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How much did Rep. Madison Cawthorn exaggerate his Paralympic quest in 'absurd' social media claims?

Are Rep. Madison Cawthorn’s claims that he was seriously training for the Paralympics a fabrication?

The freshman Congressman from North Carolina has previously posted to social media about training for the Paralympic games. There’s even a two-minute video posted to YouTube in 2019 about his alleged pursuit to participate in the 2020 Paralympics.

But according to multiple people involved with United States Paralympics and interviewed by The Nation, Cawthorn’s training for the Paralympics went further on social media than it did in real life.

In a story published Friday, The Nation talked to people who had no recollection of Cawthorn’s attempt to make the postponed 2020 Paralympics in Tokyo despite his repeated claims on social media that he was training for the games.