November 18, 2022

North Carolina Republican Rep. Madison Cawthorn lost his congressional primary back in May. And in early October, we reported that the controversial one-term congressman appeared to be missing in action. The mystery around Cawthorn's absence just got more interesting.

In late July, we reported that Cawthorn owes a lot of money to his donors, but he can't pay it back. However, Cawthorn just bought a home in Florida for more than one million dollars in an apparent departure from his home state of North Carolina.

And now it's reported that Cawthorn has apparently vacated his Washington and district offices nearly two months before the end of his term. I need a gig like that.

The Citizen Times reports:

On Nov. 16, Cawthorn's Washington office no longer had his name posted outside and had been cleaned out. A call to the office reached a voicemail system inviting 11th District constituents to leave a message, saying a staff member would call them back.

In Hendersonville, the district office with Cawthorn's name and the House seal on the door and window was dark and locked. Rooms were empty of furniture and cleaning products could be seen on a counter. Calls to the Hendersonville and other district offices reached voicemail or were disconnected.

A message on the voicemail said the congressman was no longer accepting new requests for assistance "due to our office beginning to close for the term."

That's a cute excuse, but we don't get paid if we don't show up to work.

Meanwhile, Max Headroom (I'm not sure if that's his drag name) would like to have a word.

Cawthorn is still registered to vote in North Carolina. He certainly sounds enamored with the former President, so maybe Trump's security might want to be on the look out for suspicious activity.

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