Rep. Madison Cawthorn Responds to Leaked Tape: 'We Were Acting Foolish

[RandySF]

Republican North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn has responded to a leaked video saying it shows him and a friend being “crass,” “acting foolish” and “joking.” The video spread on Twitter on May 4, 2022, and Cawthorn responded with a tweet attributing the emergence of the video to a campaign by the “swamp of Washington”

Cawthorn had earlier in the day said in a Twitter video there has been a “drip drip campaign” to cost him the GOP nomination in his primary as he seeks a second term in the House of Representatives. The 26-year–old Cawthorn was first elected to represent North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District in 2020 and faces a primary on May 17. Cawthorn was trending on Twitter on May 4 after the video was posted online.

On Twitter, Cawthorn wrote about the video that some have been calling a “sex tape,” that “A new hit against me just dropped. Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny. We were acting foolish, and joking. That’s it. I’m NOT backing down. I told you there would be a drip drip campaign. Blackmail won’t win. We will.”

The 30-second video shows a naked Cawthorn appearing to hump and thrust on a bed near another man. The video does not show any sexual activity between the two men. It appears the footage is being recorded by someone else in the room. Cawthorn can be heard groaning and yelling.





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[Skittles]

1. I honestly don't care what kink consenting adults are into

I have a REAL problem, however, when they are REPUKES who ROUTINELY JUDGE THE MORALS OF OTHERS.

[RandySF]

2. Cawthorn even called Ukraine too "woke" to support.

[Skittles]

5. JAYSUS

he is one SICK PIECE OF SHIT

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. Madison Cawthorn is going through some things.

Link to tweet

[RockRaven]

4. It was a joke... Okay... But what's the joke?... Homosexuality? Sexual harassment or assault?

What part was supposed to be funny, and how exactly?

[TreasonousBastard]

6. He's still acting foolish. When does it end!

[ZonkerHarris]

7. Gay or straight, screw him.

[hlthe2b]

8. Seems he has a lot of video of him performing "crass" behaviors. One, maybe, but multiple?

How does one allow videotaping of private behavior that can be used in ways you do not wish-- no matter what it is--multiple times?

[LiberatedUSA]

9. I think I know what it is. Think, being the key word.

While he could really be gay, and that is fine, I think he may have a “that’s so gay” 1990’s mentality (even though he wasn’t even school age in the 90s). So these antics are a reflection of that making fun of gay. He does seem like at 26 his mind is still that of a teenager.

Of course, I could be wrong and he is gay and has not accepted it yet. Which would make him a hypocrite.

[tanyev]

10. I have to wonder how this video and the one in the car got out.

Really stupid to film them at all, but also the kind of thing only the people involved would have. Unless they were jaw-droppingly stupid enough to send them out. Or maybe someone's phone was stolen?

[gay texan]

11. In my experience

Some of the meanest people are closeted self loathing gay men.

They can't have what they want, so let's make every gay persons life miserable