GOP Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who has called the LGBTQ community “filth” and recently set off a firestorm by claiming he had been invited to orgies by other D.C. lawmakers, is now scrambling to save face after a series of photos circulating on social media showing him wearing lingerie.
The North Carolina Republican has built a reputation on defending “family values.” But after the pictures were released by Politico, Cawthorn took to Twitter, saying, “I guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me? They’re running out of things to throw at me…”
Cawthorn then encouraged his followers to “share your most embarrassing vacay pics in the replies.”
Instead of embarrassing photos, however, Twitter users his tweet triggered a slush of mockery that is still going strong.
Check some of the responses below:
I guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me?
They're running out of things to throw at me…
Share your most embarrassing vacay pics in the replies🤦♂️https://t.co/YicRk0Albu
— Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) April 22, 2022
I’ve never played a game that waits for your nail polish to dry? What was the game called? pic.twitter.com/lOERf7zeyW
— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) April 23, 2022
So if other males dress in women's clothing it's grooming but if you do it's just vacation photos? Explain it to me like I'm 5
— Manager of 'Hunter Biden's Laptop' (@IAmWhoIAm808) April 22, 2022
What was the game? Explain it if it was so innocent.
— Josh the man with no name (@cazoretlos) April 22, 2022
it's OK to admit you just like the way women's clothes feel, Madison…
— LeGate (founder @ GoodPillow™) (@williamlegate) April 22, 2022
Go ahead and make this your profile picture then. pic.twitter.com/1069qO80Il
— Lulu O'Dallas 🇺🇦🌻 (@lululuvshollis) April 22, 2022
He forgot this part…but it’s the left huh 🤷🏽♀️ pic.twitter.com/7Q35jFppOT
— Niesha Love🌺♍️ (@loveis716) April 22, 2022
Hey Madison, if those pictures were of Hunter Biden, how would your tweet be different?
— Stella (@clanchefan) April 22, 2022
Dude – Everyone that contacted us about these photos was a R campaign operative or a conservative owned publication. We could have posted them but chose not to do so. Did you send these to Politico & us? Seeking the sympathy vote again? Nice try. Btw, we like you in drag. Cute.
— Fire Madison Cawthorn – American Muckrakers PAC (@fire_madison) April 22, 2022
I think those outfits work very well with the type of @GOP parties he was talking about the other day, don’t they? https://t.co/kwWkn9pSYQ pic.twitter.com/4Gmm8ip4Ru
— Chris – Protect Democracy Ⓜ️Ⓜ️🇺🇦🇺🇸🌊 (@DemocracyChris) April 22, 2022
Complaining that "our culture today is trying to completely demasculate all the young men," Rep. Madison Cawthorn issues a plea to parents: "If you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster." pic.twitter.com/v7b0pN3RA3
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 18, 2021
We’re cool with the gender-bending lingerie pics, Madison.
We’re NOT cool with your hateful rhetoric and your legislative goals aimed at eliminating the civil rights of LGBTQ people.
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈 (@leahmcelrath) April 22, 2022
so basically in Florida it's against the law to tell schoolchildren about Madison Cawthorn, do I have that right
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) April 22, 2022
— The Resistor Sister®️♥️🇺🇸🦅🙏🏻 (@the_resistor) April 22, 2022
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) April 22, 2022
Totally cool, bro. No problem at all if you like to dress up like an Earthen vessel, sanctified by Almighty God. https://t.co/VhQdFli39D pic.twitter.com/HDSgLY84rh
— Robert Johnson (@Rob184rob) April 22, 2022
Sort of like the Al Franken pictures? Right, got ya….
— 1Yorkie (@1Yorkie1) April 23, 2022
Goofy vacation photos? I've been on plenty of vacations, madame, and I've never put on women's underwear.
— Jedi 71 (@JediSeventyOne) April 23, 2022
Nice try, Maddy. Epic fail. Want to have that "good Christian values" conversation now? Might want to park the hypocrisymobile by the side of the road and wait this one out.
— Polly Grace (@PollyGraceDono1) April 22, 2022