Madison Cawthorn: Wet Behind the Ears

Nicole Jeffords (2022)

This is a drawing of 26-year-old Madison Cawthorn, a Christian, a conservative Republican, and currently the youngest member of Congress. When I look at his face I see a smart aleck, a troublemaker, and — sorry, Mr. Cawthorn — an asshole. It’s all there, plain to see in the thick neck, ribbony mouth, large-pupiled angry blue eyes.

Cawthorn, whose legs were paralyzed in a car accident in 2014, has been the subject of multiple allegations of sexually aggressive behavior from quite a number of women. He’s been in trouble for speeding, reckless driving, driving without a license. He was caught with a gun in his carryon luggage. He claimed Zelensky was a thug. And he explained to Nancy Pelosi with a great deal of arrogance that a woman is a person with two x chromosomes and no “tally whacker.”

Hearing that, it’s not surprising to learn that Cawthorn dropped out of college (receiving lots of Ds) after the first year. How is it possible to run for public office without the benefit of a college degree? Dunno. I’ve always been a proponent of qualifying exams for politicians entering government, and Cawthorn is a prime example of why that would be a good idea. The guy is totally wet behind the ears and needs to go back to school for many reasons, not the least of which is to learn how to behave like an adult.