Madison Cawthorn speaks to crowds at Trump rally in Selma

U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn, who has irritated longtime officeholders with attacks against members of his own party and positions out of step with prevailing GOP attitudes, is running for reelection in the state's westernmost district.
Posted 4/9/2022, 11:31:47 PM Updated 4/9/2022, 11:34:05 PM

we have the halls of congress that are being shuffled

by cowards

We have a geriatric despot who sits in the oval

office

Thank you my friends

What's going on in our country It's hard

We're facing dark times

I know that many of you recognize that we're facing

dark times but you also realize that America's greatest comebacks

happened when things seem the hardest America

The american spirit when it is pushed against is when

we come out and fight the hardest

And my friends

When I start seeing what's going on in our nation

when I see okay how quickly our country has changed

You know I think the ADDers that best describes this

time in history is that hard times create strong men

and strong men create good times but those good times

create weak men and weak men create hard times

And you see what's going on in our nation right

now when we have weak leadership How quickly things have

changed

And my friends I I know about how quickly things

can change

Eight years ago I was in a car with my

best friend

We were driving in florida and I was asleep in

the passenger seat

He fell asleep behind the wheel and we ran into

a concrete wall at 70 mph

At that point my friends I had less than a

1% chance to be able to live

I was destined to never stand again

I know how quickly things can change

We are now seeing our energy independence ripped away from

us

We're seeing our greatness ripped away from us

We're seeing just how bad our country can be We're

seeing gas at five up to $7 a gallon

My friends this country can change very quickly and it

may seem impossible

People tell me that it's impossible to change the direction

of our country

That it's impossible to root out the corruption in our

government

Okay

But all but my friends God spared my life he

has given me the strength to stand before you today

so do not lecture me

I want is impossible

My fellow patriots

Americans are in the business of doing the impossible because

with God all things are possible

Many of you are tired

You're so used to a government that works only for

the elites that works only for the other side

And we have so many in the national parties of

our country that believe that the key to saving our

nation is weakened cheapening our platform and going after these

non existent middle ground voters my friends there is no

middle ground with marxists

The key to saving our nation is not going after

these voters that don't exist but it's going after the

disenfranchised man and woman in our country

The people who don't even bother to vote because it's

been proven to them time and time again that the

government will never work on their behalf

These are the pipe fitters The lineman the construction workers

the welders the people that actually make our economy run

What do they care about What do we care about

We care about dining room politics

What actually affects your family as you gather together around

the kitchen table

These people care about raising their families and peace and

prosperity and an economy that's so strong

You could do it on a single income

These people don't want defunded police

They want the funded police they want safety They want

high paying steady jobs

They don't want to send our sons and daughters to

fight in some foreign war

They don't want our borders to be porous and open

But my friends I'm telling you the elites in our

country and I've seen them in Washington

They are afraid and they're acting desperate

That's why you see so many crazy things coming out

of Washington because they tried to cow you

They tried to make you submit and bend the knee

through fear

They called mothers who went and spoke at school boards

domestic terrorists

But when they started coming for our Children they started

coming for our freedoms

That's when the americans leaned in

That's when we said you we will get even louder

and we will fight even harder because this nation is

worth saving

When the people force took the establishments candidate and they

elected Donald J

Trump as the 45th president of United States

We showed just how united this country can be my

friend

The quote that I think is so powerful is by

Mark Twain and it's that in the beginning of a

change

The patriot is a scarce man and he's brave and

he's hated and he has scorned

But after his mission is successful then that tim had

joined him

Because then it costs nothing to be a patriot

My friends we are in the beginning of a change

And right now we can make the decision of if

we are going to bury our heads in the sand

and say oh I don't like politics

It's too dirty it's too ugly

It's too bad

And I don't blame you

Or we can decide that God chose us to live

in this time

And just like queen Esther we were chosen for such

a time as this

My friends we were not cursed to live in interesting

times

If you put America first patriots in power in Washington

D

C

If we put donald trump back in command in the

White House my friends we will embrace the spirit of

our founding fathers

We will investigate Anthony Fauci and send him to jail

for lying to Congress thing

We will restore the Second Amendment by repealing the national

firearms act

We will secure our borders

And finally my friends

We will import impeach joe biden for his dereliction of

duty

Thank you all so much

My friends May God bless you May God bless Donald

trump and may

God bless the U

S

A

Mm hmm

Ready Mm hmm

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