Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) is accusing certain people of targeting him with a “coordinated drip campaign” in an effort to undermine his bid to seek reelection in 2022.
“They’re going to drop an attack article every one or two days just to try and kill us with a death by 1,000 cuts, and that is really their main strategy,” Cawthorn said in a statement on Instagram on April 26.
Cawthorn has been facing backlash over several controversies, including being arrested by police in North Carolina over possessing a loaded gun at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport earlier Tuesday.
Cawthorn, whose spokesperson didn’t respond to a request for comment, was issued a citation for violating a Charlotte ordinance and released, though police kept his firearm.
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