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(11,306 posts)great defeat.
ananda
(28,893 posts)...
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)MyMission
(1,855 posts)Chuck Edwards was endorsed by senator Tillis, who also spent a lot of money to help defeat cawthorn. He's a local politician, anti immigration, and is a good ole boy who will go along with the GOPQ agenda, not make waves. But he's not a rabid supporter of tfg, so that's something.
Haven't seen if there's a democratic winner yet, but whoever wins will be at a disadvantage in this +9 red zone. Elections generally run 60/40 their favor. But there's always hope, and a chance we can elect a Democrat to Congress. Heath Shuler, a yellow dog democrat, was our rep for 6 years before we were gerrymandered. Now that we're "un-gerrymandered" we have a better chance, but
Edwards will be hard to beat so we'll have to work hard.
I'm so glad cawthorn lost. I expect him to be more of an ass as he completes his term in Congress. Perhaps he'll resign early and leave us without a congressperson, as Meadows did.
Did I mention I live in his district, but don't call him my representative.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Thanks for the solid information.
Archae
(46,371 posts)Or maybe some other far-right nutcase network like Newsmax or OAN.
ShazzieB
(16,620 posts)calimary
(81,566 posts)And hell get lots of sympathetic viewers because of the wheelchair. I hate to be crass and I apologize. But folks, that works on a LOT of unengaged voters. Awwww, he looks like a nice guy. Think Ill give him a chance
Kid Berwyn
(15,043 posts)Gaetz breathes easier.
ARPad95
(1,671 posts)Last edited Thu May 19, 2022, 02:24 AM - Edit history (1)
Are those orgies with origami?
littlemissmartypants
(22,853 posts)OAITW r.2.0
(24,756 posts)I see a disabled person's like spiraling down as his 25YO looks abandon him and he just becomes another insufferable middle aged asshole.
hunter
(38,346 posts)Not a good man, I'm certain, but better than Republican meat puppet.
FakeNoose
(32,866 posts)applegrove
(118,882 posts)LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)He really needs to be in jail and not running for ANYTHING, and so does his master tRump. Unfortunately, tRump won't be going to jail.
Anyway, his fellow seditionist, racist pos buddy LOST as many thought he would
lastlib
(23,359 posts)just askin'.....
LeftInTX
(25,743 posts)The district is very red.
Cawthorn was "asleep at the wheel"...now they're putting a smarter jerk in there
It's like when Ted Cruz beat Lt Gov David Dewhurst in the primary. Hubby said, "Watch out Ted Cruz is extreme"...Well, that was an understatement on hubby's part............
Mister Ed
(5,946 posts)It'd be nice to see the right-wing vote being split in the general. A fella can dream, can't he?
Brother Buzz
(36,494 posts)Norbert
(6,043 posts)Happy this POS is gone and hope it is just starters.
LenaBaby61
(6,979 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Ocelot II
(115,968 posts)He's a hot mess who was an immature, entitled ass even before his accident. After that it seems he never was able to come to terms with what happened, so compensated by acting out and being as outrageous and transgressive as possible. He was far too immature and psychologically damaged to be a Congressman but it was all he had going for him - or all he thought he had going for him. Now that he's lost that, I expect him to either find an extreme right-wing outlet to help him stay in the spotlight, or start having serious substance abuse problems (if he isn't already), or, most likely, both. Without some drastic intervention things will not end well for him.
LeftInTX
(25,743 posts)Response to LeftInTX (Reply #32)
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Hortensis
(58,785 posts)so there's a possibility he'll get more functional and build on whatever he's left himself. He does have a proven talent for self aggrandizement, but within the current RW insanity, itself extremely unstable.
Yours seems the more likely picture, certainly the most usual one, and fingers crossed. Continued self destruction for him and his extremist supporters.
LeftInTX
(25,743 posts)I was reading his bio in Wikipedia.
Seems like he was headed toward politics before his accident
Maybe he thought being in the spotlight helped him cope, but probably made him worse..
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)the right to vote confers on all of us.
MerryBlooms
(11,776 posts)From this creep. Although, he's probably already got a book deal. Wonder how much dirt he has on those repub coke orgies. 😄
MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)cant read with any competence so theyre not likely to understand fuck all. He will have to buy his own books just like junior did.
MerryBlooms
(11,776 posts)smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I can hardly believe this. I am honestly having a hard time getting this through because they never seem to suffer the consequences of their actions.
Pinch me, I must be dreaming!
Cha
(297,975 posts)dweller
(23,695 posts)crossed off the cocaine orgy invitations
✌🏻
niyad
(113,798 posts)evolves
(5,403 posts)MontanaMama
(23,366 posts)COL Mustard
(5,957 posts)Good riddance to the Congressboy!!!
Traildogbob
(8,879 posts)That close I thought for sure him and trump would do Stop the Steal insurrection in Raleigh.
ancianita
(36,210 posts)Traildogbob
(8,879 posts)Can drive around and not see his wheel chair campaign signs plastered everywhere. Makes for dangerous driving flipping off all those damn things.
SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Poor Maddy.
Wheel yourself out of the House of Representatives, Maddy. No more cocaine fueled orgies for you, dimwit.
The next time you try to carry a piece onto an airplane you're going to jail, motherfucker!
VGNonly
(7,521 posts)That's all folks!
rpannier
(24,350 posts)Should have run a Trump-like campaign
Should have tied himself more to Trump
jmowreader
(50,585 posts)He woke the voters in his district the fuck up and they got rid of him.
Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)orleans
(34,094 posts)happy 18th)
Lucky Luciano
(11,267 posts)Hekate
(91,003 posts)If I had one wish for that little hyperaggressive overcompensating turd, it would be to take the salary hes gotten from this gig and find a psychiatrist. That boy aint right.
ancianita
(36,210 posts)a minder.
jmowreader
(50,585 posts)Trust me, I would MUCH rather see that seat flip. But removing the loose cannon on deck that is Cawthorn is far more important, and that's done.
Hopefully Boebert and Greene also lose their primaries.
LeftInTX
(25,743 posts)He gives the GOP a bad name.....
Unless a Dem wins the seat.
The guy replacing him is a Ted Cruz type...
ZonkerHarris
(24,290 posts)Split that vote baby!
Galraedia
(5,028 posts)Too bad he's too stupid to realize that it was republicans that leaked those videos and pictures of him. Well I think we know now why republicans vote in lockstep with each other. They're holding damaging information on their members.
jmbar2
(4,917 posts)I'm glad to hear that he's going to be able to spend more time with his cousin. But it sounds like cousin has some high-flying tastes. So Maddie needs to get a job.
Having recently been looking for work myself lately, gotta say that it's more BRUTAL than anything I experienced in the past.
What is Maddie's next job?
NCjack
(10,279 posts)He is the best at punching trees. The. Best.
I imagine the tree punching job offers are pouring in as we speak.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,249 posts)...and by that, I, of course, mean this one:
Coventina
(27,223 posts)BigDemVoter
(4,158 posts)That mother fucker can go back to hell.
SpankMe
(2,972 posts)Warpy
(111,429 posts)They're going to need to support his cigar habit and lavish lifestyle for the rest of his life as he tells everybody who will listen what a big shot he used to be in Washington.
Let's hope the other useless wastes of skin who got swept in on a wave of Q hysteria face the same fate---or get replaced by Democrats.
Thtwudbeme
(7,737 posts)I am not a lawyer- but, I am not sure he'll get that. My understanding is that the statue of limitations on damages from an accident in NC is 7 years. The wreck was in 2014.
Warpy
(111,429 posts)He might have gotten it in last year, just under the wire. Some crook might have given him that advice, my guess is Meadows.
dlk
(11,598 posts)There will be others like him; we can count on it.
samnsara
(17,658 posts)lunatica
(53,410 posts)Blue Owl
(50,555 posts)Rebl2
(13,584 posts)the republican primary opponent to the democrat?
Wounded Bear
(58,771 posts)Wonder Why
(3,320 posts)I live in his district and in NC, independents can vote in either primary but if there is a runoff primary, they must vote that same party if they want to vote. They cannot vote in one party's primary and the other party's runoff. A lot of my friends who register as independents and who voted, did so in the Republican primary specifically to vote against Cawthorn. Some went so far as to look at every candidate for every position they could vote on to see if they favored Trump and if so, voted for someone else.
gopiscrap
(23,766 posts)littlemissmartypants
(22,853 posts)Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up wrapping his fast car around a light pole or slides it sideways doing a switchback on the Blue Ridge Parkway in a rainstorm.