It was a new level of what we political scientists like to call “a
doozy” for Mr. Cawthorn. It is one thing for a Republican operative to
blather mindless invectives in the general direction of the Democratic
Party, but it is another thing to put your own party on blast for being
what their Christian conservative-cum-QAnon-conspiracy-minded base might
consider utter deviancy. Of course, the biggest problem the GOP faces
is not the ongoing civil war between establishment neocon Republicans,
like Mitch McConnell and Liz Cheney, and MAGA-style Republicans, like
Cawthorn, Boerbert, Gosar, and Trump—it’s that the Republican Party is
made up of something like 98% craven cowards.
This means a response, or what might be called a “backlash” to Cawthorn’s comments, has been entertaining—to say the least.
Politico’s congressional reporter Olivia Beavers reports she has “multiple sources” telling her that behind closed doors, Leader Kevin McCarthy “says he plans to talk to freshman Rep. Madison Cawthorn over his orgy remarks.” This is me smiling.
On top of that, there are some Republicans who would like
Cawthorn to name names, to prove “the truth of his comments,” while
there are other Republicans who see this orgy-sized can of worms as a
publicity nightmare if he actually does name names. I need more tissue paper.
Rep. Cawthorn’s claims were made to John Lovell on a podcast called the Warrior Poet Society.
Take that in. Wipe away those tears. Take a breath. Satire is dead,
maybe? In the same interview, Cawthorn also fanned the QAnon flames by
saying that the media and other politicians frequently use each other’s
scandalous behaviors as leverage to get things they want—in essence,
blackmailing one another for participating in things like the
aforementioned orgies and cocaine use.
Here’s a side note of sorts, Cawthorn said this,
verbatim: “I do believe that the world is under the principality of the
devil.” Okie dokie, dude. By the way, bearing false witness is
double-recorded in the Old Testament, bro. Two books! Pssst, it’s the
9th Commandment. Get on it, warrior-poet guy!
CNN confirmed
Politico’s report that House Republicans are super bummed out about
this “cocaine” and “orgy” talk by the North Carolina Congressman. They
also confirmed that Kevin McCarthy said he’s going to talk with Mr.
Cawthorn about all of this.
This is the whole interview. Cawthorn flips his hat around to the
back and things go even further sideways, around the 18-minute mark. The
devil thing is around 19:08.
