Madison Cawthorn - fake instagram athlete

He's a bit of a clown...perfect for the new Trump Party.

It's his right to identify as a Paralympian. Can't believe the hateful bigotry of that article.

eh, I feel like I know dozens of 2:25M/3:00F marathon runners who told anyone that would listen that they were "training" for the olympic trials. I feel like this is kind of like that.

i mean, whatever, the guy sounds like typical self-aggrandizing instagrammer/politician

the article loses me though when they compare the peachtree road race to a turkey trot. That's pretty disingenuous.

not that interesting wrote:

eh, I feel like I know dozens of 2:25M/3:00F marathon runners who told anyone that would listen that they were "training" for the olympic trials. I feel like this is kind of like that.

i mean, whatever, the guy sounds like typical self-aggrandizing instagrammer/politician

the article loses me though when they compare the peachtree road race to a turkey trot. That's pretty disingenuous.

Did any of them tell you they were going to break the world record?

Cawthorn after being elected:

https://twitter.com/CawthornforNC/status/1323813315169165313?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1323813315169165313%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.usatoday.com%2Fstory%2Fnews%2Fnation%2F2020%2F11%2F03%2Fmadison-cawthorn-reacts-winning-seat-congress-cry-more-lib%2F6155257002%2F

Cawthorn after the 1/6 insurrection:

I know I rail against the establishment all the time and the two-party system, and I know I'm currently a part of the two-party system, but I think that this made it very clear that we're not supposed to be left, we're not supposed to be right, we're supposed to be Americans.

He's young, maybe he just needs to grow up a bit.

Even his name is misleading, Madison instantly conjures up the image of a girl.

You really need not look much further than his phony investor credentials to figure out that something is really wrong with this guy. I would not be surprised if some dark money guys were behind finding him and grooming him to be an anti-AOC right wing youth candidate. A guy like this does not run a successful campaign for federal office without some very powerful people behind him.

The guy is a tool no doubt.

But the article is just as bad. It says "In another post from February 2019, Cawthorn mentions that he is going to the “US Open” in June. But McGrory told me, “There were no qualifying meets in 2019.” Both she and Siemann had no idea what the “US Open” in Cawthorn’s post could possibly refer to."

Article doesn't link the post like they do others but that article assumes he talking about some Paralympic meet, when most people would read it as the PGA US OPEN, which was taking place in June in 2019.

Certainly kills the credibility of the author.

This is great! Screw that dude. Although with the current climate, if a guy can think he is a girl and race, why can’t someone with no athletic ability think himself a Paralympic. Don’t deny him his reality.

He also made it seem like he was headed for the Naval Academy before his accident. He was rejected.

He said he was anticipating a win at Peachtree when he was not even part of the elite circle and a world record holder was racing it. This would have been hilarious for us if this congressman was saying he was training for the Olympic standard with a 35 min 10K. Hope Paralympians get their due and this guy is shamed by the general public in NC. His constituents should know he's a raging liar.

not that interesting wrote:

eh, I feel like I know dozens of 2:25M/3:00F marathon runners who told anyone that would listen that they were "training" for the olympic trials. I feel like this is kind of like that.

i mean, whatever, the guy sounds like typical self-aggrandizing instagrammer/politician

the article loses me though when they compare the peachtree road race to a turkey trot. That's pretty disingenuous.

It's a turkey trot like the way Silicon Valley 5k is a turkey trot. There's an elite field but anyone can sign up and run, and most people don't take it that seriously. It's recreational and then you have brunch.

Stu...Stu Padaso wrote:

The guy is a tool no doubt.

But the article is just as bad. It says "In another post from February 2019, Cawthorn mentions that he is going to the “US Open” in June. But McGrory told me, “There were no qualifying meets in 2019.” Both she and Siemann had no idea what the “US Open” in Cawthorn’s post could possibly refer to."

Article doesn't link the post like they do others but that article assumes he talking about some Paralympic meet, when most people would read it as the PGA US OPEN, which was taking place in June in 2019.

Certainly kills the credibility of the author.

Lol. Good catch. Pretty awful 'journalism' but what does one expect?