Madison Cawthorn's bail fund for anti-mask Republicans seemingly funds his own campaign

[Nevilledog]

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Madison Cawthorn's bail fund for anti-mask Republicans seemingly funds his own campaign
"If Kamala can pay the bail for violent Antifa rioters, then I can pay the bail for any Republican staffer arrested for not wearing a mask," Cawthorn tweeted.
newsweek.com
4:03 AM · Jul 30, 2021

https://www.newsweek.com/madison-cawthorns-bail-fund-anti-mask-republicans-seemingly-funds-his-own-campaign-1614506

North Carolina Representative Madison Cawthorn has established an online bail fund for Republicans who are arrested for not wearing a mask inside the Capitol. The fund seemingly directs donations to his own personal campaign rather than a separate account.

"If Kamala can pay the bail for violent Antifa rioters, then I can pay the bail for any Republican staffer arrested for not wearing a mask. Join me," Hawthorn wrote in a tweet published Thursday afternoon.

His tweet referenced a disproven Republican claim that Vice President Kamala Harris donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF), a group that bailed out violent racial justice and anti-fascist (Antifa) protesters. While Harris once tweeted a link to the MFF's fundraising page on June 1, 2020, she herself never donated to the group, the fact-checking site Snopes.com confirmed.

Along with his tweet, Cawthorn posted a link to WinRed, a fundraising platform endorsed by the Republican National Committee. The fundraising page's text says, "Donate below to help bail out Republican Hill staffers!" However, the text below the donation buttons says, "Your contribution will benefit Cawthorn for NC."

*snip*

[gratuitous]

1. Whaddya mean "fraud"?

In the United States, common law generally identifies nine elements needed to establish fraud: (1) a representation of fact; (2) its falsity; (3) its materiality; (4) the representer’s knowledge of its falsity or ignorance of its truth; (5) the representer’s intent that it should be acted upon by the person in the manner reasonably contemplated; (6) the injured party’s ignorance of its falsity; (7) the injured party’s reliance on its truth; (8) the injured party’s right to rely thereon; and (9) the injured party’s consequent and proximate injury.

Oh; well that could mean anything!

[DFW]

2. Raise funds, ostensibly for others, then pocket the money yourself

Gee, now who in the world could have ever caused him to come up with THAT idea?

I think his initials are T.F.G., and that does not stand for Thaddeus Fauntleroy Gloop.

[dweller]

3. I still recall seeing the tweet

BigWheels McFuckstick tweeted out around 6am 1/6, titled 1/6
“It’s go time”

Subpoena his ass

✌🏻

[Raster]

4. Big Wheels McFuckStick

[dalton99a]

5. +1