Madison Cawthorn: Difference between revisions

In November 2021, Cawthorn first declared his intention to run for a second term in the [[North Carolina's 13th congressional district|new 13th congressional district]], which includes [[Cleveland County, North Carolina|Cleveland County]] and other counties west of [[Charlotte]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.carolinajournal.com/news-article/rep-madison-cawthorn-changes-congressional-districts/ |title=Rep. Madison Cawthorn changes congressional districts |work=[[John Locke Foundation|Carolina Journal]] |date=November 12, 2021 |access-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430002930/https://www.carolinajournal.com/rep-madison-cawthorn-changes-congressional-districts/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article255751151.html|title=Cawthorn announces he'll change districts for 2022, shaking up NC elections|last1=Battaglia|first=Danielle|last2=Murphy|first2=Brian|last3=Vaughn|first3=Dawn Baumgartner|work=[[News & Observer]]|date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112002820/https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article255751151.html|archive-date=November 12, 2021|access-date=November 13, 2021}}</ref> Most of Cawthorn's wasformer registeredterritory, toincluding votehis home in Hendersonville, had become the [[North Carolina's 14th congressional district|new 14th district]]; members of Congress are not required to live in the district they represent but merely in the same state.<ref>{{cite news |last=Burgess |first=Joel |url=https://citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/11/16/madison-cawthorn-clarify-where-he-lives-records-statement-differ-henderson-polk-county/8623766002/ |title=Madison Cawthorn won't clarify where he lives; records differ from his statement |work=Asheville Citizen-Times |date=November 16, 2021 |access-date=January 21, 2022 |archive-date=April 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430002927/https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2021/11/16/madison-cawthorn-clarify-where-he-lives-records-statement-differ-henderson-polk-county/8623766002/ |url-status=live}}</ref> He wrote on [[Twitter]] that he was running in the 13th district because otherwise "another establishment, go-along-to-get-along Republican would prevail there." According to the ''Asheville Citizen-Times'', opposition to Cawthorn in his current district, including by former supporters, "appears to provide a political rationale" for his decision.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2021/12/17/cawthorns-uncivil-war-move-new-district-triggers-party-reckoning/8917744002/|title=Madison Cawthorn's uncivil war: Invasion into new district triggers intra-party reckoning|last=Fiedler|first=Tom|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|date=December 20, 2021|access-date=December 20, 2021|archive-date=April 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220430002927/https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2021/12/17/cawthorns-uncivil-war-move-new-district-triggers-party-reckoning/8917744002/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On May 17, 2022, Cawthorn conceded to his Republican primary challenger, state representative [[Chuck Edwards]].<ref name="CawthornLoses">{{Cite news |last=Ulloa |first=Jazmine |date=May 18, 2022 |title=Madison Cawthorn loses his re-election bid after a deluge of scandals. |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/17/us/politics/madison-cawthorn-concedes-nc-primary-gop.html |access-date=May 18, 2022 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Edwards had been supported by Senator [[Thom Tillis]] and most of the [[North Carolina General Assembly]].<ref name="CawthornLoses" /> Railing against "the cowardly and weak members of our own party", Cawthorn wrote, "It's time for the rise of the new right, it's time for Dark MAGA to truly take command."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Battaglia |first=Danielle |date=May 20, 2022 |title=NC's Madison Cawthorn calls for darker political group to defeat 'weak' Republicans |work=[[The Charlotte Observer]] |url=https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politics-government/article261615122.html |access-date=May 21, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Ting |first=Eric |date=May 20, 2022 |title=McCarthy tries to be nice to Cawthorn. Cawthorn attacks anyway. |url=https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/McCarthy-tries-to-be-nice-to-Cawthorn-17186768.php |access-date=May 21, 2022 |work=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref> "Dark MAGA" references a fringe movement advocating a vengeful return of Trumpism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shoaib |first=Alia |title=The 'Dark MAGA' movement dreams of a vengeful Trump destroying his enemies, and is using 'meme warfare' to amplify its threatening vision, say experts |date=May 15, 2022 |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/dark-maga-explained-far-right-memes-calling-for-trump-revenge-2022-5 |access-date=May 21, 2022 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}</ref>