putin. One is North Carolina representative Madison Cawthorn. “Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug,” he said in a video obtained by WRAL, a local news station.

Republican senator rebukes Madison Cawthorn from floor over ... (The Independent)

'To just hand them over to an actual murderous thug called Vladimir Putin, is the wrong thing to do,' Joni Ernst says.

Former Republican congressman Joe Walsh tweeted that Mr Cawthorn “is not alone in supporting Putin. Hell, the leader of the GOP supports Putin. The anti-democracy, pro-authoritarian wing of the GOP is not fringe. He supports Ukraine and the Ukrainian president’s efforts to defend their country against Russian aggression, but does not want America drawn into another conflict through emotional manipulation”. Sometimes it is subtle; other times, it is as unsubtle as a hammer hitting an anvil”. “The actions of Putin and Russia are disgusting. “So to my colleague in the house, I would push back and say it’s not Ukraine that is invading Russia, it is Russia that is invading Ukraine.” “I am praying for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people. Conservative commentator Bill Kristol, who served as Chief of Staff to Republican Vice President Dan Quayle, tweeted, “about [Mr Cawthorn] one really has to say: In the confederacy of Trumpist lowlifes, he’s the lowest. “Remember that Zelensky is a thug,” Mr Cawthorn told supporters, a video obtained by WRAL shows. Alyssa Farah Griffin, who served as the White House Director of Strategic Communications under former President Donald Trump, tweeted, “I try not to criticize Madison because he’s my former intern and I think he genuinely doesn’t know how little he knows. The threat is real and it’s dangerous. Mr Cawthorn is running for re-election in his western North Carolina district. “This is the sad but successful impact of Russia’s cyber operation that we’ve seen pushed and promoted on conservative outlets.

Representative Madison Cawthorn calls Ukrainian President ... (The Boston Globe)

Cawthorn was heard calling Zelensky a “thug” in video that was published by a North Carolina TV station this week, marking a departure from congressional ...

Cawthorn appeared to try to distance himself from the comments on Thursday, writing in a Twitter thread that “the actions of Putin and Russia are disgusting,” and that he is “praying for Ukraine and the Ukrainian people.” “Remember that Zelensky is a thug,” the Republican representative said in a video published Thursday by WRAL, an NBC affiliate based in Raleigh, N.C. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt, and it is incredibly evil, and it has been pushing woke ideologies.” North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug,” marking a departure from congressional support for Ukraine and the country’s leader as it faces Russia’s invasion.