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Scandal-Ridden MAGA Star Announces Political Comeback

Madison Cawthorn, who once represented North Carolina, is now eyeing a Florida congressional seat.

A scandal-prone former MAGA congressman who flamed out after a single term in the House of Representatives has launched a bid to return to Congress. Madison Cawthorn released a campaign video announcing his bid for a Florida congressional seat. “I’m running for Congress to stand with President Trump, defend our conservative values, and fight to stop the radical left every single time,” he says in the video, which features photos of him smiling with Trump and appearing on stage with the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was gunned down and killed at a campus event in Utah last month. The 30-year-old was elected in 2020 to represent North Carolina’s 11th District, becoming the youngest member of Congress and the first to be born in the 1990s, but lost his primary two years later. During his time in Congress he alleged, without providing evidence, that his GOP colleagues invited him to orgies, and that they frequently used cocaine. He later said that his claims were “exaggerated.” He has also had multiple run-ins with the law and was arrested just last month for failing to appear at a court hearing.

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