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Madison Cawthorn is getting dragged on Twitter, yet again.
Republican North Carolina Congressman Madison Cawthorn made headlines recently after a bizarre and convoluted rant he made to his supporters.
Cawthorn, at only 26 years-old, is currently the youngest U.S. Congressman in office.
A video of Cawthorn began making rounds around the internet, courtesy of Right Wing Watch—an activist group that exposes the antics of right-wing extremists.
The video showed Cawthorn urging the mothers in the crowd to raise their boys "to be monsters."
Watch the video here:
Complaining that "our culture today is trying to completely demasculate all the young men," Rep. Madison Cawthorn issues a plea to parents: "If you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster."pic.twitter.com/v7b0pN3RA3— Right Wing Watch (@Right Wing Watch) 1634565228
In the video, Cawthorn made the strange claim society was trying to "demasculate" young men because "they don't want people who are going to stand up."
"Our culture today is trying to completely demasculate all the young men."
"All you moms here—the ones who I said are the most vicious in our movement—if you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster."
Cawthorn claimed because society wanted to emasculate men, mothers should then raise their boys "to be monsters" in an attempt to fight back against society's supposed war on masculinity.
While Cawthorn's words led to cheers among his audience, many others—ranging from social media users to other politicians—felt the rant was both bizarre and unhinged.
Democratic California Representative Ted Lieu commented on Cawthorn's words, saying:
"America is an exceptional nation precisely because we don't raise monsters."
"Radical Republicans are dangerous."
More evidence below that the Naval Academy was right in rejecting Madison Cawthorn, who lied about getting accepted by the Academy. America is an exceptional nation precisely because we don\u2019t raise monsters. \n\nRadical Republicans are dangerous.https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1450097787908022278\u00a0\u2026— Ted Lieu (@Ted Lieu) 1634576489
The Twitter community was appalled at Cawthorn's unhinged rant.
BREAKING: Accused sexual predator Rep. Madison Cawthorn claims men are becoming "demasculated" and urges Republican mothers to raise their sons to be "monsters." RT IF YOU THINK WE ALREADY HAVE TOO MANY MONSTERS LIKE HIM!— Occupy Democrats (@Occupy Democrats) 1634671206
Madison Cawthorn: \u201cOur culture is trying to demasculate all the young men. If you are raising a young man please raise them to be a monster\u201d\n\n1. It\u2019s emasculate\n\n2. Tell this to all the American women whom men have assaulted. You have traumatized us. Explain our wounds & bruises— Lindy Li (@Lindy Li) 1634673512
I don\u2019t think we ever fully get over it\n\nThat\u2019s why so many of us have CPTSD & anxiety over \u201clittle\u201d things that loom large for us\n\nAn elected official should never advocate for being a monster & the violence against women that entailshttps://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/north-carolina-madison-cawthorn-masculinity-b1940849.html%3famp\u00a0\u2026— Lindy Li (@Lindy Li) 1634673926
More than 160 members of the Patrick Henry College community, a Christian college, signed an open letter last October describing his history of predatory behavior\n\n@CawthornforNC has yet to deny the allegations but the monster comment infers they are truehttps://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9307645/Ex-classmates-Rep-Madison-Cawthorn-say-sexually-harassed-women-Christian-college.html\u00a0\u2026— The Turnes Furnace (@The Turnes Furnace) 1634674051
If you needed another reason to fear this dangerous man, listen to his latest comment. \n\n\u201cIf you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster\u201d \n\nNC, Madison Cawthorn is a monster that needs to go. \n\n#DemVoice1 #Freshhttps://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-madison-cawthorns-unhinged-121449313.html\u00a0\u2026— LindaRobotMarie\ud83e\udd16 (@LindaRobotMarie\ud83e\udd16) 1634655394
Madison Cawthorn says that mothers should raise their sons to be monsters.\n\nThat's because someone failed to raise him to be a man.— Larry Middleton - Unapologetically Black (@Larry Middleton - Unapologetically Black) 1634673658
"If you are raising a young man, please raise them to be a monster" \n\nfascism's secret weapon has always been an army of insecure and subservient men desperate to prove their masculinity.https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/north-carolina-madison-cawthorn-masculinity-b1940849.html\u00a0\u2026— Liz Plank (@Liz Plank) 1634648291
The monster Cawthorn needs to be removed from office for this statement. How does this help society? \n "claimed society is trying to \u201cde-masculate young men\u201d \nMadison Cawthorn calls for mothers to raise \u2018monster\u2019 men in terrifying speech\n#DemVoice1https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/north-carolina-madison-cawthorn-masculinity-b1940849.html\u00a0\u2026— Charles (@Charles) 1634671306
Cawthorn\u2019s mother raised a monster.https://twitter.com/ronfilipkowski/status/1449890852218806272\u00a0\u2026— Fred Wellman (@Fred Wellman) 1634521590
Madison Cawthorn talks about testosterone and the "demasculation" of men, urging women to raise their sons to be "monsters."\n\nAside from him making up words, I'd imagine Mr. Hot Wheels Jr. sees no problems with how that might adversely affect girls and women of America.— Larry Middleton - Unapologetically Black (@Larry Middleton - Unapologetically Black) 1634616263
Raise your sons to be monsters? Cawthorn's parents can check that boxhttps://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1450097787908022278\u00a0\u2026— \ud835\udff7\ud835\udfff\ud835\udffe\ud835\udffa\u2698\u026a\ua731 \u0274\u1d0f\u1d1b \ua730\u026a\u1d04\u1d1b\u026a\u1d0f\u0274 \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udca6\ud83d\udc99 (@\ud835\udff7\ud835\udfff\ud835\udffe\ud835\udffa\u2698\u026a\ua731 \u0274\u1d0f\u1d1b \ua730\u026a\u1d04\u1d1b\u026a\u1d0f\u0274 \ud83c\udf0a\ud83d\udca6\ud83d\udc99) 1634587596
As the father of two young girls, NO, this is exactly what parents should NOT do. We don't need more monsters like Madison Cawthorn.https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1450097787908022278\u00a0\u2026— Josh Remillard (@Josh Remillard) 1634602862
Cawthorn has lied about his disability, about his acceptance into the Naval Academy and the Paralympics and about the 2020 election. He wants women to raise their sons to be just like him a MONSTER!— Jay Michael Brook (@Jay Michael Brook) 1634661925
This isn't the first time Cawthorn caused controversy.
Cawthorn is known for his extremist right-wing takes, such as his unwavering support for former U.S. President Donald Trump
Cawthorn stood behind Trump during his run for reelection in 2020 and fed into the ultra-conservative conspiracy theory the election was rigged against Trump.
Cawthorn was quoted as saying there would be "bloodshed" if "our elections continue to be rigged."
In addition, Cawthorn proudly posted pictures of himself at Nazi leader Adolf Hitler's vacation spot, calling it a lifelong goal.
Cawthorn also has been cited repeatedly for his lies about his past and accomplishments as well as his congressional record and the Biden administration.