# Madison Cawthorn, controversial Republican Congressman from North Carolina, has lost the primary election **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [May 18, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616 "2022-05-18T14:55:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2022, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/161 "2022-06-10T08:32:48Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > What is a leppo?   If you were alert you would know. But alas, this nation doesn’t have enough lerts. (No, I didn’t make that up. Someone else did.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/162 "2022-06-15T02:00:55Z")
So, uh, Lauren Boebert was a hooker who quite possibly had Ted Cruz as a client and he was the one who suggested she run for Congress. Oh, and she has had two abortions. [https://twitter.com/TonyMichaelsPod/status/1536770773850787841?t=UAgY32jwjPFOr7aFkzKOpQ&s=19](https://twitter.com/TonyMichaelsPod/status/1536770773850787841?t=UAgY32jwjPFOr7aFkzKOpQ&s=19) Why does this need to be in the Cawthorn thread? Because the same PAC which torpedoed MC is the one releasing these allegations about Boebert. > **[PAC that posted Madison Cawthorn video now aims to ‘fire’ Lauren Boebert](https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-pac-fire-cawthorn-fire-boebert-20220519-4a6nogscirdkdpr6ob4cbhuu4e-story.html)** > > FireBoebert.com is seeking video, photos of documents that could embarrass the Colorado congresswoman ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/163 "2022-06-15T02:35:03Z")
Was the tweet deleted? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/164 "2022-06-15T02:38:54Z")
Here’s the press release; > **[Boebert Abortions | FireBoebert.com](https://www.fireboebert.com/boebertabortions)** > > Lauren Boebert was a paid escort for a Koch family member. She met Ted Cruz through this Koch client. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/165 "2022-06-15T02:39:32Z")
I gonna go out on a limb and guess she wasn’t a high dollar hooker. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/166 "2022-06-15T02:40:01Z")
And that slut shaming isn’t taking the high road ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/167 "2022-06-15T02:41:41Z")
Is she really capable of feeling shame? ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/168 "2022-06-15T02:54:04Z")
As is so often the case, this seems far less about ‘slut shaming’ than it is about the wretched and shameless RW hypocrisy. The site linked, IMHO, does a pretty good job of delineating what _they_ think is the real issue with Ms. Boebert’s past (and what isn’t). ETA: but the whole story has to be taken with a leviathan grain of salt. ---
**Author:** ![flurb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@flurb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flurb)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/169 "2022-06-15T02:58:17Z")
Meh, unless they produce the evidence this isn’t going to have much impact. What killed Cawthorn wasn’t rumors about his behavior, it was having it on video for all to see. The press release only cites their own “exhaustive investigation” and an anonymous source. And they seem weirdly hung up on the fact that she was an “unlicensed” escort, as if the real shame was her failing to fill out the proper escorting paperwork. Edit: I see that they also posted some texts allegedly from their source and a photo alleged to be of Boebert from an escort website. Still pretty weak. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/170 "2022-06-15T03:08:20Z")
It’s a shame that someone in an honest, respectable profession left it for politics. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/171 "2022-06-15T03:14:18Z")
> ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/172 "2022-06-15T04:17:37Z")
What the fuck is wrong with you folk? Boebert is loathsome, but pulling in some undoubtedly false hooker crap allegations is bullshit. Even if true, so what? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/173 "2022-06-15T04:26:19Z")
I do believe that “hypocrisy” has been mentioned more than once. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/174 "2022-06-15T04:29:43Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Even if true, so what? So what if a woman who’s had two abortions wants to make it illegal for millions of other women to have safe and legal access to the same? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/175 "2022-06-15T04:37:16Z")
@smapti, [shit like this isn’t about hypocrisy, it’s slut shaming bullshit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-2/959018/2692). Shame on you. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/176 "2022-06-15T04:40:29Z")
People who use a position of power to oppress others for the same activities that they willingly engage in deserve to be shamed. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/177 "2022-06-15T04:42:42Z")
Slut-shaming, from the perspective of harassing a woman for her sexual history, is one thing, and I agree, as long as it’s between consenting adults (and not hurting anyone, like someone’s spouse who’s being cheated on), it’s none of our business. But, if the allegation that she was a paid escort is true (and I agree, it may well not be), then she was committing a crime, and that’s a different issue. ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/178 "2022-06-15T04:52:28Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > shit like this isn’t about hypocrisy, it’s slut shaming bullshit Why isn’t it about hypocrisy, though? ISTM that someone who scolds her political opponents about “needing Jesus” and “family values” blather while concealing her own history of sex work, and who campaigns for banning abortion while concealing her own abortions, is being flagrantly hypocritical. [I have already remarked](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers/925537/5626) that I don’t particularly care whether the allegations against Boebert are true or not, nor do I think that she has enough in the way of good name or integrity to be significantly damaged even if they’re true to the fullest possible extent. But AFAICT, if the allegations are true then the hypocrisy charge is entirely valid. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/179 "2022-06-15T05:01:29Z")
So you’re cool with the fake slut pix? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/madison-cawthorn-controversial-republican-congressman-from-north-carolina-has-lost-the-primary-election/964616/180 "2022-06-15T05:07:18Z")
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