NC Republicans “Embarrassed” By Madison Cawthorn

The right wing Washington Examiner reports:

Rep. Madison Cawthorn is stumbling at home and abroad as his bid to play Republican kingmaker falls flat with voters and alienates colleagues. “His antics are wearing thin with his colleagues and with Republican voters,” a senior North Carolina Republican said.

Among them are ninth-term Rep. Virginia Foxx, the top Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee; fifth-term Rep. Richard Hudson, the House Republican Conference secretary, and ninth-term Rep. Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee.

“Cawthorn is not well regarded with Republicans statewide in North Carolina,” an experienced GOP strategist in the state said. “Many of us think he is an embarrassment to our party and state.”

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A video surfaced Thursday showing North Carolina @RepCawthorn calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” and slamming the country’s government as “incredibly corrupt and … incredibly evil.” https://t.co/T4I7XcPsoL

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) March 12, 2022

Nancy Pelosi probably drinks as often as she “works with” Madison Cawthorn: Never. https://t.co/5gpWHJhlWq

— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) March 12, 2022