The same way he was able to run for Congress at such a young age: he comes from money. Any other person in their early 20s would be scraping by while starting their career and becoming more independent.
Because being in government makes you a God at the stock market... as soon as you're in Washington it's like you know exactly what to invest in and when
Off the top of my head the mortgage on $1.1 million at 4% is like $5200-5300 a month plus insurance, taxes etc. So ballparking it to be $62-64K a year towards basic payments and interest. What do they make something like $170-180K a year before all of the grifting and insider bullshit is taken in to account?
Just like college, he thought it would be cool for a bit, but he creeped everyone out, did a shitty job, said a bunch of fucked up things, got kicked out, and went back home to live with family.
Like most of the GOP. They are self-serving and only concerned about how much money they can gain from lobbyists while throwing their constituents under the bus.
People might be tempted to forget this guy like a one-and-done complete failure of a representative without a single achievement to his name. Which, to be fair, he is. But he’s nonetheless important to remember, because he proves the case that the GOP can hold its members accountable, if it really wants to.
and his constituents were never interested either. they didn't vote him in so that he could sit on committees and vote on bills. they wanted an entertainer and they got one.
It actually kind of does, the Architect of the Capitol’s office generally requires members who are not returning for the next session to be completely moved out of their Congressional office BEFORE December 1st. I always thought it was before the end of the year. They really rush them out, just a few weeks after the election.
Our district is gerrymandered as shit, also this assclown never listened to calls in the first place. Now we have some guy named Ted budd in charge, can’t wait to find out what monstrous things he will do to us all.
If you call McConnell’s office he sends you a letter that pretty much thanks you for engaging in democracy and tells you he is going to go ahead with his plan anyway.
he's a piece of shit, but his staff will get a long paid vacation. They may be shit too because they agreed to work for Cawthorn but people get so few breaks in life, I'm not going to begrudge them this one.
Didn’t you hear? You can steal highly classified documents from the White House, then attempt a violent overthrow of the government, and still run for president again. It’s all good. Madison will continue making vids with his cousin.
Pretty sure that’s because Trump has surrounded himself with only “the best and most serious people.” Just how stupid are Republicans? Guess we are all about to find out.
My dad hates him, but had a shred of respect for the guy as he assumed that Cawthorn rode in a wheelchair due to serving in the military. After I told him that it was due to a car accident and that he was rejected from the military even before the accident, any respect was gone.
I’m a bit torn here but people who didn’t vote for him in the last election probably know better than to try to get any help from him and the people who did vote for him are getting exactly what they deserve for voting in such a piece of shit.
I assumed that a congressperson who totally ignores the needs of his constituents' and takes a weapon with him on his way to a cocaine fed orgy must be a Republican. I was right...
I always thought what a honor and privilege it would be to serve as a Congressman or Senator, but after many years it appears the only people to get elected are gigantic assholes.
Probably for the best tbh, he didn’t have a good reputation for serving his district anyway. Everybody saw he was a clout chasing turd, and as soon as he fucked up and said gop power players do blow and have orgies (Falwell perhaps) the knives came out.
Wasn’t he being prepped and touted as the future of the Republican Party? Back when being a barking mad lunatic and parroting any insane comment made by Trump was seen as the height of intellectual superiority??
Surprised folks like him bother moving in. It’s just a grift, just get elected on bullshit and fundraise until you lose your job giving all your money to friends and she’ll companies
As a reminder, this subreddit
How tf did this failure end up being able to buy a $1m+ house as a civil servant?
He lent his name to pump-and-dump schemes for new virtual currencies that made a big splash and then went kaput.
He married a Russian spy
The same way he was able to run for Congress at such a young age: he comes from money. Any other person in their early 20s would be scraping by while starting their career and becoming more independent.
He used his office to enrich himself.
Cocaine and cocaine accessories
His dad is king shit of wherever the fuck Madison is from.
Because being in government makes you a God at the stock market... as soon as you're in Washington it's like you know exactly what to invest in and when
I think these grifters make money at appearances.
He does get a ~$16000 a year pension. Approximately %9 of his salary.
Off the top of my head the mortgage on $1.1 million at 4% is like $5200-5300 a month plus insurance, taxes etc. So ballparking it to be $62-64K a year towards basic payments and interest. What do they make something like $170-180K a year before all of the grifting and insider bullshit is taken in to account?
It's called insider trading.
He was an accident years ago and sued the person he was in the car with. Plus his folks have some money.
He never was interested in actually doing the job.
Just like college, he thought it would be cool for a bit, but he creeped everyone out, did a shitty job, said a bunch of fucked up things, got kicked out, and went back home to live with family.
Too busy humping his cousin
Like most of the GOP. They are self-serving and only concerned about how much money they can gain from lobbyists while throwing their constituents under the bus.
People might be tempted to forget this guy like a one-and-done complete failure of a representative without a single achievement to his name. Which, to be fair, he is. But he’s nonetheless important to remember, because he proves the case that the GOP can hold its members accountable, if it really wants to.
and his constituents were never interested either. they didn't vote him in so that he could sit on committees and vote on bills. they wanted an entertainer and they got one.
They’re not sending their best.
Exactly!!!!
He always dreamed of beating up that entire forest and public service , to his surprise, did not entail any punching of trees.
I bet he thought that his term actually ended on election day.
It actually kind of does, the Architect of the Capitol’s office generally requires members who are not returning for the next session to be completely moved out of their Congressional office BEFORE December 1st. I always thought it was before the end of the year. They really rush them out, just a few weeks after the election.
Sounds like constituents are getting what they voted for.
Our district is gerrymandered as shit, also this assclown never listened to calls in the first place. Now we have some guy named Ted budd in charge, can’t wait to find out what monstrous things he will do to us all.
He was reportedly the only active Congress member to visit Merde Lago for the big announcement. Of course he was.
Because he doesn’t earn anything that he gets. He’s just hoping that Trump gives him a position. Simple as that.
Mierda Lago has a slightly better cadence, imo
Max Headroom?
You can just say sitting Congress member…
He's moving to Florida so I assume he's trying to ingratiate himself with Trump so he'll hire him onto his campaign or something.
Yeah, he heard there might be an opening in the $110k/year Diet Coke steward/Top Secret Box Moving position that comes with free housing.
Democrats might be the step dad political party, kinda lame and practical, but at least they aren’t the party that walked out on you.
To be fair, Cawthorn didn’t walk out either
They should withhold his final check
For sure. No work, no pay.
Ah, the Florida Republican special, I see.
The ones in Ohio do it too.
If you call McConnell’s office he sends you a letter that pretty much thanks you for engaging in democracy and tells you he is going to go ahead with his plan anyway.
He's a busy guy. Those cousins aren't going to face-fuck themselves.
Continuously trying to bring handguns past airport security is a tough job but someones gotta do it
This is fucking wild. Literally ran for Congress with the sole purpose of launching his career as a media troll.
Probably still on the woods punching trees for social media.
He did beat the shit outta that tree though.
That's how you get the Minecraft vote!
No one wants to work anymore
Reading his Early Life and Early Career sections of his wikipedia entry
High profile Republican politician who won district in a landslide literally calls self a brain damaged moron
If it makes you feel any better he can’t walk lmao
Didn’t he always make shit up? How do we know this is true at all? He lied about everything else.
Useless dipshit is a useless dipshit, whodathunkit?
Last I heard he went to Trump to help him out and Trump gave him a Mar A Lago paper cup and sent him off.
Sounds like someone doesn't respect the office. Or have any desire to actually do the work
Probably at his cousins house.
Probably at Disney world because he gets to cut in line. Fuckin cripple.
Glad to see him walking away
Oh, man, I’m going Hell for giggling like an anime schoolgirl at that.
Like a Rolling Stone?
Wait, I thought people were just kidding about the whole cousin thing. There's actually a video of him face fucking his cousin, wtf
This shit is real as COVID! Eyebleach may be required after viewing!
So, he just rolled out?
he's a piece of shit, but his staff will get a long paid vacation. They may be shit too because they agreed to work for Cawthorn but people get so few breaks in life, I'm not going to begrudge them this one.
Naw. this is negligence.
This asshole will be in jail within a year.
Didn’t you hear? You can steal highly classified documents from the White House, then attempt a violent overthrow of the government, and still run for president again. It’s all good. Madison will continue making vids with his cousin.
Or on some GQP VP shortlist along with Lake, Boebert, MTG, and Rittenhouse.
Not how our justice system works
He’s got some trees that need the bark beaten off of.
Isn't he too busy defending himself in court for allegedly bringing a gun to an airport twice?
Pretty sure that’s because Trump has surrounded himself with only “the best and most serious people.” Just how stupid are Republicans? Guess we are all about to find out.
My dad hates him, but had a shred of respect for the guy as he assumed that Cawthorn rode in a wheelchair due to serving in the military. After I told him that it was due to a car accident and that he was rejected from the military even before the accident, any respect was gone.
A car accident in which his friend saved his life, but Cawthorn threw him under the bus and claimed it was his fault.
He rolled out of there early!
Has he left the building? Or the country to escape justice?
Bought a mansion in Florida. Attended The Former Guy’s announcement event.
When the going gets rough, that b*tch Cawthorn is nowhere to be found.
Reading my own comment a day later, time for me to take a break from social media.
He doesn’t work for them.
Wasn't he lurking around in the background at Mar-a-Lago last night?
Vacate his salary as well.
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He received a settlement from the insurance due to his injury.
He couldn't get a later start date from his old boss... if you need to reach him, just swing by the drive through window of the Burger Barn.
Politicians in Washington don’t do anything, vote for Madison, and he’ll prove it.
The office is better off empty, TBH.
He's not getting bribes any more so he's outa there and onto his next grift!
Did people check his cousin’s place?
Or his cousin’s face 😳
Disappointing but not surprising. He’s in a class of Congress people that are just in it for the exposure.
Fuck this fucking fucker. He fucking sucks
What a fucking asshole. And wasn’t he at Mar-A-Lago last night for Trump’s announcement? Someone needs to let the air out of his wheelchair tires.
I'm guessing he's still cashing his checks, yes?
I’m a bit torn here but people who didn’t vote for him in the last election probably know better than to try to get any help from him and the people who did vote for him are getting exactly what they deserve for voting in such a piece of shit.
Good fucking riddance you stain.
You mean a republican not doing any real work and throwing a tantrum when they lose? Weird
I'm shocked, shocked I'd say. Who'd have guessed such a wretched POS would duck out like the unstable baby he is?
I assumed that a congressperson who totally ignores the needs of his constituents' and takes a weapon with him on his way to a cocaine fed orgy must be a Republican. I was right...
The exact same amount of work is still getting done though
Just so you know - when they do this they screw the kids trying to get Academy appointments etc.
I always thought what a honor and privilege it would be to serve as a Congressman or Senator, but after many years it appears the only people to get elected are gigantic assholes.
He was at FPOTUS’ speech last night. Priorities
So he’s Sarah Palin’ his term. What a surprise.
Cawthorn is a coward.
Best for everybody.
Probably needed to sell the furniture for drug money or to pay off more attempted rape victims of his.
Ordinarily, I'd just call him a coward who doesn't care about his oath of office, and that's still accurate.
Oh great. All the reptiles move to Florida. Just what we need, another one.
Hold on, so you’re saying this Cawthorn fella isn’t very good at his job?
This is why children should not hold public office.
Why not? He wasn’t doing anything useful there
Fucking asshole.
Fucking coward
Really didn’t expect him to just walk away.
I had forgotten this guy even existed
Real Republican Hero!!
Holy crap, he flakes out on his job, plus buys a million-dollar house in Florida.
How very Republican of him.
A coward a fraud a disgrace to the house and never an honest representative of the voters
This is a shadow of a person who cannot take losing. Puts himself before his constituents. Reprehensible.
I live in the city his district office is in. It's a blessing this asshole is already gone.
Lets see if he shows up to his January TSA gun court date. One of two....
Holy shit, I'm not the only one that forgot about that idiot being in office with all the craziness... he did too
Well, he literally stands for nothing.
Too bad he didn’t stay until the end and walk out of there like a man.
You mean roll out ...
Cawthorn said you can find him at one of those Eye Wide Shut parties.
What a sorry sack of crap he is. Glad to see people getting what they deserve. Let’s keep it going.
Should've gone to the GQP's cocaine orgies while he had the chance.
He's probably already settled in at some mega corporation making millions doing absolutely nothing.
the lesson is dont talk about the secret GOP orgies
Oh no he might stop legislating early
I don’t think he cared before
Was time to roll out I guess.
But he had time to show up at Mar-a-Lago last night. He has learned nothing from his experience in Congress.
Probably for the best tbh, he didn’t have a good reputation for serving his district anyway. Everybody saw he was a clout chasing turd, and as soon as he fucked up and said gop power players do blow and have orgies (Falwell perhaps) the knives came out.
So, business as usual then..
Aww, the old Sarah Palin playbook.
Wasn’t he being prepped and touted as the future of the Republican Party? Back when being a barking mad lunatic and parroting any insane comment made by Trump was seen as the height of intellectual superiority??
Deceptive cons! roll out!
They stopped paying him right??? RIGHT?
Wish I could not show up to my job and still get paid.
Man on the run, oh wait...
Let's be honest - those constituents weren't getting any answers before either.
Collecting all that money and doing nothing. Welfare king.
Just another Republican poser.
He heard the high school girls were about to go on thanksgiving vacation and he had to run to the atm for some cash
He’s got drinking and whoring to do! No time for governing!
Terrible human. That puts his people in so much jeopardy! That being said, I am glad he’s gone. His people deserve better.
It was never about helping his constituents, so he ducked early.
He sure rolled on out.
Stealing. It's called stealing from the taxpayers. He is stealing 14,500 every month.
He dyed his hair bleach blonde and is hitting the bottle hard...I think someone is going for a big reveal soon...
This guy lost his primary??? Hahaha that’s awesome. What happened?
Republicans always go out classy!
Yeah, homie is good at vacating the premises.
It’s a lesson people - they’re actions speak
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Don't all congress members have staff? Were they fired? Couldn't any be contacted?
Maybe his "cousin" needed some help, guys.
We got a runner.
He's not running anywhere.
*roller
Surprised folks like him bother moving in. It’s just a grift, just get elected on bullshit and fundraise until you lose your job giving all your money to friends and she’ll companies
fucking crybabies proving they have no actual interest in governing
He’s busy with his fuck buddy
Member Madison Cawthorn, everyone?
I’m sorry, who?
Quitter
Baby.
Didn’t this guy lose his election awhile ago?
Well at least now we get to see how interested in public service he really was.
What a loser. He will not be remembered.
Once a useless liar, always a useless liar.
Quiet quitting Congress. Stay classy GOP!
you mean the cousin-fucker?
I think he's the valor-stealing nazi terrorist.
Once a coward always a coward.
Well... Don't vote for shitbags if you don't want shitbags representatives.
It’s all about the clout and the grift
He probably had an orgy to get to.
Run away madi, run away.
Maybe that little piece of shit can go fuck off back to where he came from
Loved his suits
What a loser
No grifting here.
Still getting paid i bet
Maybe there were trees that needed his attention back home. I’d forgotten about that dip shit.
There’s a patriotic fucking American /s
Showing he was never in the job for constituents. Never. He was only in it for the parties, $$$, and himself.
Moved in with his boyfriend.
He’s quiet quitting. Lol
Hmmm...It's almost as if serving the people of his district was not his main reason for running for office in the first place.
how is this piece of shit just able to leave without any repurcussions for the bullshit he pulled.