Republican lawmakers are NOT happy with Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) saying he’s got dirt on his fellow lawmakers and others….
Drugs and Sexual Escapades seems to be what he is alluding to….
Could the Republican House member be trying extinguish his parties chances to gain a majority in the House next year witha KING sized scandal?
Republican House Leader McCarthy wants to question Cawthron….
Not in the media we’d suppose….
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) pledged to speak to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) about his allegation that people in Washington, D.C., have invited him to orgies and done cocaine in front of him after Republican members expressed frustration with the comments.
Rep. Steve Womack (R-Ark.) stood up in a House Republican Conference meeting on Tuesday to address the comment, according to a source in the room. Other members also expressed that they were upset at Cawthorn’s allegations.
In response, McCarthy said that he would speak to Cawthorn about the racy remarks. Politico first reported the exchange….
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The 26-year-old first-term congressman made waves after he appeared on the “Warrior Poet Society” podcast last week and was asked whether the Netflix television drama “House of Cards” was “closer to a documentary.”
“I look at all these people, a lot of them that I’ve looked up to through my life, I’ve always paid attention to politics,” Cawthorn said. “Then all of the sudden you get invited to, ‘Well hey, we’re going to have kind of a sexual get together at one of our homes, you should come.’”
“I’m like, ‘What did you just ask me to come to?’” Cawthorn continued. “And then you realize they are asking you to come to an orgy.”
He added that he has seen people who advocate for fighting against addiction do cocaine in front of him….
jamesb says
Man in a wheelchair with a gun?
“Mr. Cawthorn was issued a citation for Possession of a Dangerous Weapon on City Property, which is a City of Charlotte Ordinance. Mr. Cawthorn was released, and the CMPD took possession of the firearm, which is normal procedure,” the statement said.….
Manu Ragu…
Politico link….