lpetrich
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Evidence?Madison Cawthorn is less religious than we are, he isn't an Orrin Hatch. He is a Nazi though.
Evidence?Madison Cawthorn is less religious than we are, he isn't an Orrin Hatch. He is a Nazi though.
A federal super PAC created in western North Carolina for the express purpose of getting North Carolina’s homophobic U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn “fired” from Congress today filed an ethics complaint with the Office of Congressional Ethics asking that the agency investigate Cawthorn for a host of alleged ethical violations, including an illicit relationship between 26-year-old Cawthorn and a 23-year-old male staffer, Stephen Smith.
Submitted with the complaint is video of the two young men in a car, apparently shot by Smith, in which Cawthorn, sitting behind the wheel, talks about wanting to see “a naked body beneath my hands.” Smith responds, “Me too!” And the two laugh as Smith videos his hand reaching over to touch Cawthorn’s crotch.
The UK’s Daily Mail broke the story tonight, and the video is posted on the DailyMail.co.UK website.
The PAC’s complaint claims Cawthorn violated House Rule XXIII by providing free housing and travel as a gift to Smith, “an employee of the House,” in excess of $250. The complaint also alleges that Cawthorn has provided loans to Smith which Smith has not repaid (a violation of House Rule XXV) and that Cawthorn “has not properly filed House financial disclosures regarding gifts and loans” to Smith (a violation of House Rule XXVI).
The complaint notes that Smith lives with Cawthorn and that “various social media postings by them indicate a personal relationship between them, separate and apart from the professional relationship of employer and employee.” The ethics complaint also notes that Smith went with Cawthorn and his new wife, Cristina Bayardelle, on their honeymoon to Dubai in April last year. Cawthorn and Bayardelle announced they were divorcing a mere eight months after their weddng.
Included with the complaint as evidence of an inappropriate relationship between the two young men are a series of memos attached to Venmo payments in 2018 and 2019, before Cawthorn was elected to Congress. The memos say things like “The quickie at the airport,” “The stuff we did in Amsterdam,” “Getting naked for me in Sweden,” and “Nudes.”
Yeah, I would take it with a very large grain of salt until there's confirmation from a reliable source.Hang on - isn’t that the Daily Mail though?
A large grain? I'd say a shaker is more appropriate.Yeah, I would take it with a very large grain of salt until there's confirmation from a reliable source.Hang on - isn’t that the Daily Mail though?
Why isn't he crying election fraud?According to the New York Times election tracker, he got 31.9% of the vote, losing to State Senator Chuck Edwards with 33.4%. The rest of the vote was divided up among 6 candidates.
Nope, even the mail in ballots were great.Fraud!
Audit!
YOU won't have Madison to kick around anymore. I live in NC. I'll still have to deal with this foolNow he`s gone and we won't have Madison Cawthorn to kick around any more. Next up, Boobert's primary.
He will. Not this go round, but he and his "Dark Maga" will be back. Just you wait and see.Why? Is the fool running for local office? State Senate? Dog catcher? Official North Caroline State Fool?
Look on the bright side. At least you don't have to say that you live in the same state as Marjorie Taylor Greene.YOU won't have Madison to kick around anymore. I live in NC. I'll still have to deal with this foolNow he`s gone and we won't have Madison Cawthorn to kick around any more. Next up, Boobert's primary.![]()
Look on the bright side. At least you don't have to say that you live in the same state as Marjorie Taylor Greene.YOU won't have Madison to kick around anymore. I live in NC. I'll still have to deal with this foolNow he`s gone and we won't have Madison Cawthorn to kick around any more. Next up, Boobert's primary.![]()
Every state has their assholes. We had Rick Santorum for a while. Don't recall if he was ever into the whole conspiracy thing, don't think he was. And he is on record doing good work with the disabled and children. So he's a right wing kook with some redeeming qualities. Greene and Cawthorn don't seem to have any.Look on the bright side. At least you don't have to say that you live in the same state as Marjorie Taylor Greene.YOU won't have Madison to kick around anymore. I live in NC. I'll still have to deal with this foolNow he`s gone and we won't have Madison Cawthorn to kick around any more. Next up, Boobert's primary.![]()
Yeah, but my father's side of the family does.Look on the bright side. At least you don't have to say that you live in the same state as Marjorie Taylor Greene.YOU won't have Madison to kick around anymore. I live in NC. I'll still have to deal with this foolNow he`s gone and we won't have Madison Cawthorn to kick around any more. Next up, Boobert's primary.![]()
Of course, LGB crypto. Jebus!I see in the news that Cawthorn was probably in violation of financial disclosure laws required for members of Congress. Among the trades he failed to disclose was his pump-and-dump scheme on Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency (symbol $LGB) which now trades at 1.6 billion shares for a dollar (down from its high!). Cawthorn bought $LGB a few days before some famous Trump-sucker endorsed it, then sold a few days later.
I was astounded to learn Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency even existed. Do all the QOPAnon leaders have the mentality of sixth-graders?
ETA: I suppose if Cawthorn is prosecuted for these violations, he will adopt the Alec Jones/Tucker Carlson defense: His stint in Congress was obviously just astand-upsit-down comedy stunt.
We could call them the "let's go Brandon traders (traitors?)"Of course, LGB crypto. Jebus!I see in the news that Cawthorn was probably in violation of financial disclosure laws required for members of Congress. Among the trades he failed to disclose was his pump-and-dump scheme on Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency (symbol $LGB) which now trades at 1.6 billion shares for a dollar (down from its high!). Cawthorn bought $LGB a few days before some famous Trump-sucker endorsed it, then sold a few days later.
I was astounded to learn Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency even existed. Do all the QOPAnon leaders have the mentality of sixth-graders?
ETA: I suppose if Cawthorn is prosecuted for these violations, he will adopt the Alec Jones/Tucker Carlson defense: His stint in Congress was obviously just astand-upsit-down comedy stunt.
Link to the chart. Each unit was never worth much (330 trillion units in trade), but millions was being traded for a bit. Cawthorn bought it right before an announcement for a sponsoring of a car in NASCAR... which never happened (can't imagine why, at its peak, the entire lot was worth $480 million, today it is $175,000). Cawthorn then sold at the peak, like exactly, near double plus whatever fees, and it went from pyramid scheme token to... well pyramid scheme token and deflated in value.
It wasn't until early January that the NASCAR deal fell through.
That's more than just financial disclosure laws. Does the SEC have authority here?I see in the news that Cawthorn was probably in violation of financial disclosure laws required for members of Congress. Among the trades he failed to disclose was his pump-and-dump scheme on Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency (symbol $LGB) which now trades at 1.6 billion shares for a dollar (down from its high!). Cawthorn bought $LGB a few days before some famous Trump-sucker endorsed it, then sold a few days later.
I was astounded to learn Let's Go Brandon cryptocurrency even existed. Do all the QOPAnon leaders have the mentality of sixth-graders?
ETA: I suppose if Cawthorn is prosecuted for these violations, he will adopt the Alec Jones/Tucker Carlson defense: His stint in Congress was obviously just astand-upsit-down comedy stunt.