GOP's Madison Cawthorn scorched in local paper for his 'dereliction of duty' amid flooding disaster

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August 23, 2021


On Monday, the Haywood County Mountaineer published an op-ed slamming Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) for ignoring the needs of his constituents amid catastrophic flooding that has wrecked homes and businesses across Appalachian North Carolina.


"In a 24-hour span from Tuesday into Wednesday, Western North Carolina experienced flood destruction on a level not witnessed for 17 years," wrote Callie Pruett. "Yet, as the floodwaters rose with fury — destroying homes and businesses in their path — and finally receded in the late morning hours of Wednesday, Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC-11) released no statement, no list of resources or shelters for constituents, and not a single tweet in support of the thousands in WNC residents suffering from the flood. On Wednesday morning, more than 30 of his constituents were still tragically unaccounted for, according to the Haywood County Sheriff's Office."

Cawthorn, who has repeatedly used his social media platform to attack COVID-19 vaccination efforts, still found time to tweet while the crisis was going on, noted Pruett — he wrote about Trump's border wall and Instagrammed pictures of himself "smoking cigars and listening to conservative podcasts."

Meanwhile, wrote Pruett, Cawthorn and his staffers seemed genuinely caught off-guard by the flood of constituents begging for help, not even realizing their services would be needed.
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Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/madison-cawthorn-2654741495/

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Look who is talking about ethics--

Link to tweet

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[Wingus Dingus]

1. Punk-ass kid didn't know you have to do more than put stuff out on social media.

Turns out Congress is a real job where they expect you to show up and do actual shit.

[PatSeg]

7. Yeah, him and Matt Gaetz

They think it is about posting crap online and getting lots of media attention. One big frat party that they get paid to attend. Entitled, spoiled brats who are pretty much good for nothing at all.

[Wingus Dingus]

10. And Boebert and Greene. Let's not forget those "ladies".

Doing zero actual work for their constituents, just social media trolls.

[PatSeg]

18. Oh, shame on me for excluding the "ladies"

I didn't mean to discriminate against them, as they are every bit as shallow and worthless as the guys.

Just imagine that kind of salary and benefits to play around on social media and attend rallies. They must think they hit the jackpot making a living out of being superficial publicity hogs - no qualifications required whatsoever. This is reality-TV crossing over into REAL reality. Should have seen it coming.

[Wingus Dingus]

21. Don't even need a high school diploma. Just ask

Dropout Boebert.

[PatSeg]

32. She was probably amazed

when she figured out how easy it would be. At least she did put some effort into it by changing to a Sarah Palin look instead of her former bleached blonde, gun-toting, badass high school dropout image. I guess Donald Trump proved to the world that, hey anybody can run for office and maybe even win. So every loser in the country thought that they should get into politics as well.

[NewHendoLib]

2. no words capture my loathing for that worthless piece of shit

[Traildogbob]

8. Gov Cooper

And even Tillis came here. But that prick could care less. And the areas flooded and destroyed with lives lost, Thick with trump MAGA fans. He did find time to go to a school board hearing in Asheville, larding a rabid crowd of no mask in schools rally.? Pro life. No socialism. Helping those victims is socialism. Just think, he replaced the treasonous shit stain Meadows. Our own, Marginal Trailer Queen, Bang Bang Bobert, Gaetz and Cruz. This disregard for his peeps will mean nothing. They will still love him to own libs.

[blm]

3. Depraved indifference.

Republican Party’s calling card.

[Evolve Dammit]

20. x 1000. Nailed it in two words!

[captain queeg]

4. Another Geatz lookalike. The rethugs all look creepy (pedophile?)

[moose65]

5. Sweet Jesus in Heaven!!

I've seen pictures of the catastrophic flooding in Canton. I heard on a news report that more than 500 homes are now uninhabitable because of the flooding. And this little prick sits back and smokes cigars.

Just imagine if Moe Davis had been elected to that seat. He would be out in the trenches, no doubt.

I realize that MadCaw is in a wheelchair and wouldn't be able to help people in the literal, hands-on sense, but he could and should be helping his constituents in whatever way he can. Has he said anything about it yet?

Haywood County is right next to Buncombe, home of Asheville. While Haywood isn't anywhere near as liberal as Asheville, it does have a fair amount of registered Dem voters. But that's not important in an emergency situation.

[keithbvadu2]

22. Even in a wheelchair, he was able to visit his hero Hitler's Eagle's Nest.

Even in a wheelchair, he was able to visit his hero Hitler's Eagle's Nest.

[mpcamb]

6. Sometimes you have to do more than gerrymander and rail against your opponent as governor.

[CanonRay]

9. Grifters, not governance

[Baitball Blogger]

11. They voted for Republican values and management

And they got it. Where’s the problem? Did they believe they were going to be free of natural disasters?

[samsingh]

12. the do nothing or do evil gop

they are completely useful and stupid evil traitors

but i guess his constituents are even more stupid to keep voting for this imbecile

[Wingus Dingus]

14. His job is to come up with sick memes to own the libs.

Seriously, that's about it. You're right, they'll keep voting for him.

[NCjack]

13. They voted for a Repuke, just like their preacher told them. And, they will do the same

in the future elections.

[aocommunalpunch]

15. Modern Republicans all think their job description is "influencer".

They have no interest in actual governance.

[obamanut2012]

17. I may steal this

This is perfect, and perfectly true.

[aocommunalpunch]

19. lol no worries

I'm a blind squirrel. Consider this an occasional nut that I unearthed.

[obamanut2012]

28. I love it -- a truthful and clever take!

[Mr. Evil]

16. Remember, socialism is bad.

These people voted for suffering by electing this smug little prick. Why aren't they enjoying it?

[ZonkerHarris]

23. kid likes being a Congressman but doesn't like doing the work. So typical of the GOP

[KS Toronado]

24. The really sad part is if Qrump & Bill Fubar were still in power......

Cawthorn's criminal charges against Dr Fauci would have come to fruition.

[Martin68]

25. Constituents get the candidate they vote for.

[SWBTATTReg]

26. Does this f**king idiot even know what a person in Congress is supposed to be doing,

Besides sitting around, smoking cigars, drinking his whiskey, etc.? He's let the power that he supposedly wields (given to him by people back in NC) go to his head and he's forgotten all about NC obviously, or he's already helped his very few 1%ers that live in NC and thus, he's done his job and he's done.

[lillypaddle]

27. There are only so many hours in a day

It's hard work being a right-wing asshole.

[tenderfoot]

29. Here's a link to the actual op-ed:

https://www.themountaineer.com/opinion/columns/madison-cawthorn-s-unforgivable-dereliction-of-duty/article_94d29566-010d-11ec-94a3-d33b96ccb778.html

[NoMoreRepugs]

30. Would seem he's a shoo-in for re-election with the Deplorables.

The more horrendous your job performance the more you are admired in Repug BizzaroWorld.

[liberalla]

31. Sadly, he lives up to expectations... and it's nothing to crow about.

[Omaha Steve]

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