Rep. Madison Cawthorn's GOP North Carolina colleague Sen. Thom Tillis called the recent leaks starring the congressman 'absurd to embarrassing,' adding that he will be 'disappointed for his constituents' if Cawthorn wins his primary. 

'That's why I'm working hard to avoid that outcome,' . 

In late March, Tillis endorsed Cawthorn's rival in the western North Carolina district, GOP state Sen. Chuck Edwards, and a super PAC associated with the senator  accusing Cawthorn of telling 'lies for the limelight.' 

The most recent leak was a video clip of a nude Cawthorn girating on top of a man, while on Thursday DailyMail.com released a video clip of the congressman getting his crotch grabbed by his scheduler. 

Cawthorn's primary is May 17.  

Rep. Madison Cawthorn's  (left) GOP North Carolina colleague Sen. Thom Tillis (right) called the recent leaks starring the congressman 'absurd to embarrassing,' adding that he will be 'disappointed for his constituents' if Cawthorn wins his primary.

On Wednesday, Cawthorn said he was being made out to be 'some sort of drag queen' in a lengthy video lashing out at negative press against him. 

The North Carolina Republican has already racked up a lengthy rap sheet of scandals - after denying multiple sexual assault allegations against him during the first campaign - while also facing a tough re-election bid that's been opposed by members of his own party. 

He invoked the ire of his party earlier this year when he claimed to have been invited to cocaine-fueled orgies with senior colleagues - even sparking a public rebuke by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy. 

Since then an apparent sex tape, improper relations with a staffer, and multiple run-ins with law enforcement are just a few of the headlines the 26-year-old lawmaker has dealt with in the last few months of his first term in Congress.

Cawthorn dismissed the slew of bombshells as a coordinated 'drip campaign' in a 'blackmail plot' to prevent him from keeping his seat in November's midterms. 

Voters head to the polls on May 17 for the crowded eight-way GOP primary race in the deep-red 11th Congressional District. And despite clinching marquee GOP endorsements like those of Donald Trump and the National Rifle Association, recent polls show that mounting scandals could be taking a toll on his race. 

Veteran GOP strategist Doug Heye told DailyMail.com that Cawthorn 'has a tough primary, and for only self-created reasons.'

Asked about if any particular scandal would trip his campaign up the most, Heye replied: 'It's all of it, and those all speak to different audiences.' However he noted that should Cawthorn win his primary, he's likely to sail to victory given Republicans' dominance in the district.  

Cawthorn does still enjoy a double-digit lead over his top rival, North Carolina state Senator Chuck Edwards, according to recent polling. However his lead appears to have dropped off from 48 percent to 38 while Edwards' support has climbed by seven points

He's also on the receiving end of a lawsuit trying to keep him off of North Carolina's midterm ballot over his links to the January 6 Capitol riot.  

Edwards is endorsed by North Carolina Senator Tom Tillis, a top critic of Cawthorn's in Congress. A fundraising group linked to Tillis launched attack ads on Thursday over Cawthorn infamously calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a 'thug.' 

Below is a look at the latest negative press that's hit the congressman. 

Cawthorn says he was 'being crass with a friend' in video of his nude thrusting 

A short video clip appearing to show the North Carolina Republican simulating a sex act with another person was circulated on Twitter on Wednesday night.

The clip features a seemingly naked Cawthorn shrieking and grunting as he thrusts against an unknown man's face. Another person -- presumably whoever is recording -- can be heard telling Cawthorn to 'stick it in his face.' 

'Fire Madison Cawthorn' president David Wheeler said in a statement that the video was 'passed to us by a former supporter' without naming who it was.

Cawthorn responded to the video soon after it was posted, calling it a 'new hit.'

'Years ago, in this video, I was being crass with a friend, trying to be funny. We were acting foolish, and joking. That's it,' he wrote on Twitter.

'I'm NOT backing down. I told you there would be a drip drip campaign. Blackmail won't win. We will.'

GOP strategist Heye told DailyMail.com that images and videos like that one are 'anathema' to Evangelical voters -- a key Republican demographic.  

The latest Cawthorn scandal involved a video clip appearing to show the congressman naked and thrusting at an unknown male