I have to believe that the vast majority of these contributors would not be happy with the way Madison Cawthorn is spending the money that used to be theirs. Kozhikode: The sessions court here, which stoked controversy with its observation on 'sexually provocative dress' while granting bail to activist Civic Chandran aka C V Kuttan in a sexual harassment case, had adopted a controversial stand in an earlier case against the same man. "When you’re donating money to a campaign," Cooper said, "you need to pay attention to these reports so you can see how your money is being spent.
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Cooper thinks that's partly because Cawthorn tried to run a national campaign for a local office, and partly because donor support for Cawthorn began to decline after a series of scandals. Cawthorn has previously said he did nothing wrong and welcomes the opportunity to clear his name.Ĭawthorn lost his primary in May to state senator Chuck Edwards, R-Henderson. The congressman is under investigation by the House Ethics committee for potentially improper use of campaign funds to supplement his congressional staff’s pay. "But yes, the vast majority of what we're seeing is irresponsible spending, but it is not illegal spending." For example, he's putting down that he's spending on food at a cigar shop, so there's a few things that may push the envelope," Cooper said. "There are some things that we can question. Cooper noted that Cawthorn previously said the taxidermy was for a door prize for a fundraising event. The FEC reports also detail thousands of dollars in restaurant tabs, cigars, even taxidermy. While most of the money did go to campaign expenses like advertising and consulting, Cawthorn also spent a great deal of money on travel and luxuries.įEC data shows that between January 2021 and April 2022, Cawthorn’s campaign paid for more than $63,000 in air travel, some $44,000 for hotels and resorts, and more than $4,400 just for Uber.Ĭooper said that's far above average for most members of Congress.
"We just don’t see this sort of thing in campaign politics today." "I would describe that as an extremely high burn rate, a 'get to the moon' kind of burn rate," Cooper told WRAL News. Western Carolina political science chairman Chris Cooper says Cawthorn's been spending money as quickly as he raises it. As of May, his campaign had only $138,000 left in the coffers. However, he’s already burned through $3.8 million of it. Cawthorn brought in some $3.9 million dollars in donations this cycle. The Hendersonville Republican has long been a lightning rod for controversy, from carrying guns into airports to calling Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy a "thug" - even claiming he was invited to a congressional sex party.Īll those headlines helped make him a fundraising machine. The campaign did not respond to an inquiry from WRAL News about the reason for the delay in filing the report. “One heck of a birthday weekend!” Cawthorn posted.
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