publication date: Thursday, June 25, 2020 (part of Summer 2020)

category: Government

clue: This 24-year-old motivational speaker has a lot to motivational speak about: Becoming paraplegic before he could enter the U.S. Naval Academy, being millions of dollars in debt as a teenager, and now, all but certainly becoming a U.S. representative from North Carolina.

explanation: On the week this goo was published, Cawthorn won a run-off primary election in a safe district, meaning he'll very likely become a member of Congress in the fall, shortly after his 25th birthday makes him legally eligible for the position. more…

intended difficulty: medium

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates


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