Former President Trump is doubling down on his help for embattled Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) forward of a Tuesday major contest that can decide whether or not the 26-year-old congressman will get an opportunity at a second time period within the Home.
“When Madison was first elected to Congress, he did an excellent job,” Trump mentioned in a publish on Reality Social, the social media platform that he based final yr. “Not too long ago, he made some silly errors, which I don’t consider he’ll make once more…let’s give Madison a second probability!”
Trump endorsed Cawthorn for reelection final yr. However his newest present of help comes as Cawthorn is going through a combat for political life following a sequence of controversies which have fueled GOP criticism of the first-term congressman.
A number of Republicans jumped into the first in Cawthorn’s district after he determined to run in one other district nearer to Charlotte following the redistricting course of. He returned to his previous district, nonetheless, after state courts struck down North Carolina’s new Home map.
Since then, issues have gotten extra difficult for him. Cawthorn enraged lots of his fellow Republicans earlier this yr when he instructed in a podcast interview that fellow GOP lawmakers have been collaborating in orgies and doing cocaine. He’s additionally suffered from a sequence of salacious revelations, together with a leaked nude video.
Trump’s late effort to remind voters of his help for the far-right congressman, nonetheless, might give Cawthorn a lift and assist him keep away from a lackluster efficiency on Tuesday.
He might want to win at the least 30 % of the vote to advance to the final election because the Republican nominee in North Carolina’s eleventh District.
Nonetheless, Cawthorn is going through opposition from a number of high-profile North Carolina Republicans. The highest Republicans within the state Normal Meeting have endorsed considered one of his rivals, state Sen. Chuck Edwards, as has Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.).
In the meantime, Sen. Richard Burr (R-N.C.), who’s retiring on the finish of his present time period, has criticized Cawthorn, calling him an “embarrassment” throughout a March look on CNN.
