Rep. Madison Cawthorn: Lingerie Party Pics Were From A ‘Goofy’ Game On A Cruise

The political news site had published the images earlier Friday, noting they were taken in what “appears to be a party setting.” The site juxtaposed the photos with comments the congressman has made about adhering to “traditional values.”

Politico said the pics were given to the outlet by a person formerly close to Cawthorn and his campaign and were confirmed by a second person who also was formerly close to Cawthorn.

However, the website admitted it was still unclear exactly when the photos were taken.

In a tweet posted after the article went live, Cawthorn said the pictures were just “goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise” that he says “were taken waaay before I ran for Congress.”

I guess the left thinks goofy vacation photos during a game on a cruise (taken waaay before I ran for Congress) is going to somehow hurt me?

They’re running out of things to throw at me…

Share your most embarrassing vacay pics in the replies🤦‍♂️https://t.co/YicRk0Albu

— Madison Cawthorn (@CawthornforNC) April 22, 2022

The photos aroused attention on social media, but many people noted that the eyebrow-raising factor wasn’t that Cawthorn partied in lingerie but the hypocrisy suggested by the images.

Naturally, Twitter users had thoughts.

We’re going to need to be exceptionally clear: the story is the hypocrisy.

There’s nothing wrong with wearing lingerie, there’s something very wrong with promoting the persecution of trans and gender non-conforming Americans. https://t.co/IAMeSw2kyb

— Matthew Cortland (@mattbc) April 22, 2022

I really don’t care if Madison Cawthorn wears women’s lingerie. But I do care that he polices the lives of trans and non-binary folks. There’s some trans kid in FL today who just wants to wear a bow tie, but they can’t because people like Cawthorn are making their lives hell.

— Rev. Dr. Em C. Heath (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ (@emilycheath) April 22, 2022

Madison Cawthorn, the comments from us libs merely point out your hypocrisy. If conservative white straight men were to loosen up a bit and stop being assholes to those different than you, you could learn to let down your hair a bit more and have laughs in life.

— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) April 22, 2022