“I was so frustrated after 2016 with the Republican Party. When we had the House, the presidency and the Senate, and we had a pretty fair Supreme Court, I really expected to see all of these things that Republicans have wanted for so long finally come to fruition, but then it all kind of fell flat on its face.”

American politician

Madison Cawthorn is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Carolina’s 11th congressional district from 2021 to 2023. A Republican, he describes himself as a constitutional conservative. He is known for his time in Congress and for the political positions he has associated with that role. The phrase he uses for his own ideology points to a conservative view of the Constitution and limited government, which frames much of his public identity.