No Second Term For Cawthorn!

Cawthorn ousted in Republican primary.

The controversial freshman lawmaker is defeated in the North Carolina Republican primary by a Karen.

The controversial lawmaker has no legislative accomplishments and yet managed to be a part of the news since joining the Congress. Rep. Karen Cawthorn (R-NC) will not be eligible for a second term because he was defeated by a North Carolina state senator who was endorsed by Sen. Karen Tillis (R-NC).

Washed Up 45 gave his full support to Cawthorn. Back in 2020, the former president backed a Republican and she lost to Cawthorn.

He is the youngest member in Congress. 

He lost favor with North Carolina Republicans and that showed when the results came in.

Cawthorn, 26, rose to power in part because of his personal story. He overcame injuries suffered in a 2014 vehicular accident that left him partially paralyzed. But even in a GOP that has normalized conspiracy theories, and despite the support of Washed Up 45, Cawthorn went too far too often for others in his party.

Cawthorn lost to state Sen. Karen Edwards by a narrow margin in the Republican primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District, which contains the state’s westernmost regions. Cawthorn conceded the race to Edwards late Tuesday night, according to CNN.

Even before he arrived in Washington in January 2021, Cawthorn had established himself as someone willing to play fast and loose with the truth. He repeatedly gave an inaccurate account of the 2014 accident that was contradicted by official medical documents, eyewitnesses and even his own father.

He also misled voters in a campaign TV ad about his application to the U.S. Naval Academy, claiming that his injuries in the car accident “derailed” it when in fact he had been rejected by the academy beforehand. And more than 150 students at the conservative Patrick Henry College, where Cawthorn studied for one semester before dropping out, accused him of “sexually predatory behavior.” He denied the allegations.

In 2020, Washed Up 45 picked a candidate that lost to Cawthorn. Now in 2022, the former president picked Cawthorn and he lost to Edwards.

The cascade of humiliations has continued for months. Pictures of Cawthorn in drag emerged, as did video of him lying naked in bed with another man. Cawthorn claimed both were harmless fun and not sexual in nature.

There was also legal trouble. He was charged with driving with a revoked license and ticketed multiple times for speeding. He has been stopped twice this year by TSA agents who found a loaded firearm in his luggage.

Moore, the North Carolina House speaker, called Cawthorn a “clown.”

“If you have clowns in office who aren’t serious about what they’re doing, you can’t get somewhere,” Moore, who is now running for reelection to the state House, told local reporters. “I’m just kind of without the words to describe what Congressman Cawthorn is doing and saying. I mean, some of these ridiculous recent comments that continue to build on one another.”

As the campaign wound down in recent weeks, Cawthorn had little in the way of a functioning campaign. He had spent most of his campaign money and was not running TV ads, and was rarely seen on the campaign trail.