US Rep. Madison Cawthorn calls Ukrainian president a 'thug'

[highplainsdem]

Source: WRAL

RALEIGH, N.C. — U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina told supporters he thought Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a "thug"—a comment that runs counter to the overwhelming share of Republicans with a favorable view of the leader fending off a military invasion from Russia.

"Remember that Zelenskyy is a thug," Cawthorn said in a video obtained by WRAL. "Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies."

The congressman's spokesman, Luke Ball, did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the video. It was unclear where the video was taken. Cawthorn had a number of events in the state over the weekend.

Cawthorn, who is running for reelection in the state's westernmost district, faces a string of primary challengers.

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Read more: https://www.wral.com/us-rep-madison-cawthorn-calls-zelensky-thug/20180199/

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Video of Cawthorn, who IS a thug, at the link.

[ZonkerHarris]

1. Fuck that guy.

[Wingus Dingus]

2. His challengers should do a lot of digging into little Maddy's

connections and finances and mail-order ex-bride.

[WA-03 Democrat]

3. Putin's Puppy says what? n/t

[world wide wally]

4. Cawthorn only says that because Zelenskyy is picking on the poor Russians

[sop]

5. No, I don't "remember" any such thing.

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Madison picked up that little rhetorical device from Trump.

[Wingus Dingus]

12. Yeah, we're supposed to believe that's established fact and common knowledge.

That's how propaganda works.

[CurtEastPoint]

6. fuck him now and forever amen

[modrepub]

7. Another Someone Who Can't Read the Room

[Aristus]

8. Traffic law violator says what?

[Haggis 4 Breakfast]

31. Aggressive sexual predator says what ?

According to many women who accepted a ride with him, HE was a THUG.

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. It would be interesting to know exactly where he was over the weekend

A white nationalist meeting? There wasn't any audience reaction when he smeared Zelenskyy - and, going by the rest of the article, your typical NC Republican is a supporter of Zelenskyy. It had to be somewhere with an audience further right than the Republican average. He's dressed in a T shirt, which has a bit of a white nationalist (ironically, 'thug') vibe - your typical male politician speaking before an audience still wears a buttoned shirt, and maybe a jacket and tie too.

[packman]

10. Made a vow - From this point on, just going to say "Asshole"

and that will be all of the comment to such assholes I will make

Asshole

[Fritz67]

11. Well, consider the source...

...Cawthorn likes Trump and Putin, so maybe "thug" is a term of endearment.

[SWBTATTReg]

13. cawthorn and zelensky are such differences in contrast, w/ cawthorn being by far the most

pathetic one of the two, while the other one (Zelensky) is 10 times more the man, easily.

C needs to have his mouth washed out w/ soap, since he seems to enjoy using his potty mouth to utter such stupid things about Z (and other idiotic things too).

[prodigitalson]

14. Lest we forget

https://www.businessinsider.com/madison-cawthorn-met-wife-through-fake-crossfit-competition-2021-12

[Warpy]

15. Yeah? Well, he's a little wuss who couldn't keep a wife

and given his comments on women, we can assume the poor dear was a good Christian girl who believed herself to be an earthen vessel without a mind or feelings of her own.

Plus, he's such a frightened little thing he always needs to have a gun, even in heavily guarded areas.

Moron.

[Vinca]

16. I don't know what happened to this guy to put him in a wheelchair, but somehow his brains

were involved. Maybe because they're apparently up his ass.

[Traildogbob]

17. Drunk driving

After a spring break at Myrtle Beach. And gladly receives SSDI, never contributed, and his 10 point GQP agenda is to end SS to encourage seniors to go take the fast food jobs. He replaced Mark Meadows, “beating” a retired military officer, Moe Davis, in the 11th district. Multiple accusations of sexual harassment from “College”. Lied about acceptance into Annapolis Naval Academy. As big of a scum ass boil as there is. And he has fans. There is much more. The party of morals and values. Boebert, Green, Cawthorn, Gaetz are the Republican Party. And are loved on Fox, Bannon, Jones and all White Wing media. Not an active brain cell among them.

[obamanut2012]

18. You mean Annapolis aka the Naval Academy

There is no such thing as the Citadel Naval Academy.

[Traildogbob]

19. Damn I know that

Thanks, now I feel like a Republican congressperson. Gonna fix that post. And I’m a damn sailor, Jesus Louise Christ.

[PatSeg]

20. Does this fool have a political adviser?

Clearly, he knows nothing about anything or maybe he wants to lose the election.

[muriel_volestrangler]

21. It's not clear where it was recorded

He may have thought he was among fellow Putin-followers.

[PatSeg]

25. Ah, good point

Though clearly he has no idea what he is doing. A more experienced, seasoned politician wouldn't take such risks.

[The Jungle 1]

22. Who is a thug?

"He was my brother, my best friend. And he leaves me in a car to die in a fiery tomb," Cawthorn said of the accident. "He runs to safety deep in the woods and just leaves me in a burning car as the flames start to lick my legs and curl up and burn my left side." Cawthorn also claimed he was pronounced dead at the scene, but thanks to "adrenaline or divine intervention, I definitely believe it's the latter, I had a deep inhale of breath." From thug cawthorn about hid "friend" who did save him.
The whole statement is a lie. This maggot has no honor.

[Cha]

23. ASShole Fucking Cawthorne is

Projecting.

💙💛

[sakabatou]

24. Just just like Trump, Cawthorn would kiss Putin's ring.

[Collimator]

26. Cawthorn has been playing the game. . .

of saying outrageous things to get attention. He was trending well enough with those whose whole lives were about being miserable and disaffected.

Now, with the horrors happening in Ukraine, attitudes are shifting, with even Republicans seeing that things there are bad and could get even worse in ways that could de-stabilize even our relatively comfortable world.

The guy was so caught up in his act that he hasn't seen the changing political weather.

[RussBLib]

27. whoever is running against him...

... should have a cakewalk.

[Sapient Donkey]

28. I wonder if him or Wendy Rogers can explain their comments

I hate the way our politicians, particularly on the right, can make these sorts of comments without being asked to elaborate on their rationale.

[myohmy2]

29. they...

...can't get enough of that putin...

...

[orangecrush]

30. Bastard. nt

[electric_blue68]

32. What trash Cawthorn is