He is truly an emerging GOP star.
Madison Cawthorn – a GOP congressional candidate who is likely to be the youngest person ever elected to Congress – gave a heartfelt speech at the 2020 Republican National Convention on opposition and being part of a guard of young lawmakers who ‘ t rebuild the nation.
The CEO of Investments for Real Estate, 25, told his own poignant life story where he was paralyzed and left wheelchair bound after a car accident at the age of 18 before.
Cawthorn sent shock waves through Washington in June when he unexpectedly won the GOP’s primary waste in a seat of North Carolina Congress emptied by White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.
“At 20 I thought about giving up. However, I knew I could still make a difference. My misfortune gave me new eyes to see, and new ears to hear, “he said on the third night of the convention, with the theme” Land of Heroes. “
“At 20 I made a choice. In 2020, our country has a choice. We can abandon the American idea, or we can work together to perfect our imperfect union, ‘he continued.
‘I choose to fight for the future, take the high ground and take Shining City back up a hill. “While the radical left wants to tear down, defound and destroy, Republicans, led by President Trump, want to rebuild, restore and renew,” he said.
Cawthorn will be the youngest person ever elected to Congress and is expected to triumph in November against Democrat Moe Davis, a former military prosecutor.
Trump endorsed Cawthorn’s rival, Lynda Bennett, at the urging of Meadows and his wife.
During his speech, Cawthorn declared bullish: “If I am elected this November, I will be the youngest member of Congress in more than 200 years.
“If you do not think young people can change the world, then you do not know American history,” he said.
“George Washington was 21 when he received his first military commission. Abe Lincoln was 22 when he first ran for office. James Madison was 25 when he signed the Declaration of Independence, ‘he continued.
“The American idea that my ancestors fought for in the Revolutionary War is as exciting and revolutionary today as it was 250 years ago,” he said.
At the end of his speech, Cawthorn was helped when he got up from his wheelchair and concluded: ‘I say to Americans who love our country – young and old – a radical for freedom. Be a radical for freedom. Be a radical for our republic. What do I stand for.
“One nation. Under God. With freedom and justice for all. ”
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