1. The campaign of Madison Cawthorn, a Republican nominee for Congress and rising GOP star, attacked a journalist for once working for a "non-white man."

Cawthorn didn& #39;t apologize; blamed a "syntax error"

Major corporations are supporting his campaign https://popular.info/p/the-dark-side-of-the-republicans">https://popular.info/p/the-dar...
2. The corporations supporting Madison Cawthorn& #39;s campaign include:

@UPS
@HomeDepot
@KPMG
@exxonmobil
@RAI_News (Reynolds America)
@USChamber
@AltriaNews
@aflac
@ATT

None of the companies responded to a request for comment.

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3. Cawthorn has adopted various symbols that are also used by white nationalists - including the initials SPQR and the Betsy Ross flag

(Cawthorn says it& #39;s a coincidence.)

Cawthorn also referred to Hitler as "the Führer"

(Cawthorn says he hates Hitler)

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6. Cawthorn attended Patrick Henry College for a year. 166 students and alumni signed a letter accusing him of “gross misconduct towards our female peers”

Cawthorn& #39;s campaign released a response attesting to his good character. It was signed by 6 people https://popular.info/p/the-dark-side-of-the-republicans">https://popular.info/p/the-dar...
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8. UPDATE: Cory Booker weighs in. https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1320711786018922498">https://twitter.com/kylegriff...
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