Cawthorn Confirms He’s Now Officially A Florida Man

The Raleigh News & Observer reports:

Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn confirmed Friday he has moved to Florida. Rumblings of a potential move away from North Carolina, the state he represented in Congress, began to emerge as early as September when Hurricane Ian devastated Fort Myers, Florida. But Cawthorn never publicly confirmed his move until throwing his support for House speaker behind the nomination of Rep. Byron Donalds.

“There are many reasons I moved to Florida,” Cawthorn wrote Friday on Instagram. “One of the big contributing factors is that I know Byron Donalds is a leader in this state. That means this state will always be on offense to safeguard our future. Byron for Speaker.” In November, the Asheville Citizen-Times first reported that Cawthorn purchased a $1.16 million house with a boat in Cape Coral, Florida, just outside Fort Myers.

Read the full article. Cawthorn can run for any Florida congressional district while living in Donalds’.

As the House struggled to select a speaker last week, former Rep. Madison Cawthorn threw his support behind a representative in his new state. https://t.co/4QiKq052Xg

— The News & Observer (@newsobserver) January 9, 2023