Of last year’s freshman class of Trumpist Republicans, Madison Cawthorn doesn’t get the same volume of press as a Marjorie Taylor Greene or a Lauren Boebert. But it’s not for lack of trying. He’s advocated for a bloody Second Civil War. He’s brought a loaded gun aboard a plane. He’s gotten divorced after a mere eight months after preaching traditional family values. These are all outside-the-box ways to get attention, and so is this: He got busted for driving with a revoked license — again.
As per The Asheville Citizen Times, the North Carolina representative was pulled over last week by highway patrol, who then deduced that he was driving without a proper license. He’d already had two pending citations for speeding, in both cases well above the speed limit, with two court dates set for April and early May. Now he has a third.
In North Carolina, a driver’s license can be revoked for many reasons, including speeding. Driving without a license is a Class 3 misdemeanor, carrying a 21-day jail sentence, though the punishment is usually simply a fine or probation.
It’s not the first time Cawthorn has been busted driving with a revoked license. He did the same thing back in 2017, long before he was elected to Congress.
When word broke that an elected official had repeatedly broke multiple laws, people couldn’t help but find it hypocritical.
The party of “law and order,” huh? https://t.co/pG2w31pw8T
— Katie S. Phang (@KatiePhang) March 9, 2022
When they said they were the party of Law and Order they meant they’re the perps. https://t.co/IEkGXwKWbh
— Akilah Hughes (@AkilahObviously) March 9, 2022
When did we, as a society, determine that we would accept the lowest possible standards for our elected officials? You can get away with far worse behavior as a member of Congress than in many corporate jobs. https://t.co/gKpcRXStNB
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 9, 2022
This person is a member of congress https://t.co/etg6R1RkbV
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) March 9, 2022
So the law doesn’t apply to you @CawthornforNC? “Henderson County republican @RepCawthorn has been charged with driving with revoked license and is set to appear in court in three counties.” https://t.co/Dl5HGIDax2
— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) March 9, 2022
If you can’t follow laws, you shouldn’t be able to make them.
— Jae Lynn (@IWi11CatchUp) March 9, 2022
Law and Order!!! https://t.co/RlNwKa0fE5
— Not A Cat Dally (@dally_scott) March 9, 2022
Republicans keep telling us, laws are only for other people. https://t.co/nNG8uoowZQ
— John Oberlin (@OMGno2trump) March 9, 2022
This could get a career federal employee disciplined or terminated — but a Congressman
https://t.co/aChJgZzq7Z
— @JulieZebrak
(@JulieZebrak) March 9, 2022
Some settled for jokes.
Maybe the ticket had too many words in it and he didn’t have time to read it.
— kdunnez (@_The_Phantom_1_) March 9, 2022
Breaking News: Madison Cawthorn now wants to defund the police.
https://t.co/MxvyZsBZjs
— DILLIGAF (@VT_BornandBred) March 9, 2022
I mean, if you’re willing to overthrow the government, what’s a few traffic violations? #MAGA https://t.co/IKvQLpXzRP
— Shai Franklin (@shaifranklin) March 9, 2022
Get ready for “driver’s licenses are anti-freedom.” https://t.co/AsMuInDOQw
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) March 9, 2022
Cawthorn was last in the news for “prowling” various Cracker Barrels and Waffle Houses looking for someone, anyone who supports him. Maybe one of them will be his chauffeur, perhaps after he’s out of the slammer.