Exclusive: Madison Cawthorn photos reveal him wearing women's lingerie in public setting

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/22/madison-cawthorn-photos-00027286

Photographs obtained by POLITICO appear to show Madison Cawthorn, the embattled Republican congressman from North Carolina who recently accused his GOP colleagues of inviting him to orgies, wearing lingerie in what appears to be a party setting.

Cawthorn, 26, was raised in a conservative Baptist community in Henderson County, North Carolina, and has staked his political persona on arch-traditional Christian principles and the insistence of the importance of a kind of hypermasculinity. His comments about “the sexual perversion” in Washington made on a podcast, which he later admitted were exaggerated, drew the public disapproval and disavowal of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy as well as other Republican leaders including those in his North Carolina congressional caucus.

The revelation of the two photos is the latest in a series of unflattering headlines for the freshman member of Congress in the run-up to the primary in his first re-election bid. The primary in North Carolina is May 17. Cawthorn has seven Republican opponents who see him as vulnerable.

Cawthorn, who was paralyzed from the waist down as a passenger in a car accident in Florida in 2014, in recent months has called Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy a “thug,” suggested teetotaling Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has a drinking problem, and racked up a collection of traffic transgressions including speeding, driving with expired tags and driving with a revoked license. He has court dates in May and June.

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Which cocaine sex orgy was this?

[leftstreet]

1. Oh my, who is grooming him?

[Emile]

2. Party animals.

[vercetti2021]

3. Who didn't see this coming?

I mean...someone better check his trash cans for multiple bottles of lotion

[hedda_foil]

4. oh My!!

[brush]

5. Normally this revelation would mean the end of his career...

but ya never know now with the GOP/winger/Putin/sex orgy party.

[sarcasmo]

76. Roger Stone has given Cawthorn VIP access to the cocaine parties.

[PatSeg]

88. It seems the only transgression

that ends a republican politician's career these days is criticizing Trump.

[Sanity Claws]

6. Everytime you think you have seen everything and

have heard every hypocritical remark from the Republicans, another Republican comes along and shows you more.

[haele]

7. Please don't be a Photoshop...

Even if it isn't, he'll probably just claim it was a Halloween party.

Haele

[Effete Snob]

11. You know that, for some men, Halloween is a convenient excuse

to indulge their crossdressing fantasies.

[Caliman73]

14. True.

The reality is that whatever someone wants to wear is their business.

There shouldn't be any shame in a man wearing clothing that might be considered, "for women" or "feminine".

The actual problem is that people like Cawthorn are out their trumpeting this stupid and false hypermasculinity and creating hostility for women, and for men who choose not to conform to a binary definition of gender expression.

That is a bit more difficult to sell than, "Hah! Cawthorn is a cross dresser!!"

[Effete Snob]

23. It's the hypocrisy

He's rocking the outfit just fine. But the point is the hypocrisy.

This is the guy who had something to say about coke orgies recently.

[Caliman73]

57. It is always the hypocrisy with these guys.

They try to ban gay marriage, then get caught trying to score gay sex in a bathroom. They want to ban abortion, but then they get outed trying to force "the mistress" to get an abortion.

They talk about the need to be "manly men" and get caught wearing women's underwear.

If they just did their thing and let others do their thing, there would be no problem at all!

[AllyCat]

66. That's exactly what I was thinking.

I don’t give 2 whits what he wears. But don’t accuse others of orgies or grooming…

[questionseverything]

8. I feel so old, is this shit real?

I can’t tell anymore

[ShazzieB]

40. I can't tell, either, and I've been fooled before.

I'm therefore taking this with a very large grain of salt until someone can convincingly explain why I shouldn't assume it's photoshopped.

[HUAJIAO]

61. He has admitted to it, says it was a cruise party.

[ShazzieB]

65. Oh, I see!

Thanks for the background.

It does look real to me, but I've been very, very wrong before, so I just wasn't sure.

[Effete Snob]

9. I brought enough for everyone

[Joinfortmill]

31. 👍

[The Unmitigated Gall]

10. Amanda Cawthorn, mmm-mmmm-MMMM!!!

Whiskey-tongue. Never-mind the dick.

[obamanut2012]

37. HIs name is Madison, and he is a man

[Mr. Evil]

45. Yeah... really...

I always thought 'Madison' was a feminine name.

Well, you know what they say about those that doth protest too much!

[marie999]

59. Why do you think there is something wrong with him dressed like that?

[Mr. Evil]

62. It was a fucking joke for crying out loud.

Based on his hyper-masculinity statements from the past two years and then some. Everyone here knows I could give a shit how anyone dresses or how they identify, so long as they don't hurt anyone else.

Sheesh, did I forget to include the emoji? Yup, I sure did.

[marie999]

64. Thank you

[obamanut2012]

80. It isn't a joke

You are being offensive.

[obamanut2012]

79. Why do you this comment is appropriate?

It's disgusting.

[BlackSkimmer]

92. There are quite a few trying to see what they can get away with on this subject.

Trying to be oh-so-clever.

[yardwork]

91. What is wrong with you to post such an offensive thing here?

For crying out loud.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

93. So...I'm mocking a militant fascist traitor...

A prominent member of a party that has declared war on the LGBTQ community, In terms that HE, so wrapped in toxic masculinity that he released a video of himself beating up a tree with his tactical gloves, would find particularly galling.

And YOU take offense for him. Great.

[yardwork]

94. As a lesbian who lives in NC, I assure you that I'm quite familiar with Cawthorn.

Your post is offensive not to Cawthorn but to everybody else.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

95. As a brother to a lesbian sister (married) and doting uncle to their 4 year-old daughter...

As a professional who regularly works with individuals in the LGBTQ community on issues directly related to their LGBTQ status,

Offending you wasn't my intent, and I apologize. I made a joke couched in bitterness and anger at a hate-filled, hypocritical scumbag, from a place of rage at people who would isolate and destroy others simply because of their orientation and/or beliefs.

[yardwork]

96. Thank you. I sincerely appreciate your apology.

[LakeArenal]

12. Shame on those woman. Perverting the perv.

Sarcasm folks.

Edit to add: Cawthorn might need a seesion or two of that testicle sunning. His costume choice seem to lack some sperm count.

[tanyev]

13. Oh my goodness, have I died and gone to LOLhalla?

[Kingofalldems]

15. Kick and rec for Trump's secret pals.

[bbernardini]

16. This Rocky Horror production sucks. nt

[Walleye]

17. Exaggeration? No key bumps? They just snort their blow off of mirrors in lines

[Nevilledog]

19. Looks like he has a keychain in his hand 🤣

[Walleye]

20. Yes he does, could he have actually been telling the truth?

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Does this make him "woke", "out", or part of the culture to be cancelled?

[Lovie777]

21. Wild sex parties .....

oh my - LOL

[Roland99]

22. IOKIYAAR

[Drum]

24. Omg omg BINGO!!!1!

[WhiskeyGrinder]

25. Gosh, if only any of them gave a shit about hypocrisy. Man's a fuckin nazi, who cares what he wears.

[PlanetBev]

26. Well, I'm guessing

Those are the type of women he describes as “sacred earthen vessels.”

[packman]

27. Has Tucker heard about this?

Madison might need his balls tanned. Christ, are all the Republican nothing more than suppressed sex weirdos?

[llmart]

29. That's a rhetorical question, right?

It all started with Mitt's magic underwear.

[ShazzieB]

50. Sorry, I honestly don't find that funny.

No, I am not, nor have I ever been Mormon. I'm just not comfortable making fun of garments or other physical signs that are worn as part of someone's religious observance. That includes Mormon underwear, women wearing hijab, Hasidic Jewish men with side curls, the list goes on.

The Mormon underwear may seem silly to us "gentiles" (that's what they call non-Mormons, in case you didn't know), but making fun of it is not a good look.

[Kid Berwyn]

28. Just another cocaine origy.

Smiling NAZI idiot.

[Joinfortmill]

30. Anyone else sick of these creeps?

[GoCubsGo]

32. Yes, for going on 40 years now.

[tishaLA]

33. He needs to start tanning his balls, obviously

I hope these photos accompany that speech he gave about boys being "demasculated."

[BadgerMom]

34. Imagine if this were a Democrat.

It would be on Fox 24/7. The person would resign. We’d never hear the end of it.

[Demovictory9]

35. Real or photoshop?

[Jarqui]

38. I had the same reaction - I suspect photoshop ...nt

[Jon King]

42. Very obvious photoshop.

But funny nonetheless.

[tenderfoot]

49. Carthorn himself stated that they're real

Link to tweet

[Volaris]

69. Well,at least maybe they've started to figure out that if they just OWN IT

it's not as damaging as lying about it.

Now, I'm not saying his statement isn't factual...BUT if this were a cruise ship costume party, why isnt his manly ass dressed as Batman, instead of Persian Catwoman?

[Traildogbob]

36. All his

Massive sized campaign posters ($$$$) have his big mug and a silhouette of a man in a wheelchair for sympathy votes. All the smaller posters have the wheel chair on them. He is a sick asshole. Raked in SSDI but now wants it all gone, SS, Medicare and Medicaid.

[blogslug]

39. Somebody's been saving those pics for the right moment

That's all I have to say.

[Jon King]

41. Funny, but mediocre job of photoshopping.

Does not even look remotely real. Funny, but obviously fake.

[tenderfoot]

51. Then why is Cawthorn acknowledging them as real?

Link to tweet

[blogslug]

52. Okay, I'll say one more thing

Cawthorn tweeted, verifying it was him in the photos:

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/madison-cawthorn-lingerie-photos-1342044/

[Tommymac]

56. He admits it is real.

Link to tweet

Taken during a vacation a while ago. Eric Garcia hits the nail on the head:

But what is not good is you condemning others for trying to live their lives how they choose. Not everyone is protected from the gop bigotry laws like you.

[Effete Snob]

68. Lol - it even managed to fool HIM!

Because he admits they are real, and claims they were taken on a cruise.

You know, a cruise. Where you dress up in lingerie and fondle your nipples.

[obamanut2012]

81. Delete this misinformation

He said it's real.

[malaise]

43. How do I unsee this?

Oh My! is Maddie a groomer?

[LiberalFighter]

44. That orgy party. Republicans go all out.

[Martin68]

46. Best of the GOP.

[Buns_of_Fire]

47. Photoshopped or not, now we get to watch him deny it.

[Nevilledog]

53. He's saying they're funny vacation pictures.

They're real.

[Buns_of_Fire]

55. That'll go over big with his base. They don't do "goofy".

They might do Minnie, though. Or Huey, Dewey, and Louie.

[Mr. Evil]

48. He's... he's... he's...

doing a double secret investigation. Yeah... that's it! He's undercover trying to find out if transvestites are really transsexuals or that transsexuals are really just transvestites. He's such a manly man on the job for christian America! He'll report his findings to Tucky the ball tanning Adonis.

[obamanut2012]

82. Another bigoted post from you in this rhread

Oh, is this also a "joke"? I love how you kept telling people your comments are just a joke. I'm waiting for you to call me thin skinned, or that I can't take a joke.

Maybe insult him without making it gendered or transphobic.

[Mr. Evil]

97. As I stated in another thread,

I was anesthetizing myself that particular night and I was a bit overwhelmed by the multiple stories the previous week up to that point of more and more republican hypocrisy. I was not in any shape or form trying to be offensive, nor was I trying to denigrate anyone other than Madison Cawthorn and Tucker Carlson. I actually have many friends that are LGBTQ (actual or friendly - my boss and some of my co-workers included).

My sense of humor is and can be fairly warped sometimes. I wasn't and would never insult or denigrate in any way anyone within the LGBTQ community. For, they are a part of my community. My LGBTQ friends poke fun at me for not liking newer music and for still being a Metalhead at my advanced age (62). Then we discuss neurology. We're all a mixed bag. Each and everyone of us. I was just trying to expose republican hypocrisy and grossly failed in my delivery.

For that, I humbly apologize to you that I didn't have the where-with-all to present my disgust with Madison Cawthorn and Tucker Carlson and their blatant hypocrisy in a more understandably humorous fashion. That's on me.

I've spent most of my life working in music and with musicians of all walks of life and I love them all. They are not fragile people. But, every one of them, and me, realizes that you can never please everyone's sensibilities. It isn't and will never be possible.

Once again, I humbly apologize. I never meant to be offensive. In any way shape or form. I was just hoping other people would maybe post other goofy shit about MC, TC and other republicans.

[0rganism]

54. luckily for him and his career, he's not a Democrat

not so lucky for the rest of us

[lonely bird]

58. This won't hurt him at all

The RW will ignore it. Yeah, the party bureaucrats may be shaking their heads but the RW electorate won’t give a shit.

[rockfordfile]

63. If true, then the right-wingers won't like it at all.

[lonely bird]

84. Maybe a few but...

They really only care if it is a Dem who does something like this. Then they scream about the homosexual agenda and grooming etc.

[peggysue2]

60. This is certainly another example of projection from shrieking Republicans

The louder they shriek and rage, the greater possibility that the condemnation is really confession.

Cawthorne is young and foolish. Dressing up in lingerie at a party is silly, goofy. What stinks to high heaven is the hypocrisy of super Christian know-it-alls preaching and/or wagging a finger at everyone else.

So, Maddie has been outed, right on the heels of his cocaine/orgy stories.

What a dope!

The real question for inquiring minds is: Who released the photos? Because they're perfectly timed for maximum damage.

[Volaris]

67. Lovett is going to have an absolute field day with this next week hahahaha...

I mean.
Just....
SmDH lol.

[struggle4progress]

70. NC Highway Patrol trooper taking Mad Cawthorn's license

Vote for me, Mad Cawthorn! I'm a divorced cross-dresser who gets invited to DC's hottest orgies and coke-sniffing parties! Although I was paralyzed years ago in an auto accident, I now speed down Carolina roads without a driver's license! Think of me as an insurrectionist!

[ironflange]

71. There's something not right with that boy

[keithbvadu2]

72. Have the other GOP Congressfolk in the pictures been identified?

Have the other GOP Congressfolk in the pictures been identified?

???

[edbermac]

73. Big deal, his supporters will still vote for him.

While frothing at the mouth about the tan suit guy.

[Leith]

74. That is the stuff of nightmares

He sure likes his cocaine orgies.

[brewens]

75. It's a damn shame those aren't trans women, but no self-respecting trans woman would

be partying with that creep.

[Tarc]

77. If Cawthorn wants to experiment with his gender expression, that's fine

The point here is not to mock him for that, but to highlight his hypocrisy in supporting a regressive and hurtful anti-LGBT agenda.

[Sogo]

78. I'm definitely seeing some boobies in that second photo....

Was he dressing for the GOP “party?”

[Ellipsis]

83. Well good for him.

[MineralMan]

85. I don't care what he wears. Still, this would make a great campaign poster.

Or freeway billboard. Use the left photo with just these words:

VOTE CAWTHORN?

[True Dough]

86. Brilliance!

Link to tweet

[Vinca]

87. The guy looks totally stoned. I'm surprised it's not a dick pick. Creepy, creepy, creepy.

[True Dough]

89. Also very good...

Link to tweet

[True Dough]

90. Another winner...