Madison Cawthorn Is Not An Outlier

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Charlie Sykes
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Until about five minutes ago, Cawthorn’s remarks were more or less basic talking points among the MAGA right; and not just talking points but holy script.

His attitude toward Ukraine is deeply embedded in the right’s DNA.

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Madison Cawthorn Is Not An Outlier
A Cascade of Lies
7:50 AM · Mar 11, 2022

https://morningshots.thebulwark.com/p/madison-cawthorn-is-not-an-outlier


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Liz Cheney calls him a member of the Putin wing of the GOP, but it is important to remember that the leader of that wing is Donald J. Trump, the once and perhaps future president.

This is also important to remember:

Until about five minutes ago, Cawthorn’s remarks were more or less basic talking points among the MAGA right; and not just talking points but holy script. His attitude is deeply embedded in the right’s DNA.

So, it’s easy to imagine Cawthorn today, looking around at his GOP critics and asking Dude, what do you mean “outlier”? I’m just saying what we’ve all been saying for years now!

He’d have a point.

For years, the right-wing media — lead by Donald Trump himself — has been obsessed with the alleged vileness of Ukraine, first in the wake of the 2016 election, and then with the whole Hunter-Biden-Burisma-I-would-like-you-to-do-us-a-favor-thing.

Lest we forget, during Russiagate, Rudy Giuliani and Sean Hannity peddled insane conspiracy theories that tried to blame Ukraine for the election interference committed by Russia.

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