{"id":1145603,"date":"2021-12-23T09:19:12","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145603"},"modified":"2021-12-23T09:19:15","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T14:19:15","slug":"rep-madison-cawthorn-to-divorce-after-less-than-year-of-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-madison-cawthorn-to-divorce-after-less-than-year-of-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Madison Cawthorn To Divorce After Less Than Year Of Marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-madison-cawthorn-to-divorce-after-less-than-year-of-marriage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1145603&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn announced Wednesday he and his wife are divorcing after less than a year of marriage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen my wife Cristina and I were engaged, I was not a member of Congress. I felt called to serve and we both agreed that I should run,\u201d Cawthorn said in a statement. \u201cOur victory was unprecedented, but overnight our lives changed. That change has been both hectic and difficult, it\u2019s neither the pace nor the lifestyle we had planned for.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A personal statement from Congressman Madison Cawthorn: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A5R7NOmUwc\">pic.twitter.com\/A5R7NOmUwc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Luke Ball (@LukeTBall) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LukeTBall\/status\/1473791870870466560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 22, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFrom the outset, we committed to make things work, to fight for our marriage, and seek counsel for balancing the enormity of such a transition in life. Together, we realized that balance was not attainable, and that we had irreconcilable differences between us. While it was an enormously difficult decision, Cristina and I have mutually decided to divorce. We ask for privacy as we work through this privately,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn married Cristina on April 3 of 2021, calling it the \u201cgreatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life.\u201d<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/08\/31\/madison-cawthorn-bloodshed-rigged-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Madison Cawthorn Says There Will Be \u2018Bloodshed\u2019 If US Elections \u2018Continue To Be Rigged\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On April 3rd of 2014 my life changed. A car accident put me in a wheelchair and dashed my hopes for the future. On April 3rd of 2021 my life has once again changed. Marrying Cristina Bayardelle, now Cristina Cawthorn is the greatest honor, privilege and adventure of my life. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bqmtAUbsIS\">pic.twitter.com\/bqmtAUbsIS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Madison Cawthorn (@RepCawthorn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepCawthorn\/status\/1378742215548231686?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cawthorn has previously been accused of sexual misconduct by multiple former college classmates, Buzzfeed News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/addybaird\/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-allegations-patrick?ref=bfnsplash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> in February. Four women <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/02\/26\/madison-cawthorn-sexual-misconduct-classmates-patrick-henry-college\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged<\/a> Cawthorn made sexually-charged comments and touched them inappropriately. Cawthorn has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/08\/16\/madison-cawthorn-denies-women-accuse-me-too-aggressive-sexual-behavior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">denied<\/a> the allegations to the Daily Caller News Foundation, comparing the allegations against him to those against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn announced Wednesday he and his wife are divorcing after less than a year of marriage.\u201cWhen my wife Cristina and I were engaged, I was &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1145603","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145603","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1145603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1145603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1145603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1145603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1145603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}