There are so many things to dislike about Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.), and that’s probably because he’s wrong a lot. This time, his embarrassing remarks aren’t about saying “fight in it” as he did just before the Capitol riots. That was a dangerous remark, and this time, his remarks highlight just how ridiculously stupid the North Carolina Republican is. In a speech before Congress on Thursday, Cawthorn dropped a favorite Founding Fathers quote into a speech, saying, “Facts are stubborn things,” but he credited Thomas Jefferson instead of John Adams.
CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale said, “In the last 10 months, Cawthorn has wrongly said in a speech that James Madison signed the Declaration of Independence, wrongly said Congress voted to have Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation, and now in another speech attributed a famous John Adams line to Jefferson.”
Watch:
Cawthorn: It was Thomas Jefferson that said facts are stubborn things… pic.twitter.com/LokKpvmxij
— Acyn (@Acyn) June 24, 2021
Others weighed in, too.
Facts are stubborn things and you have yours wrong. https://t.co/DtM9N7aAbx
— Mr. World-wide (@DirtyRiker) June 25, 2021
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Same guy who dropped out of the college after a single semester of mostly D’s. https://t.co/bOnSiffxAS
— Kate Smith (@KateSmithAZ) June 25, 2021
His one semester of college with a D grade point average really shows
— Erin Normal Teen’s Room Ryan (@morninggloria) June 25, 2021
For a guy who pointedly hired communications people rather than legislative aides, you’d think one of them would tell them that was John Adams’s quote. https://t.co/VGWpazMDIg
— Robert A George (@RobGeorge) June 25, 2021
Thomas Jefferson was the one that wrote:
Lay down, Sally, and rest here in my arms
Don’t you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon
I’ve been trying all night long just to talk to you
Won’t you stay with me? Don’t you ever leave— ArizonaSunshine (@rmwiersema) June 24, 2021
just one of the stupidest people in congress acyn i mean gohmert level stupidity
— darth™ (@darth) June 24, 2021
Madison Cawthorn: It was Benjamin Franklin who said, “Woah, we’re half way there. Woah, livin’ on a prayer. Take my hand, we’ll make it I swear. Woah, livin’ on a prayer.”
— Travis Akers (@travisakers) June 25, 2021
A favorite quote of mine is attributed to Abraham Lincoln: “Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt.” Unfortunately, Cawthorn obviously never heard that quote before, and he should practice it.
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