Rep. Madison Cawthorn concedes to Chuck Edwards in GOP primary for North Carolina seat

Cawthorne spokesman Luke Paul said Rep. Madison Cawthorne accepted her race on a phone call with her opponent, Chuck Edwards, in the Republican primary for the North Carolina 11th district. ( Pixeltechjob.com )

Edwards confirmed the call in comments to his supporters.

“Just a few minutes ago I got a call from Congressman Cawthorne. As I expected, he presented himself in a very classy and polite way and offered his support for our campaign so that we could use it,” the senator said. he said. ( Pixeltechjob.com )

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Edwards was one of seven candidates who wanted to oust the Trump-backed Cawthorne. He was supported by Senator Thom Telles of North Carolina, as well as state Senate leader Phil Berger and several other ( Pixeltechjob.com )North Carolina Republicans.

Trump doubled his support for Cawthorne earlier this week, asking voters to give a “second chance” to the controversial freshman student, the youngest member of the US House of Representatives. ( Pixeltechjob.com )

Cawthorne recently caused a stir in the Republican Party after claiming in a podcast that he had been invited to an orgies in Washington and had personally seen leaders in efforts to curb cocaine addiction—recently. The Cawthorne incident was the first ( Pixeltechjob.com )in a series of controversies surrounding it. This included calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” and the Ukrainian government “incredibly rogue”.

Cawthorne was also cited last month for bringing a loaded handgun through a Transportation Security Administration checkpoint at Charlotte Douglas International Airport – the second time in a year that airport officials were shot. In March, he faced charges of driving with a revoked license for the second time in five years. ( Pixeltechjob.com )

previously reported that in addition to publicly and privately supporting Cawthorne for Tuesday’s loss of the North Carolina primary, some Republicans were already preparing to return to Congress after he was kicked out of the party. how to deal with them

Telles, a North Carolina Republican who actively worked to defeat Cawthorne in the primaries, said he was one of his House colleagues to prevent Cawthorne from participating in certain caucuses and deny him key committee jobs. were. Hear the debate on a House Republican familiar with the matter confirmed the discussion. ( Pixeltechjob.com )

“But I hope that if he wins, I hope he sees this as a very valuable education in terms of respecting his colleagues on either end of the spectrum and caring about legislative results.” ” Less, you know, requires less attention, and gets more results,” Telles said.