Madison Cawthorn Wins Election, Becomes Youngest House Member in Decades

Madison Cawthorn has won the election for North Carolina’s 11 th congressional district, becoming the youngest member of the House in decades.At 25 years old, Cawthorn is at the minimum legal age to serve in the House. Cawthorn will replace former North Carolina congressman Mark Meadows, who resigned in order to function as President Trump’s chief of personnel. Cawthorn won the district main versus an opposition selected by Meadows and backed by Trump.” Cry more, lib,” Cawthorn wrote on Twitter after the Associated Press called a success for the freshman candidate.When he was 18, Cawthorn was nominated by Meadows for a spot at the U.S. Naval Academy; however, a car crash left him immobilized from the waist down.Controversy dogged Cawthorn’s campaign after it created a site assaulting reporter Tom Fiedler for working for Senator Cory Booker (D., N.J.).”[Fiedler] quit his academia task in Boston to work for non-white males, like Cory Booker, who intends to ruin white males running for office,” the website read. Cawthorn subsequently excused the incident, saying a staffer had actually composed the post without his knowledge.” The syntax of our language was uncertain and unfairly suggested I was criticizing Cory Booker,” Cawthorn stated in a statement. “I have condemned bigotry and identity politics throughout my project including throughout my convention speech when I highlighted M.L.K.’s vision for equality.”
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