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KentuckyWoman

(6,679 posts)
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 06:04 PM Jan 2021

Looks like Madison is off to a great start in Washington.

He has such strong relationship with "alternative facts" that he should be able to grift his way through 30 years or more.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/madison-cawthorn-paralympics/

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“The International Paralympic Committee, the IPC, they have a registry of athletes. You have to be on it to even compete internationally,”

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The list is publicly available, and contains over 4,000 athletes from around the world. Cawthorn isn’t on it.

Brian Siemann, however, is on the list. He represented Team USA in track and field in the 2012 and 2016 Paralympic Games.

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Siemann admitted, a little sheepishly, that he and other elite athletes were aware of Cawthorn long before he ran for office. In fact, Cawthorn’s Instagram feed was a bit of a running joke. “[My teammates and I] would share whatever posts [Cawthorn] put up and be like, ‘Look at what batshit thing he said about the Paralympics this week.… The claims he was making were just so absurd, you have to find some humor in it.”

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Looks like Madison is off to a great start in Washington. (Original Post) KentuckyWoman Jan 2021 OP
I cant TexasLefty29 Jan 2021 #1
Wow, quite a scathing article. smirkymonkey Jan 2021 #2
one suspects his historical role model would be against paralympics nt msongs Jan 2021 #3
His historical role model would have put him to death. keithbvadu2 Jan 2021 #6
He literally has no experience other than working at Chick-Fil-A before his accident liberal_mama Jan 2021 #4
Stolen honor blm Jan 2021 #5

TexasLefty29

(190 posts)
1. I cant
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 06:06 PM
Jan 2021

get over the rifle and German Shepard making up for his wheelchair in the article picture. 🤦🏼‍♀️😅 #hotwheels

keithbvadu2

(36,816 posts)
6. His historical role model would have put him to death.
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 11:07 PM
Jan 2021

His historical role model would have put him to death.

liberal_mama

(1,495 posts)
4. He literally has no experience other than working at Chick-Fil-A before his accident
Sun Jan 24, 2021, 06:47 PM
Jan 2021

He got D's in college and lied about all of his other accomplishments.

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