GOP's Madison Cawthorn busted as fraud by Paralympic athletes: 'Who is this guy? This is really weir

[LiberalArkie]

GOP's Madison Cawthorn busted as fraud by Paralympic athletes: 'Who is this guy? This is really weird'



Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) has long used his disability as an inspiring story about overcoming adversity, but others who face similar challenges say his triumphant claims have become something of a running joke among some others who use wheelchairs.

The newly elected North Carolina Republican was paralyzed from the waist down following a 2014 car crash, when he was 18 years old, and has falsely boasted about his business success, acceptance into the Naval Academy and training for the Paralympic Games, reported The Nation.

"It's like a kid saying they want to play in the NBA when they're on their fourth-grade basketball team," said Paralympian athlete Amanda McGrory, who has earned seven medals in track and field.

The 25-year-old Cawthorn told a Christian podcast that he "had an opportunity" for track and field events in the Paralympics, but The Nation's reporting found no evidence of such an opportunity or any meaningful steps he'd taken to get there.

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https://www.rawstory.com/madison-cawthorn-2650066650/

[magicarpet]

1. So,... not only is he a Fascist but he is also a habitual fraudster.

No wonder he and donjtrDump get along so nicely,... peas out of the same pod.

[Iliyah]

2. "Who is this guy?" . . .. .

a republican, enough said.

[BComplex]

3. I'm from NC, and we've all known this asshole was a fraud from day one.

His district is so red, they would have elected a cardinal, if they had nobody else running.

[obamanut2012]

12. You are seriously mocking Foxx's esotropia and gender???

There are plenty of things to mock her for that doesn't include a medical condition she -- and many others -- cannot help. Yet, you use it as an insult.

You call her a female pig. Seriously???

Your post really, really has no place on a liberal site. God.

[CurtEastPoint]

13. apologies.

[sweetloukillbot]

4. Wonder when this wannabe Hitler Youth will figure out...

That the Nazis wouldn't let him into their club?

[OhNo-Really]

5. My default for Republicants is they lie, chear

[UpInArms]

6. He definitely is no Tammy Duckworth

Prolly was not wearing a seatbelt

[roamer65]

8. All fascists are habitual liars.

It is a built in character flaw.

They use it to obtain power and maintain manipulation of the masses.

[bottomofthehill]

9. He had the opportunity to go to the navy academy too, but he did not get in

[dalton99a]

10. His role model is Greg Abbott

[young_at_heart]

11. He's my (yuck) rep...here's what he said:

(on election night) In a tweet just after claiming victory, posted the same minute the press release was sent out, Cawthorn said, "Cry more, lib," a reference to liberals crying after losing to conservatives.

[LiberalArkie]

14. Wiki said he was home schooled, which really explains everything. His parents don't believe

in government. At least that is how all the home schooling parents I know feel.