Ryan Grim, Kim Iversen, and Robby Soave react to Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s comments about adapting to life in D.C.
In this image from video, Rep. Madison Cawthorn, R-N.C., speaks as the House debates the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Pennsylvania, at the U.S. Capitol early Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. Cawthorn says he’ll run in a new congressional district under the state’s newly approved map. His announcement on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021, was a strategic move to thwart the chances of GOP state House Speaker Tim Moore.(House Television via AP, File) House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., speaks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington, March 18, 2022. Republican lawmakers gathered at a retreat in Florida this week to plot out strategy for this year’s midterm elections. The conference needs only a handful of seats to win the House and they are exceedingly confident in their chances. They see former Speaker Newt Gingrich, who swept away four decades of Democratic House rule with the “Contract With America” in 1994, as a model. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)