Rep. Madison Cawthorn left his constituents—and then was forced to return to them, hat in hand, after the courts predictably struck down the new map on Feb. 23
, drove without it anyway, and racked up a string of hefty speeding tickets.that Pelosi—who famously doesn’t drink—is an alcoholic.
No matter Cawthorn’s fate back home, for many Republicans, the last year has shown that the young man once viewed as a rising star is now little more than a growing headache for the GOP. At this point, multiple GOP sources said Cawthorn has few friends on the Hill and, more to the point, probably does not realize how many enemies he’s made. A senior GOP aide—granted anonymity to describe the mood of Republicans—said the consensus in the conference is that Cawthorn is more of a liability than anything else.
, while Boebert has impressed many Republicans on Capitol Hill with her efforts to build clout inside the halls of Congress. Not a few eyes were rolled at the sight of a freshman lawmaker taking up the mantle of Gingrich and putting forth what he called a “definitive roadmap… for my generation to reclaim our country.”
Asked if he supported Cawthorn’s plan, Gingrich simply replied: “I’m for a lot of different guys having ideas.” In Texas’ Republican primaries earlier this month, two of Cawthorn’s chosen candidates failed to make runoff elections in their races, with one contest serving as aCawthorn’s own district-switching gambit, meanwhile, was baffling to GOP operatives, who could not understand why he decided to make such a splash when North Carolina’s maps were so likely to change again.
And Cawthorn has blown through most of his $2.8 million warchest. In his year-end 2021 filing, he had one-tenth of what he raised—just $282,000 on hand, with $177,000 in outstanding debts. Over half of his expenditures went toward fundraising.
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