Breaking: New leaked video shows GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn caught on video with male scheduler's hand on his crotch pic.twitter.com/Y8gtGMFdrw MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) April 28, 2022. Cawthorn lounges covered with only a towel, his arm draped over Smith who rests his head on his boss's shoulder and places his hand on Cawthorn's hip. I mean the GOP really wants to destroy this man.. It is certainly harder than ever to keep the "skeletons in the closet," yet we should question whether we want our politics to become about simply dredging up more dirt on the other side, especially in an era where misinformation is so common. Screenshots of the photos were provided to the outlet by someone who used to be close to Cawthorn and his campaign. The comments from the first-term lawmaker come after the American Muckrakers PAC, an opposition group campaigning against Cawthorn, said they posted the video after receiving it from an anonymous . The unending barrage of leaks against Madison Cawthorn make me much less skeptical of the reality of the coke-fueled orgies, tweeted @HeerJeet. Cawthorn, 26, . He could have brought new blood and a fresh outlook. Some stupid prank done as a college or high school student doesnt interest me one way or the other. The American Muckrakers PAC (also known as firemadison.com) is patting itself on the back for Cawthorn's reelection loss on Tuesday. He explained that the picture was taken as a joke on a cruise trip with his family and called it "a ludicrous narrative," pushing the idea that he "was some kind of drag queen on the side, aside from being a congressman." The video was released on Wednesday by American Muckrakers PAC, a political action group that is campaigning against the 26-year-old lawmaker as he runs for reelection in North Carolina's 13th congressional district. Wheeler told Insider that he had already received interesting information about Boebert, whose primary against GOP state Sen. Don Coram is June 28. The complaint was filed with the Office of Congressional Ethics on Wednesday by the anti-Cawthorn American Muckrakers PAC, commonly known as Fire Madison, and comes less than three weeks before . We were acting foolish and joking. Dies geschieht in Ihren Datenschutzeinstellungen. Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. All rights reserved. ", Rep. Cawthorn responded to the video on Wednesday evening via a tweet from his verified social media account (@CawthornforNC), "A new hit against me just dropped. We look forwarding [sic] to getting to know you," American Muckrakers PAC wrote in an ominous tweet. Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny. Im NOT backing down. The website describes the video as including a nude Cawthorn thrusting his groin at. Blackmail won't win. "In this way, social media has revolutionized politics, for good and bad," said Haynes. We were acting foolish, and joking. North Carolinas Primary Election will take place on Tuesday, May 17, although in-person early voting is nearly halfway complete. On Thursday, it launched fireboebert.com to tick off another politician. The man, as well as the others in the room, have not been identified. Last month, several photos emerged on social media that showed Cawthorn dressed in women's lingerie. "We want them to be perfect, we want them to be a step up from the rest of us, yet authentic, and that is a very unrealistic standard.". This is the latest scandal the North Carolina Congressman has been in after he claimed that senior officials invited him to an orgy, another video was released showing one of his male staff members grabbing his crotch, and photos leaked last month showing him dressed in lingerie for what he says was a game on a cruise ship. Cawthorn acknowledged the authenticity of the video in a tweet, but didnt provide information on where, when or by whom the video was shot. In the video, which looks to have been shot in a hotel room, a man who appears to be Cawthorn is seen in a state of undress grinding on another person while uttering an exaggerated series of grunts and groans. Cawthorn, 26,wasthe youngest Republican to be elected as an US rep and the youngest congressman to lose his re-election. A sex tape of Madison Cawthorn & his cousin (?) The politician has come under fire on multiple other occasions recently. At one point, a male voice can be heard laughing and saying: "Stick it in his face. Cawthorn accused the group of blackmail and waging a campaign to destroy his career. He also posted a 7-minute video fact-checking trending headlines regarding him or showing him in a bad light. The information is certainly not as salacious as some of the Cawthorn stuff, he added, though he did not reveal details. He needs to resign. What a waist of his time and ours. He had the perfect opportunity as a young Congressman to really influence his own generation. Fact check: not true. We helped fire Madison Cawthorn. Only Madison Cawthorn knows the date, location, names and ages of participants, or whether they are Cawthorn staff. Some saw the video as an appeal to homophobia, but the cofounder said that's not. He lives in a gorgeous area but rather than breaking the old white male Trumper reputation. A recentPolitico article published photos showing the congressman wearing lingerie, which Cawthorn dismissed as "goofy vacation photos.". This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. As the youngest member of Congress, he has adopted the former president's pugilistic style and won his 2022 reelection endorsement. Some far-right figures believe that the Republican Party is eating one of its own as payback. Please logout and login again. Ask him for any of this information. Additionally, technology is making it easier than ever to manipulate video. One payment made by Cawthorn to Smith dated 6/17/18 reads, 'Getting naked for me in Sweden.' It has been called Dr. Seuss Day because of this. Screen for heightened risk individual and entities globally to help uncover hidden risks in business relationships and human networks. In the video, Cawthorn disputed recent media coverage and ads against him by his political opponents, and took accountability for recent brushes with law enforcement officials. Social media is so instantaneous that it can make it challenging for us to maintain our freedom when disinformation can spread so quickly.". "It's possible that he could survive his self-inflicted political wounds. Thats it. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images). Melissa Koenig For Dailymail.Com. Daten ber Ihr Gert und Ihre Internetverbindung, wie Ihre IP-Adresse, Browsing- und Suchaktivitten bei der Nutzung von Yahoo Websites und -Apps. The video, which . Whoever ran his campaigns and his career should be fired. The groups president Wheeler told the outlet: I think were going to go after Lauren Boebert in Colorado in a similar way. We were acting foolish, and joking. "Once a story is out there, it is impossible to contain. Newly leaked footage of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) is making people believe his claim that other members of Congress invited him to orgies and used cocaine in front of him. Another individual, who is believed to have filmed the encounter on a smartphone, could be heard laughing in the background and telling Cawthorn to "stick it in his face. WASHINGTON, May 5 (Reuters) - A grainy 28-second video showing a naked young man gyrating against someone in bed amid squeals and laughter was the latest in a string of episodes that has turned Republicans against one of their own: the brash U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina. Wheelers PAC also highlighted Cawthorns attempt to slip a gun through the Asheville Regional Airport last year. They're running out of things to throw at me' he wrote on Twitter. The video published by American Muckrakers PAC, according to UpdatesPlug, showed Rep. Madison Cawthorn naked in bed, with his wheelchair beside the bed, carrying out the sex act with someone in the background laughing and telling Cawthorn, 26, to stick it in his face.. Sign up for notifications from Insider! Be the first one to comment on this story. Hi Rep. Boebert Ask Rep Cawthorn about us. The other person is only seen for a moment, and has not yet been identified. signs campus carry bill into law, 50+ animals including snakes, foxes removed from, Medic bags distributed to West Virginias EMS workforce, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Cawthorn downplayed the significance of the footage and said that it was released to smear him. We do not know those details. Cawthorn is facing an unusually crowded GOP primary for an incumbent Congressman, after facing several scandals. HuffPost's top politics stories, straight to your inbox. Public attention turned on The American Muckrakers PAC after politician and US rep Lauren Boebert refuted allegations made by the activism group. On Wednesday night, political action group American Muckrakers PAC leaked a video that appeared to show a naked Cawthorn thrusting his body into someone. Heres what we know about the political action organisation. Insider reports that the American Muckrakers PAC, which was responsible for posting video of Cawthorn naked in bed and horsing around with another man, has launched the website. David B. Wheeler, president of the PAC, said in a statement that the video was 'passed to us by a former supporter' of Cawthorn but would not name the source. Get the Android Weather app from Google Play, United Way hopes Match Madness nets a slam dunk, Southwestern Energy employees spent the day helping, 7NEWS legal expert weighs in on Campus Carry bill, Wheeling basketball tourism with the MEC tournament, No umps when Orioles and Pirates play unneeded bottom, Wheeling Central Headed To The State Tournament, Aiden Davis Sets Records As Park Advances. A political action committee that posted a nude video of Madison Cawthorn grinding on a man is now targeting right-wing extremist Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.). He lives in a gorgeous area but rather than breaking the old white male Trumper reputation he embraced the divisiveness that Trump has a tendency to evoke. Thats it.. I know people can make a lot of mistakes in their younger years by not making the best decisions- as he has obviously done numerous times. Blackmail wont win. The video appears to show Cawthorn naked and thrusting against another man while laughing. American Muckrakers PAC, who first targetted Rep. Madison Cawthorn by releasing his viral nude video and sabotaging his image is now focusing on 'firing' Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert. 'The media thinks that playing a goofy game on a cruise ship with my friends and family means that I can't serve in Congress. 'A new hit against me just dropped,' he tweeted on Wednesday night, explaining: 'Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny. Reporting by David Morgan; Editing by Scott Malone, Cynthia Osterman and Lincoln Feast. Im NOT backing down. Support from our readers will help us maintain and strengthen the editorial independence that is crucial to our mission to help make Western North Carolina a better place to call home. The group that posted a viral nude video of Rep. Madison Cawthorn is targeting Rep. Lauren Boebert. Cawthorn hasalso been pulled over twice cops in North Carolina in recent months for driving without a valid license, and is now under investigation by the House Office of Congressional Ethics after a video featured one of his staff members grabbing his crotch. As for the video, Cawthorn said he was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny. The video published by American Muckrakers PAC, according to UpdatesPlug, showed Rep. Madison Cawthorn naked in bed, with his wheelchair beside the bed, carrying out the sex act with [] Most people have. The PAC has mercilessly hounded Cawthorn with ethics complaints, leaked audio from whistleblowers and other grievances since shortly after Cawthorn was elected. Some Republican voters have embraced the combative styles of extreme personalities such as Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene as an antidote to what they view as the excesses of liberal Democrats. Right-wing U.S. Republican lawmaker, Madison Cawthorn defended himself on Twitter after a sex tape was released showing him forcefully thrusting his groin inside a man's mouth. "It is unfortunate that we are so polarized that people don't even think before they would go public with the dirt they have on their political enemies," said Haynes. Cawthorn claims the video posted by American Muckrakers PAC which also targeted him with a Fire.madison.com website only showed him and a friend being "foolish and joking." Fr nhere Informationen zur Nutzung Ihrer Daten lesen Sie bitte unsere Datenschutzerklrung und Cookie-Richtlinie. The video was first publishedby American Muckrakers PAC, a political group that runs the Fire Madison Cawthorn website, ahead of North Carolina's May 17 primary. He could have introduced something environmental maybe ban the use of plastic bags in his area of NC. 'We will.'. The poll has a 4.9% margin of error. The roughly 30-second-long clip appears to show a naked Cawthorn thrusting his pelvis against someone while the person laughs. Ted Budd has beat Cheri Beasely to become the next senator for North Carolina. He needs to resign. 'Obviously, though, I made a mistake,' Cawthorn continued. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. Last week, the president of American Muckrakers PAC, David Wheeler, filed an ethics complaint against the congressman that mainly focused on his relationship with aide Stephen Smith. Now its Lauren Boeberts turn, says a message on the site. The other person is only seen for a moment, and has not yet been identified. At our inception 20 years ago, we chose to be different. UNITED STATES - NOVEMBER 18: Rep. Madison, Cawthorn, R-N.C., is seen in the U.S. Capitol as House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., spoke at length on the House floor to delay the Build Back Better Act vote on Thursday, November 18, 2021. for its next takedown" after they posted an explicit video of Madison Cawthorn. Some who assume that Republicans are behind the leaked lingerie images and thrusting video wonder what else it has on its members. A picture included in the exhibits filed in support of the call for an ethics investigation appears to show Cawthorn and Smith, poolside. This week, a political action campaign (PAC) dedicated to unseating Cawthorn released the video of Cawthorn "dry humping someone's head and moaning loudly." American Muckrakers PAC claims. P.O. Polling data showed that 31% of voters had a very favorable opinion of him last month. I told you there would be a drip drip campaign. The complaint also requests an investigation into the nature of Cawthorn's relationship with Smith stating that the junior member of staff lives with Cawthorn. He also previously made the headlines for claiming that some of the Washington elites invited him to an orgy, asserting that Nancy Pelosi had a 'drinking problem' and calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a thug. The story cites the American Muckrakers PAC, better known as firemadison.com, as the source of the video. All quotes delayed a minimum of 15 minutes. But the North Carolina Republican has built a persona based on conservative Christian principles andmasculinity. Blackmail won't win. Cawthorn faces a field of seven Republican challengers. Critics of his now claim that these videos and photos show hypocrisy on the part of the conservative lawmaker, who has said he adheres to 'a lot of traditional values and a lot of traditional ideas,' according to the Huffington Post. ", "We were acting foolish, and joking. The photos, which were obtained by Politicoshow Cawthorn, with a vacant look in his eyes, wearing women's hoop earrings and a woman's necklace along with a bra and lingerie set. However, not everyone is in a position such as his. A @FireBoebert tweet posted on Friday taunts: Hi Rep. Boebert Ask Rep Cawthorn about us. A questionable video regarding Congressman Madison Cawthorn has surfaced online. The group that posted a viral nude video of Rep. Madison Cawthorn is targeting Rep. Lauren Boebert. The organization is seeking any tips on information, photos, videos or documents on Boebert or her associates. Where MC failed was in his performance. Another picture shows the men enjoying a 'snow day' together with Smith sitting next to Cawthorn on an ATV, his arm placed around Cawthorn's shoulder. Cawthorn is now running for re-election to retain his North Carolina seat against seven Republican candidates.