Madison Cawthorn’s Farewell to Congress Is a Signal to a Dark Extremist Online Movement

Representative Madison Cawthorn may have lost his primary, but he’s on a mission; the 26-year-old Republican vowed on Instagram to exact revenge against the “cowardly and weak” members of his party. But his post wasn’t just one of bitterness. His conceding message seemed to embrace a fascistic pro–Donald Trump meme with dark and violent origins. “I am on a mission now to expose those who say and promise one thing yet legislate and work towards another, self-profiteering, globalist goal,” he wrote in the Thursday Instagram post. “The time for gentile politics as usual has come to an end,” the post… Read Full Article