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'''David Madison Cawthorn''' (born August 1, 1995 (age {{age|1995|8|1}})) is a Republican Representative from [[North Carolina]]'s 11th congressional district, elected in the [[2020 U.S. House elections|2020 elections]] to replace [[Mark Meadows]], who resigned in May to become the White House Chief of Staff to [[President Trump]].  

'''David Madison Cawthorn''' (born August 1, 1995 (age {{age|1995|8|1}})) is a Republican Representative from [[North Carolina]]'s 11th congressional district, elected in the [[2020 U.S. House elections|2020 elections]] to replace [[Mark Meadows]], who resigned in May to become the White House Chief of Staff to [[President Trump]].  

Cawthorn lost his May 2022 primary race, despite former President Trump urging voters to ignore the young congressman's "foolish mistakes" and give him a "second chance".<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/madison-cawthorn-election-in-north-carolina-can-the-26-year-old-hold-on</ref>

Cawthorn narrowly lost reelection in the redistricted [[GOP]] primary in May 2022, by margin of only 33.4% to 31.9%, after the [[Establishment]] went all-out to back a state senator opponent to Cawthorn.<ref>https://news.ballotpedia.org/2022/05/18/madison-cawthorn-loses-re-election-bid-in-nc-11-to-state-sen-chuck-edwards/</ref>  An unusual multi-million-dollar campaign of smears and [[RINO]] accusations were made defeat Cawthorn, some of it as retaliation against his criticism of the corrupt regime in [[Ukraine]].  President Trump urged voters to ignore the young congressman's "foolish mistakes" and give him a "second chance."<ref>https://www.foxnews.com/politics/madison-cawthorn-election-in-north-carolina-can-the-26-year-old-hold-on</ref>

Cawthorn was [[homeschooled]].<ref name="The fighter">[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-fighter The fighter]</ref>  A motivational speaker, he is very critical of [[leftist]] higher education: "If you are not becoming an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer, I highly encourage you to drop out. It's a scam."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/madison-cawthorn-urges-fellow-conservatives-leave-college-i-am-proudly-dropout-1661932</ref>  

Cawthorn was [[homeschooled]].<ref name="The fighter">[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-fighter The fighter]</ref>  A motivational speaker, he is very critical of [[leftist]] higher education: "If you are not becoming an engineer or a doctor or a lawyer, I highly encourage you to drop out. It's a scam."<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/madison-cawthorn-urges-fellow-conservatives-leave-college-i-am-proudly-dropout-1661932</ref>