So, Cawthorn now says someone is blackmailing him.

[Siwsan]

At best, he just does a whole lot of juvenile stuff, running along the same theme, and seems to like preserving it for future viewing. Not smart. I think he wasn't very mature when he was in that car accident, and his maturity was paralyzed, along with his legs.

However, I have next to zero hope he's about to become a bad political memory.



https://news.yahoo.com/madison-cawthorn-says-blackmail-wont-004450515.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall

[Lovie777]

1. Yes . ...

because he belongs to the purity race and political party.

[TheBlackAdder]

25. Allow yourself to have blackmail material and open yourself up for possible blackmail.

[pwb]

2. A hit has dropped?

A truth has surfaced? Same Same.

[Sanity Claws]

3. Oh my!

I didn't watch the video but read its description in Huffpost. He is toast and should make a Plan B regarding his life because his political life is dead.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Here's an easier to watch reenactment

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=ajRaQlghL0wmfbStiIuB-Q

[dixiechiken1]

24. Perfect, down to the hairy butt and everything!

[Historic NY]

4. His cousin?

[Achilleaze]

5. Cawthorn squealed on the Republican drug-sex orgies

And ever since there has been a shit storm pelting down upon his twisted right-wing soul.

I guess he's getting kicked out of the G.O.P. boy's club for having blabbed.

Sad. All around.

[Trueblue1968]

6. darn, wish i'd a thought of that !!!!!!!

[TreasonousBastard]

7. I saw the video and was simply amazed that it was so. ..

senseless and pointless. Politically, the boy has nothing but repetition of bullshit maga bullet points.

In a just, or at least sensible, world he is dead meat.

[obamanut2012]

8. Thom Tillis and other NC GOP are going after him -- he is toast in NC

Art Pope will bury him. Art Pope is way worse than Maddy the Fashy, and has money and insane clout in NC. He is the NC Koch.

[dsc]

9. I honestly think he is in trouble

There will certainly be a run off meaning he has another 6 weeks of this and he has royally pissed off the state level GOP. He is about as popular as anthrax at this point among them.

[yardwork]

23. Unfortunately, they'll just elect a more organized and compliant Republican.

Seems to be no chance of flipping that gerrymandered seat. It's a crime that the people of Asheville have no representation.

[Chainfire]

10. He must be in shock

After watching what some of his brethren in the congress have gotten away with. He will be in the Charlie Brown mindset now, "Whys everybody always picking on me?" He seems like a spoiled brat who has never known any social limits; the Republican party seems to be full of that type.

[Vinca]

11. Who hasn't gotten naked and humped their buddy in jest? Sheesh. You'd

think Maddie with his bra wearing, cocaine party attending and buddy humping was unbecoming to a member of Congress. Why, I bet he's in the front pew every Sunday. Probably whacking off, but in the pew nevertheless.

[JanMichael]

12. I don't recall play humping my guy friends a thing that I did as a young man.

Has the world changed that much since the 80's?

Like how his cousin (or lifelong friend) placed his hand on Maddie's crotch in the car? A little slap and tickle (and nude dry humping) between guy friends is now comedy?

Huh. I must have missed that memo. It must have been on Tic Tok. Am I repressed?

EDIT: I should add that we went to a gym regular back then so I guess that would have been fun?

[mnmoderatedem]

14. So Madison, did someone blackmail you into twice bringing a gun to an airport?

asking for a friend.

[DFW]

15. Blackmailing him with something that is public knowledge?

I can't wait to hear how that works......

[Siwsan]

16. There does seem to be a bit of confusion

Blackmail kind of loses its clout if the 'evidence' is exposed with no demand, in advance.

I'm just wondering what's going to come out, next. Perhaps I should rephrase that.

[DFW]

20. Don't pose questions to which you might not want the answers

[PatSeg]

28. Unfortunately for Madison,

he is the kind of person who probably has created a lot of enemies and no payoff is necessary. I'm sure watching his career in freefall is more than enough reward.

I don't think this is the last scandal we will be hearing about. (Notice I avoided saying last scandal to 'come out', ha, ha!)

[tanyev]

17. Unless everything so far has been a teaser for even worse things to come, it's not blackmail.

It's someone flat out trying to torpedo him in the Republican primary.

[Siwsan]

19. I wonder if anyone pulled him aside, in advance, and tried to talk some sense into him.

And this is the result of his response.

[AngryOldDem]

18. Madison, just go away. Please.

I thought I heard that the party wants him gone? That’s something, if he’s too much even for them.

[smb]

26. Oh, No, Don't Go Away -- Start Naming Names On Those Cocaine Orgies!

You're boned (so to speak) anyway; take some of the bastards with you!

[hlthe2b]

21. What an incredibly fast self-immolation of a Congressional career.

Who could imagine he could be THIS immature (except for the comparisons with MTG and Boebert, I suppose).

They say there is an opportunity for a second act, but honestly, I think he's going to have to wait until he's in his 60s before many are willing to forget--even his own voters. We shall see. Obviously, things are different with REPUGs.

[Emile]

22. We know who the big drip is

and its you Cawthorn!

[Wounded Bear]

27. They have medications that will take care of that drip, Maddie boy...

[Buns_of_Fire]

29. Aw, come on. If you can't hump your buddy, who can you hump?

Remember: If buddy-humping is outlawed, there'll be nothing left to hump but that knotty pine paneling in mom's basement.