Cawthorn In Grave Danger Of Losing After Update

HENDERSONVILLE, North Carolina — Rep. Madison Cawthorn has an opportunity to do something few Republicans have managed to accomplish: beat former President Donald Trump not once but twice.

The first time Cawthorn ran for office, he upset the Trump-endorsed candidate in the 11th Congressional District primary. Two years later, it appears distinctly possible Cawthorn might fall to challenger Chuck Edwards, a state senator, or Michele Woodhouse, a former local party official, in the May 17 nominating contest. If he is defeated, Cawthorn will have notched Trump a second defeat, because this time around, the congressman is running with the imprimatur of the former president’s coveted endorsement.

Is Cawthorn running scared, or at least, as the campaign cliche goes, running as though he’s behind to make every effort to avoid defeat? It’s hard to tell. His campaign will not respond to the Washington Examiner’s inquiries, nor did the congressman’s team answer our request for information on Cawthorn supporters we might talk to or grassroots activity on his behalf we might cover during our few days crisscrossing his sprawling western North Carolina seat.

Our inquiry did appear to generate this welcoming tweet, however. “Sounds like there are more reporters from the beltway media in NC-11 today than there are in Washington,” Cawthorn wrote Tuesday in a Twitter post. “Enjoy the most beautiful district in the nation! Glad our campaign is bringing tourism to Western North Carolina.” (Fact check: Mostly true. The district is visually stunning, although there are others that compete with it.)…

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