Well one side benefit of what went on is that Sen. Hawley of Missouri has pretty much screwed the pooch as far as his 2024 ambitions. He is being sliced and diced up and down in Missouri by financial backers and his mentor Sen. Danforth who now feels he made a big mistake.
JEFFERSON CITY — Josh Hawley grabbed national headlines, cheers from supporters of President Donald Trump and effusive praise from the White House when he became the first member of the U.S. Senate to announce he would object to electoral votes of at least one state won by President-elect Joe Biden.
A week later, Hawley was lying low — with critics labeling him a political opportunist whose efforts were partly responsible for the mayhem that engulfed the U.S. Capitol.
Hawley’s change in fortunes happened quickly. Hours after he was photographed raising his fist in support of protesters who had gathered in Washington at Trump’s urging, many of them swarmed the “people’s house,” vandalizing and ransacking government property and terrorizing lawmakers and staff. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died.
In the wake of the violence, which forced the suspension of the electoral vote count, many Republicans who said they would object to some states’ results changed their minds, clearly shaken by the unprecedented assault on democratic governance unleashed by Trump’s minions.
But not Hawley.
The 41-year-old junior senator from Missouri pushed forward, his objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votes helping drag what usually is a ceremonial process into early Thursday. In the end, only six other senators voted with him. Hawley, not even halfway through his first term, was widely excoriated for pointless obstructionism, with some critics going so far as to say Hawley had helped incite a riot and had blood on his hands.
Now, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, who was largely responsible for Hawley’s meteoric rise, is calling Hawley his “worst mistake.” David Humphreys, a major GOP donor in Missouri who poured money into Hawley’s first statewide race, says he should be censured by the U.S. Senate. Simon & Schuster canceled plans to publish Hawley’s planned book on Big Tech, citing the “deadly insurrection” at the Capitol.
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JEFFERSON CITY — One of U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s first major backers expressed buyer’s remorse late Thursday, issuing a statement blasting Missouri’s junior senator for his role in objecting to President-elect Joe Biden’s election victory.
Joplin businessman David Humphreys, whose family has contributed millions of dollars to Hawley’s election efforts since 2016, said the Senate should censure Hawley “for provoking yesterday’s riots in our nation’s capital,” the Missouri Independent reported Thursday night.
Humphreys said Hawley revealed himself as a “political opportunist” who has “shown his true colors as an anti-democracy populist by supporting Trump’s false claim of a ‘stolen election.’”
Hawley was the first senator to say he was objecting to Biden’s victory over outgoing President Donald Trump.
Hawley was photographed raising his fist at a crowd of pro-Trump protesters prior to the Wednesday breach at the Capitol. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died in Wednesday’s violence.
Humphreys’ statement said: “In October 2016 I publicly voiced my opposition to Donald Trump in the NY Times saying ‘At some point, you have to look in the mirror and recognize that you cannot possibly justify support for Trump to your children…’
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Joplin businessman David Humphreys, whose family has contributed millions of dollars to Hawley’s election efforts since 2016, said the Senate should censure Hawley “for provoking yesterday’s riots in our nation’s capital,” the Missouri Independent reported Thursday night.
Humphreys said Hawley revealed himself as a “political opportunist” who has “shown his true colors as an anti-democracy populist by supporting Trump’s false claim of a ‘stolen election.’”
Hawley was the first senator to say he was objecting to Biden’s victory over outgoing President Donald Trump.
Hawley was photographed raising his fist at a crowd of pro-Trump protesters prior to the Wednesday breach at the Capitol. Five people, including a Capitol police officer, died in Wednesday’s violence.
Humphreys’ statement said: “In October 2016 I publicly voiced my opposition to Donald Trump in the NY Times saying ‘At some point, you have to look in the mirror and recognize that you cannot possibly justify support for Trump to your children…’
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...rce=in-article
JEFFERSON CITY — Josh Hawley grabbed national headlines, cheers from supporters of President Donald Trump and effusive praise from the White House when he became the first member of the U.S. Senate to announce he would object to electoral votes of at least one state won by President-elect Joe Biden.
A week later, Hawley was lying low — with critics labeling him a political opportunist whose efforts were partly responsible for the mayhem that engulfed the U.S. Capitol.
Hawley’s change in fortunes happened quickly. Hours after he was photographed raising his fist in support of protesters who had gathered in Washington at Trump’s urging, many of them swarmed the “people’s house,” vandalizing and ransacking government property and terrorizing lawmakers and staff. Five people, including a Capitol Police officer, died.
In the wake of the violence, which forced the suspension of the electoral vote count, many Republicans who said they would object to some states’ results changed their minds, clearly shaken by the unprecedented assault on democratic governance unleashed by Trump’s minions.
But not Hawley.
The 41-year-old junior senator from Missouri pushed forward, his objection to Pennsylvania’s electoral votes helping drag what usually is a ceremonial process into early Thursday. In the end, only six other senators voted with him. Hawley, not even halfway through his first term, was widely excoriated for pointless obstructionism, with some critics going so far as to say Hawley had helped incite a riot and had blood on his hands.
Now, former U.S. Sen. John Danforth, who was largely responsible for Hawley’s meteoric rise, is calling Hawley his “worst mistake.” David Humphreys, a major GOP donor in Missouri who poured money into Hawley’s first statewide race, says he should be censured by the U.S. Senate. Simon & Schuster canceled plans to publish Hawley’s planned book on Big Tech, citing the “deadly insurrection” at the Capitol.
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/...home-top-story
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