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7 Times Sen. Josh Hawley Has Been The Worst
Missouri's junior Republican U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley, elected in 2018, has styled himself as a rebellious maverick with an ultra-MAGA eff your feelings attitude, presidential aspirations, and the desire to appear like a man of the people. But the Yale and Stanford graduate is far from the blue-collar American worker he claims to be fighting for. Don't let the Ivy League education fool you. Although Hawley clearly knows what he's doing when he foments anger and fear based on lies that he's willing to sell his constituents, some of his antics have made him one of the worst. Like, totally the worst, right?
Let's take a look at some of his hot takes.
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Hawley on censorship
It is undeniable that ultra-MAGA conservatives support banning topics and books in schools. However, Hawley sees no hypocrisy in his belief that conservatives must remain vigilant against being muzzled.
When a publisher dropped Hawley's book from publication days after the violent insurrection on the Capitol, Hawley complained to anyone he could about being silenced after supporting the overthrow of democracy. According to him, the threat to the American way of life comes from cancel culture, not the perpetuation of the Big Lie.
Hawley on gender
Sen. Hawley certainly is preoccupied with who can and cannot get pregnant. For him, it appears to be some kind of cognitive dissonance that prevents him from acknowledging that there is even more than one gender, as evidenced by a recent fundraising email he sent to supporters in which a survey question that didn't go as planned.
Hawley before the insurrection
As the January 6 certification date approached and rumblings of ways to delay the inevitable continued to circulate in Republican circles, concerned lawmakers urged their fellow Republicans not to object to the congressional certification of Joe Biden's victory as president, but Hawley ignored those calls and announced that, in fact, he would oppose the certification.
Hawley during the insurrection
Before the deadly riot on January 6, 2021, Hawley appeared to support the insurrectionist mob by thumbing up and raising a fist. During a hearing of the House Special Committee on the January 6 insurrection, the photo, which has become one of the iconic images of that tragic event, was shown.
Hawley on Supreme Court behavior
In May, Hawley got upset when a draft opinion of the Supreme Court, which foreshadowed the overturning of Roe v. Wade, leaked. And while he claimed that "it goes without saying" that a leak by a justice should be grounds for impeachment, he has been silent on whether Justice Clarence Thomas should face any repercussions for his wife's involvement in the Capitol insurrection.
Hawley on privacy rights
Gleeful, the Missouri Republican senator celebrated the stripping of millions of Americans' right to make decisions about their own bodies. Hawley supports this level of government intrusion, however, he stands against protecting LGBTQ+ rights.
Hawley on a certain type of SCOTUS justice
At the Senate confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Hawley essentially implied the esteemed jurist may be a sympathizer toward sex offenders.
