{"id":1479820,"date":"2022-05-18T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1479820"},"modified":"2022-05-18T16:00:04","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T20:00:04","slug":"republican-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-its-good-for-the-party-and-country-that-madison-cawthorn-lost-his-reelection-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-its-good-for-the-party-and-country-that-madison-cawthorn-lost-his-reelection-bid\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger Says \u2018It\u2019s Good For The Party\u2019 And \u2018Country\u2019 That Madison Cawthorn Lost His Reelection Bid"},"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\">38<\/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%2Frepublican-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-its-good-for-the-party-and-country-that-madison-cawthorn-lost-his-reelection-bid%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=1479820&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 Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Republican North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn\u2019s loss during the Tuesday primary election was \u201cgood\u201d for the GOP and the country, according to a Wednesday appearance on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger spoke on CNN with John Berman about Cawthorn\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/17\/madison-cawthorn-concedes-primary-gop-state-sen-chuck-edwards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">loss<\/a> to Republican North Carolina state Sen. Chuck Edwards and seemed to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoPrestonTV\/status\/1526908975719100417\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">imply<\/a> Cawthorn was more interested in \u201cfame\u201d than \u201cactually governing.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKinzinger?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepKinzinger<\/a> on Rep. Madison Cawthorn losing his NC primary:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s good for the country. It\u2019s good for the party\u2026 it\u2019s good to see him lose.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBerman?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnBerman<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4sk3dGyf0I\">pic.twitter.com\/4sk3dGyf0I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joanna Preston (@JoPrestonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoPrestonTV\/status\/1526908975719100417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cMadison Cawthorn lost, how do you feel about that?\u201d Berman asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, it\u2019s good. I mean it\u2019s good for the country, it\u2019s good for the party, it\u2019s good for the 11th district of North Carolina,\u201d Kinzinger responded. \u201cI mean, you know, look, D.C. has become kind of a, a growing ground for people that are just more interested in fame than governing, that are more interested in becoming famous than actually doing really serious work in a time when, you know, we\u2019ve got a lot of challenges here at home and a lot of challenges overseas, and so it was a good thing [Cawthorn] lost.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/06\/trevor-noah-defends-madison-cawthorn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trevor Noah Gives Rare Defense Of Rep. Madison Cawthorn)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, Kinzinger said that his organization, Country First, was \u201con the ground\u201d in North Carolina to ensure people turned out to vote in the primary. \u201cI think we made an impact,\u201d Kinzinger said. \u201cIt\u2019s good to see [Cawthorn] lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn lost to Edwards in Tuesday\u2019s primary election by a narrow margin, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/madison-cawthorn-loses-his-seat-in-congress-after-a-turbulent-two-years-in-office-024441242.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to Yahoo News. He officially conceded to Edwards late Tuesday night, the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Cawthorn has come under scrutiny in recent months for allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/09\/madison-cawthorn-charged-driving-revoked-license\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">driving<\/a> with a revoked license and carrying a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/madison-cawthorn-reportedly-cited-gun-airport\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">gun<\/a> at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, as well as for claiming government leaders invited him to an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/28\/madison-cawthorn-claims-government-leaders-invited-orgy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">orgy<\/a> and did cocaine in front of him.<\/p>\n<p>He won his congressional seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/03\/madison-cawthorn-moe-davis-north-carolina-congress-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 2020<\/a>, making him the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/06\/28\/exclusive-madison-cawthorn-north-carolina\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">youngest<\/a> lawmaker in Congress at age 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Republican North Carolina Rep. 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