North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn isn’t a doctor, or a scientist, or even a college graduate, but by golly, he’s a straight white Republican man with opinions, and that’s all he really needs to feel qualified to lecture his colleagues — and the public at large — about something he knows absolutely nothing about.
Speaking ... well, more shouting really, during Congress’s “general speeches” time on Monday, Cawthorn used his five minutes to join the GOP’s lockstep assault on the transgender community, as well as to distract from his recent, erm, imbroglio amongst his party’s (alleged!!!!) sex and drugs fans. And, like most things Cawthorn, his attempt to make a terrible, bigoted, inaccurate point was largely overshadowed by the fact that he is not, by any stretch of the imagination, a good, or even competent orator. Instead, this is a guy who yells about Burger King and “tallywackers” because of freedom, or something? Honestly, I’m not sure. Here, see for yourself:
