New Madison Cawthorne oppo dropped

[Yorkie Mom]

EXCLUSIVE: 'I would like to see a naked body beneath my hands.' GOP Rep Madison Cawthorn is caught on video with male scheduler's hand on his crotch as new ethics complaint claims the congressman gave him thousands of dollars in loans and gifts,

*Footage obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com shows Rep. Madison Cawthorn, 26, in a car with his close aid and staffer Stephen Smith, 23

*Cawthorn sits in the driver's seat and says, 'I feel the passion and desire and would like to see a naked body beneath my hands'

*The camera then pans back to Smith who says, 'Me too' and then films himself reaching his hand over and into Cawthorn's crotch

*The video is one of several exhibits filed in support of the ethics complaint drafted by political group Fire Madison Cawthorn

*The complaint calls for an investigation into a slew of behavior that, the group alleges, has put Cawthorn firmly on the wrong side of a host of House Rules

*Among the many allegations is the claim that Cawthorn provided thousands of dollars in loans and gifts to Smith

New video of scandal-ridden GOP Rep Madison Cawthorn having his crotch felt by a close male friend and staff member is at the center of a complaint calling for an investigation into him and filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics today, DailyMail.com can reveal.

The extraordinary footage, obtained exclusively by DailyMail.com and seen here for the first time today, shows Cawthorn, 26, in a car with his close aide and his scheduler Stephen Smith, 23.

Cawthorn sits in the driver's seat apparently filmed by Smith as he adopts an exaggerated accent and says, 'I feel the passion and desire and would like to see a naked body beneath my hands.'

... snip

The complaint also requests an investigation into the nature of Cawthorn's relationship with Smith stating that the junior member of staff lives with Cawthorn.

More with photos and video: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10764209/GOP-Rep-Madison-Cawthorn-caught-video-male-staff-members-hand-crotch.html

[TwilightZone]

1. Dead girl or live boy.

Didn't that used to be the (somewhat facetious) standard?

[Yorkie Mom]

2. Looks like Cawthorne chose the live boy.

[sop]

19. These days it has to be an underage boy.

[TheBlackAdder]

38. It seems like underaged gets respect in the GOP now, and over 40 would be scandalous.

[CurtEastPoint]

32. Yep!

[Caliman73]

3. To each their own.

He is an odd little man.

Normally I would say leave people to their kink, but Cawthorn is a disgusting POS who is actively trying to facilitate the US's slide into fascism.

I say, expose the little weirdo.

[hlthe2b]

9. Yes. That he repeatedly sexually harrassed multiple women makes at least some of his behavior public

knowledge. So, while it is notable that the knives appear to be out NOW, rather than amidst all the crap that came out before his election is notable. He's really pissed some people off and I find it hard to care--even if he is being outed.

[Caliman73]

21. Who to root for? Right?

Malaria or Typhoid.

Or maybe that both get infected and wither away?

[Hekate]

22. The word was out among the girls at that Christian college he attended: "Do NOT go for a ride...

…with Madison.”

[Marius25]

4. He's the new Aaron Schock

He also married his "wife" last year, and divorced her like 8 months later.

[Celerity]

16. I do not think Aaron Schock was ever married.

[LonePirate]

5. Yes, he's a despicable hypocrite but this is a homophobic attack on Cawthorn.

This info was dumped prior to the primary in order to increase bigoted Republican opposition to him because this is the only chance for Republicans to kick him out of Congress. He exposed their orgies and drug use and now he is paying the price.

[CrackityJones75]

35. Here we go.

[yardwork]

54. It looks that way. Madison was their golden boy until he talked about the orgies.

I thought it was common knowledge that politicians and other powerful men often have wild parties - sex and drugs, and I guess their versions of rock and roll - so I didn't see Madison's comments as a big reveal but it seems they're sensitive or something.

Maybe Trump was there (the mind reels) and they're afraid Madison will name names.

[vlyons]

6. A very vert disturbed man

should not be in Congress

[Yorkie Mom]

11. This right here!

[Hugh_Lebowski]

7. Pretty low on my list of 'things I have a problem with' as far as this asshole goes

Other than the hypocrisy part wrt his supposedly deep religious values, who cares if he's getting hand-jobs from his (male) scheduler?

Who cares if he gave Smith loans and gifts?

I don't.

I hate pretty much everything about this guy, but this ... meh.

[Marius25]

12. It's illegal to give Smith loans and gifts.

They were paid using campaign money and never paid back.

That's why he's under an Ethics investigation. It's very similar to Aaron Schock who spent lavishly using campaign money, was a rabid homophobe who got caught making out with guys, and then got indicted for misuse of campaign money.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

15. Okay well campaign money would be different didn't see that in the linked article

so didn't have your same insight on that, thx

[BlackSkimmer]

31. Same here. Except for the hypocrisy.

But you know as well as I that this is the kind of thing that DU will slurp up hungrily.

[femmedem]

52. "According to the filing Cawthorn has provided free housing, travel and loans to Smith."

None of which have been declared or repaid.

That's from the article linked in the OP.

That's the problem. I hope most of us here at DU don't care about the staffer's gender--although it's clear from the comments that some do. (Not talking about your comment.)

[Hugh_Lebowski]

61. I suppose that insinuates he didn't use his own money for this

But it doesn't explicitly say 'campaign funds were used for this purpose', at least not that I noticed while reading it.

[IronLionZion]

60. It's top of the list for Republicans though

I love seeing them eat their own

[kacekwl]

8. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Too

bad he can't be honest about it.

[ecstatic]

14. Isn't he married?

There's plenty wrong with adultery, not to mention (potential) sexual harassment of staff.

[Celerity]

20. US Rep. Madison Cawthorn and his wife, Cristina, are divorcing after only eight months of marriage

December 23, 2021

https://people.com/politics/madison-cawthorn-wife-cristina-divorce-after-less-than-8-months-marriage-our-lives-changed/

[trof]

63. BEARD

[Celerity]

64. yeppers

[Hugh_Lebowski]

23. For like 8 months he was but there's no indication of when the video is actually from in the article

temporally-speaking.

It does say however that Smith went on the honeymoon, and apparently lived in the Cawthorn's house during their marriage, so ... gee I wonder why they ended up quickly divorced?

[yardwork]

34. Well, that would explain a lot.

[obamanut2012]

36. seriously wtaf

[Hugh_Lebowski]

47. This is gonna get real interesting real quick imho ...

Unless there's really nothing to this (which seems unlikely at this point), his former supporters will drop him in droves.

They're not gonna be cool about this kind of thing like Democrats would be.

[yardwork]

53. Which is another example of Republicans being pathetic.

His sex life and his marital life are nobody's business except his and the people involved unless a crime is committed.

Republicans didn't care at all about the years of sexual assault complaints against him, trying to take a loaded gun through TSA twice, driving while license revoked (twice? I lose count), carrying a knife into school board meetings twice, not to mention attempts to destroy our democracy by lying all day every day.... all that was perfectly fine.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

62. Preach! (nt)

[joshcryer]

10. Loans, otherwise known as hush money.

[Emile]

13. This will be forgiven by the evangelicals.

[Xavier Breath]

17. "The devil made me do it"

sure does a lot of heavy lifting for those people.

[Lunabell]

18. Hypo fucking crite!!

I am so sick of these bible thumping hypocrites!!!!

[Patterson]

24. At least he's not grooming anyone.

[FakeNoose]

25. Why doesn't he team up with Lindsey Graham?

[2naSalit]

46. Maybe...

He stole Lindsey's boy toy.

[femmedem]

51. The problem is the money, not the staffer's gender.

From the article: According to the filing Cawthorn has provided free housing, travel and loans to Smith, none of which have been declared or repaid.

Although it happens frequently on DU, I find the innuendos about Lindsey Graham's sexuality homophobic.

[Volaris]

58. For US, the problem is the money. For THEM, it's the other thing.

This oppo was dropped to Daily Mail.

Not a publication any dem operative would give so much as the finger to, even 3am drunk on a Tuesday.

This is Republican on Republican ratfucking, straight no chaser.

[asiliveandbreathe]

26. I would think the republicans doing dirty work would think twice..

Guess they really want him out..so, what does Cawthorn have to lose..by exposing everything??..who was at that cocaine party??? who??..

[Orangepeel]

27. well, it should be a problem that it is a staffer

[newdayneeded]

57. chief of fluffing

[Rhiannon12866]

28. MeidasTouch video

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/OlRpAB05rkY

[sop]

29. Cawthorn will blame his latest scandalous behavior on "the injury."

Young Madison has certain physical needs that must be satified. And the paid, male "scheduler" just happened to be handy.

[Eko]

30. I personally dont think that what Cawthorn and his aide did

as far as the sexual innuendos and the video are anything bad. They are either joking around, not joking, or a combination of the two. I could care less what they do and no one here should as long as its legal. Anything short of that would be putting your business in the private actions of 2 consenting adults and I would hope that we are against that. If they are not joking and there is indeed a personal sexual relationship between the two, of which this is not clear as they could be playing around, then calling out their hypocrisy would be fine. But we are not there. So, I don't care.

[smb]

40. You Don't See The Problem With Having A Relationship With An Employee? nt

[Eko]

42. Is that illegal?

[Eko]

43. My opinion on whether it is a problem or not

has nothing to do with what 2 consenting adults do with each other as long as its legal. Period.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

49. If the employee felt forced due to the employer/employee dynamic, then in most cases, yes

But absent that condition, for my part, the answer is no.

[yardwork]

55. I agree, and also I'll note that the Republicans didn't care about the prior assault allegations.

So, if true, this would be the latest in a string of coercion accusations against Cawthorn, none of which bothered the GOP up until now.

[madinmaryland]

33. This brings new meaning to "Fuck Around, Find out"

[dweller]

37. I still want him banned from office

due to the 14th, article 3 ?

Wonder if this is to put a kabosh on that happening ?
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[PatrickforB]

39. Sigh. The appalling thing is this guy is STILL in office.

Not to mention the long list of Republican Senators and Representatives who aided and abetted the TREASONOUS insurrection.

In a time not so long ago, perhaps fifty years, these people would out of office, and being tried for their crimes.

[dalton99a]

41. His constituents in NC probably would like to read the article

[Baked Potato]

44. I won't Yuck his Yum, but his politics are crap. Nt

[IronLionZion]

45. Might explain his quick divorce

and hatred for women

[LetMyPeopleVote]

48. This will be fun to watch

Link to tweet

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[struggle4progress]

50. Mad Cawthorn is trying hard to appeal to every demographic!

Divorced men! Hitlerites! Inside traders! Speeders! Transvestites! Putin lovers! Flying gun humpers! Orgiasts! Coke freaks! Window smashers! Male prostitutes!

[yardwork]

56. Tree punchers.

Don't forget his whaling on a little dead defenseless tree.

[Wingus Dingus]

59. They're cousins, feeling each others' crotches? Did I read that right (bottom of article)?

Eeeewww!

"Approached for comment Cawthorn’s spokesman Luke Ball said he could not give any response until he had seen the video. He said Smith and Cawthorn are cousins."

[wishstar]

65. Newsweek article says Cawthorn described him as 3rd cousin once removed in a 2017 deposition

Don't know why a 2017 deposition would be mentioning this Smith guy who was just 18 at that time unless he was somehow connected to Cawthorn's accident and disability. But the spokesman for Cawthorn tried to be dismissive about the relationship saying that they were family and cousins.

[Initech]

66. That just raises further questions!