Madison Cawthorn, the 24-year-old Republican House candidate who beat a Trump-backed pick in the North Carolina primary on Tuesday, said Wednesday that the president called to congratulate him on a “beautiful” victory. “He was talking about how impressive it was that we were able to overcome so many large obstacles that we did.”WHO IS MADISON CAWTHORN? In a victory statement Tuesday night, Cawthorn said his victory was not a rebuke of the president. 24-YEAR-OLD REPUBLICAN BEATS TRUMP-BACKED PICK IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR MARK MEADOWS' SEAT"I want to make something clear: I support our great president," Cawthorn said in the statement that was posted to Facebook. Cawthorn finished second to Bennett in a whopping 12-candidate GOP primary in early March.

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