Madison Cawthorn: the Republican building himself in Trump’s image

The North Carolina representative is becoming one of the fastest rising stars in his party - but has also found himself condemned by some on his own side

The way he told it, Madison Cawthorn was set to go to the prestigious US Naval Academy before a car crash left him partially paralysed.

According to Cawthorn, he had also been accepted into Harvard and Princeton, and worked full-time for a congressman, before being elected to the House of Representatives.