As if the Ukrainian people weren’t suffering enough from the real war being waged on them by Russian invaders, Madison Cawthorn wants to engage them in a culture war, too. “Remember that Zelensky is a thug,” the Republican Congressman from North Carolina said in video obtained this week by WRAL, the NBC affiliate in Raleigh, North Carolina. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.”
The particular viciousness of Cawthorn’s remarks is shocking
Considering he is borrowing talking points straight from the Kremlin – which has also attempted to paint the Ukrainian government as evil – it is worth unpacking just who Madison Cawthorn, and what his relationship to Russia, is. This is a man whose “bucket list” included a trip to Hitler’s vacation home and who helped Donald Trump attempt to steal the 2020 election. Last year, the bizarre story of how Cawthorn met his Russian wife – through a friend he made in what was apparently an illegal casino in St. Petersurg – emerged, spawning unproven conspiracy theories that the Congressman is compromised.
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