“It’s very clear to me that Madison needs to have a much more active social life than any other member of Congress I know,” Dusty Johnson, RS.D. spokesman, told the Capitol on Friday. “What he says cannot be true.” The 26-year-old first-year Republican from North Carolina was asked by a podcast presenter if his experience in Washington was related to the dark drama depicted on Netflix’s “House of Cards,” the story of an ambitious aspirator’s murderous and awful rise. . “I look at all these people, many of those I have always looked at in my life, I have always paid attention to politics, children you know – then all of a sudden they invite you, e.g. Oops, we’re having sex in one of our homes. And I say, “What? What did you ask me to do?” “And then you realize they’re asking you to come to an orgy,” Cawthorn said in an interview with the Warrior Poet Society podcast. Cawthorn continued on the podcast: “Or the fact that, you know, there are some people who lead the movement to try to eradicate addiction in our country, and then you watch them do a major cocaine strike right in front of And it’s like, that’s wild. “ Cawthorn’s Republican colleagues were quick to distance themselves from his comments and denounced the allegations. At least one lawmaker, Arkansas MP Steve Womack, expressed frustration with Cawthorn’s comments during a closed-door GOP conference on Tuesday. Womack told his colleagues that he had to face questions about “orgies” and “drug parties” from his constituents, according to sources familiar with his comments. Late Friday, Cawthorn issued a statement criticizing “the left and the media” for “falsely” implying his comments about sex parties and cocaine involving members of Congress. “My comments on a recent corrupt podcast have been used by the left and the media to discredit my Republican colleagues and falsely imply their involvement in illegal activities,” Cawthorn wrote on Twitter. Cawthorn added that he had spent “several days” considering how to “better deal with this dispute”. His statement comes two days after he was summoned to a meeting with House Republican Rep. Kevin McCarthy and other Republican leaders. During the meeting, Cawthorn himself told the Republican leadership that a member of Congress had invited him to a sex party, but when pressed for more details, he refused to identify the lawmaker and “back down” his allegations, according to a source familiar with the discussion. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pays tribute to MP Don Young as he is in the state at Statuary Hall in the Capitol, March 29, 2022. The 30-minute meeting was attended by Cawthorn, McCarthy, House Rep. Steve Scalise and GOP spokesman Mike Johnson, who was appointed’s mentor last year. Politico first reported details of the meeting. McCarthy told reporters after the meeting that Kauthorn “did not tell the truth” and that he had admitted to exaggerating his allegations. McCarthy said he told Cawthorn to change his behavior, otherwise there would be consequences. “This is unacceptable. There is no evidence of this,” McCarthy said. “This is not an MP. He did not tell the truth.” “In the interview, he claims to have seen people doing cocaine. Then, when he comes in, he tells me, he says he thinks he may have seen an employee in a garage 100 meters away and he tells me he does not know what cocaine is all about,” he said. McCarthy. “The Constitution gives you the age at which you could serve in Congress. But when you are in Congress, you have to respect the institution and you have to focus on the work that you have to do,” McCarthy said. He said he told Cawthorn he had to “gain his trust” back, otherwise he could lose his job on the committee or face another punishment. “Many members are very upset,” McCarthy said, adding, “You can not make such statements as a member of Congress; it affects everyone else and the country as a whole.” Representative Madison Cawthorn speaks during the Conservative Policy Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, July 9, 2021. During his remarks to reporters, McCarthy pointed to other offenses committed by the young lawmaker in recent months, including driving with a license, inviting a congressional candidate to the House of Representatives without permission and then lying about it. and referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a “bum.” Cawthorn’s office did not return many requests for comment to ABC News, nor did Cawthorn provide evidence to support his allegations. Sources familiar with the meeting told ABC News that Republican leaders had asked Cawthorn to apologize publicly and clarify his comments. Cawthorn did not apologize publicly, but sent a letter to voters and even issued a new campaign ad, in which he said provocatively: “I will never bow to the mob.” “There are many who despise the great work we are doing to represent West North Carolina, but I promise I will stay focused on the work that still needs to be done in Washington for my beautiful area,” Cawthorn said. A spokesman for Troy Nehls, R-Texas, who appeared visibly disappointed with Cawthorn during an interview with ABC News on Friday, called the allegations “irresponsible.” “If you say that, you’m confirming it with other people,” Nehls said. “Listen, we all make mistakes in our lives.” Spokesman Don Bacon, a veteran GOP lawmaker from Nebraska, told ABC News that Cawthorn’s recent comments are not badly reflected in Congress as an institution. “Such allegations, if not true, are damaging to the whole institution,” Bacon said. “I think the conference view is, if true, names.” “Congress has a low rating, we have to do better than that,” he said. Former President Donald Trump takes to the stage during a rally for Georgia’s GOP candidates at Banks County Dragway in Commerce, Ga., March 26, 2022. Both North Carolina Republican senators – Richard Burr and Thom Tillis – have said they will not support Cawthorn in his upcoming primary. “Every day is a shame,” Burr told reporters. Democrats also attacked the controversy. “I’m not sure why Republicans are acting so shocked by Cawthorn’s alleged revelations about their party,” Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a DN.Y. “One of their members is being investigated for sexually abusing a minor and he was pretty okay with that. They had more consequences for the members who voted for Trump’s ouster.” It was a dizzying week for Cawthorn, who is believed to have aspirations for higher office after unexpectedly winning a seat in Congress vacated by former GOP spokesman Mark Meadows, who has left to serve as chief of staff to former President Donald Trump. White House. Cowthorn has hugged Trump since taking office – saying he called him for advice last year. The former president is clearly on his side. On Friday, Trump announced that Kauthorn would be invited to his rally in North Carolina next weekend.
