Josh Hawley Hit by Two Terrible Reports Back-to-Back

Earlier DU thread: Josh Hawley dubbed 'worst sitting senator' by local paper while endorsing his opponent

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Source: The New Republic

Josh Hawley Hit by Two Terrible Reports Back-to-Back

Hafiz Rashid
Mon, October 14, 2024 at 12:33 PM EDT·2 min read

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch’s editorial board endorsed Hawley’s Democratic challenger, Lucas Kunce, on Sunday, calling Hawley the “worst sitting senator in America right now.” The Missouri newspaper of record said that Hawley “stands apparent for his singular role in spurring the violence” on January 6, 2021, referring to the Capitol insurrection.

The editorial pointed out that Hawley was initially the only senator to challenge the 2020 presidential election results, and raised his fist in solidarity with the mob on January 6—only to run away with his fellow members of Congress when that mob breached the Capitol building.

Hawley’s actions on January 6 alone would “merit his expulsion from the Senate,” the editorial said, if not for his other stances: his attempt to halt aid to Ukraine, his lack of accomplishments in the Senate, and his “unparalleled record of demagoguery on the Senate floor, where he endlessly spews faux-populist sound and fury signifying nothing.”

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Then, on Monday, Hawley came under fire over a Missouri Independent story detailing his use of a private jet to campaign around Missouri, even though he attacked his 2018 opponent, Democrat Claire McCaskill, for doing the same. According to the report, he spent over $132,000 on chartered flights between mid-December and June.

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