Video surfaced Thursday of the Congressman calling Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky a "thug."
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The video was recorded Sunday at an event in Buncombe County. Cawthorn's comments run counter to what most of his colleagues--both Republican and Democrat--have said about Zelensky.
Republican Senator Thom Tillis from North Carolina specifically called what Cawthorn said part of "Putin's deranged propaganda."
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ABC11 reached out to Cawthorn's office for comment. We were directed to the following tweet from the Congressman.
This latest controversy for Cawthorn comes just a day after he was pulled over and cited for driving without a license. It's the third time in five months he's been given a traffic violation.