Madison Cawthorn has been charged with driving on a revoked license for the second time in the past five years. Driving with a revoked license is a misdemeanor that has 20 days in jail as punishment.
According to a spokesperson from a highway patrol, the 26 year old Madison was pulled over on 3 March in Cleveland County in 1 and half hours southeast of Asheville by the highway patrol. The Rep. Madison Cawthorn faced two pending citations for driving 89 mph in a 65 mph zone in Buncombe County on 18 October and 87 mph in a 70 mph zone in Polk County on 8 January.
Cawthorn's spokesperson Luke Ball reported that the court date for misdemeanor was in May 6 and the Polk County speeding citation is set to be heard on April 18 while the Buncombe citation will be on 3 May.
Madison Cawthorn Calls Zelenskyy A Thug
Rep. Madison Cawthorn was recorded calling the Ukranian President, Volodymyr Zelenskyy a thug and the Ukranian government evil at an event in Asheville over the weekend and emphasized that the congressman's remarks didn't reflectt Republicans opinion. He was seen describing the Ukranian government as incredibly corrupted pushing woke ideologies.
.@CawthornforNC:
— The Republican Accountability Project (@AccountableGOP) March 10, 2022
“Zelenskyy is a thug. Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
h/t @WRAL pic.twitter.com/cf3sew7MOp
However, after WRAL's report, Madison Cawthorn called out the actions of Russian President Vladmir Putin disgusting and asked leaders including Zelenskyy to not push misinformations on America. He tweeted, "Propaganda is being used to entice America into another war. I do not want Americans dying because emotions pushed us into a conflict. I am praying for Ukraine and the Ukranian people. Pray also we are not drawn into conflict based on foreign leaders pushing misinformation."
Madison Cawthorn's Political Career and Net Worth Insights
Madison Cawthorn has an estimated net worth of around $1.5 million. He is best known as the youngest member of the House of Representatives who was elected to Congress in 2020. His full name is David Madison Cawthorn and was born in 1995 in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. He joined Patrick Henry College in 2016 studying Political Science and dropped out later with D grades.
He started his political career working as a staffer n U.S. Representative, Mark Meadow's district office for a year in 2015. He started a real estate investment firm, SPQR Holdings, LLC in 2019 and finsihed second while running for North Carolina's 11th congressional district in 2020. He won the June runoff defeating Lynda Bennett.
Madison Cawthorn has been involved in many controversies. He had received criticism for an Instagram post where he called Hitler, a Fuhrer that meant leader and also supreme evil in German term. He seemed to be supporting white nationalism but he denied being a white supremacist and deleted his post.
Madison became one of the 17 newly elected House Republicans who signed a letter congratulating the President Joe Biden on his inaguration on Jan 20,2021. Madison also appeared in Newsmaz to clear out things on tyrannical government and discussed the matter of military weapons and AR-15s.
Madison Cawthorn described himself as a constitutional conservative committed to defending the values of faith, family and the freedon that had made America great on his website. He added that our faith, our freedoms and our values were under assault from coastal elites and lefists like Nancy Pelosi and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Futhermore, he mentioned that he strongly opposed the Democrats' plan for sociolized medicine and supported expanding choice and competiton in health care system.
His website said that he was nominated to the US Naval Academy in 2014 by Meadows.However, he had to change plans because of the car accident during trip in 2014 with his friend, Ledford that left his legs paralyzed and had to use wheelchair since then. Cawthorn received a $3 million settlement from an insurance company and other payments afte that accident.