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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

Trump pleads with voters to give Madison Cawthorn a ‘second chance’ ahead of competitive primary election

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Madison Cawthorn still has Donald Trump’s backing in the primary for North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District but the former president seems to recognise that his acolyte is in danger of being undone by his own scandals.

In a statement released on Monday morning on his Truth Social platform, Mr Trump pleaded with voters to “give Madison a second chance” and took the rare step of acknowledging the congressman’s various scandals as holding water.

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