Edwards confirmed the call in remarks to supporters.
“I received a call from Congressman Cowthorn just minutes ago. Just as I expected, he presented himself in a very elegant and humble way and offered his support for our campaign in any case we could use,” the state senator said.
Edwards was one of seven candidates seeking to overthrow Trump-backed Cauthorn. He was backed by North Carolina Sen. Tom Tillis, as well as U.S. Senate President Phil Burger and a number of other North Carolina Republicans.
Trump doubled his support for Cowthorne earlier this week by asking voters to give the freshman, who is the youngest member of the US House of Commons, a “second chance.”
Kotorn recently sparked outrage in the Republican Party after saying in a podcast that he had been invited to an orgy in Washington and personally saw leaders in efforts to curb drug addiction to use cocaine – an incident in a series of recent controversies over Cauthorn that it included calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” and calling the Ukrainian government an “incredible evil.”
Cawthorn was also quoted last month for carrying a loaded pistol through a Charlotte Douglas International Airport Security Checkpoint, the second time in just over a year when airport authorities stopped him with a pistol. In March, he was charged with driving with a revoked license for the second time in five years.
In addition to publicly and privately supporting Kotorn losing his primary race in North Carolina on Tuesday, some Republicans have already begun preparing to deal with him if he returns to Congress after becoming a party party, CNN reported earlier.
Tillis, a North Carolina Republican who is active in defeating Kotorn in the primary, said he had heard discussions among colleagues about banning Coutorne from joining certain caucus in the House and denying him key committee appointments. A Republican from the House of Representatives, familiar with the issue, confirmed the discussions.
“Of course, if this pattern of behavior doesn’t end, I think there could be consequences there,” Tillis told CNN.
“But I hope that if he wins, I hope he sees this as a very valuable education for what we expect in terms of respect for your colleagues on both ends of the spectrum and a focus on legislative results. Less, you know, less attention, more results, “added Tillis.
The many disputes angered and irritated a number of Kotorn’s colleagues.
North Carolina Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who called Kotorn “an inconvenience to every day that ends in y,” was just as candid, saying, “I doubt it,” when asked if Republicans in Congress would embrace him if He won.
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