It’s hard to blame Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., for allegedly trying to take a loaded gun on a flight Tuesday. It’s the second time in nine months police have accused the rising GOP star of violating this particular law.
Same goes for Cawthorn’s being charged in March with driving with a revoked driver’s license — again, the second time he has been charged with this offense — or, for that matter, his two recent speeding tickets for driving nearly 90 mph. Add to that the reporting this week that Cawthorn may have violated federal insider trading laws in December with his hyping of a cryptocurrency that was part of an alleged “pump and dump” scheme.
Cawthorn seems to believe that he — like other powerful people in his party — is above the law. And why shouldn’t he? Look at what Cawthorn has seen since he took office January 2021 and tell me: If you were in his shoes, why would you think otherwise?
He, like so many in the GOP, has clearly taken his cue from the top. Former President Donald Trump attempted a brazen coup to overturn the 2020 election and then, days after Cawthorn was sworn in, incited the Jan. 6 attack on our Capitol.
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