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Josh Hawley mocked for claiming he's being 'silenced' while promoting yet another appearance on national TV
January 26, 2021
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) is once again complaining that Democrats were trying to "silence" him even as he promoted a recent appearance on a national cable news network.
In a tweet posted Tuesday morning, Hawley shared a video of a Monday appearance on Fox News in which he decried Democrats and Big Tech companies for purportedly trying to censor him.
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"Democrats in DC say they want unity," Hawley wrote. "They don't want unity. They want total control. Control of what we say, what we think, and who we support. And they are working in lockstep with Big Tech and Big corporations to silence us."
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Hawley's claims of being a victim of censorship drew immediate ridicule given that <a href="https://www.rawstory.com/josh-hawley-2650128323/" target="_blank">he just had an editorial published on the front page of the New York Post</a> two days ago, in addition to the multiple Fox News appearances and tweets he has made in the time since that editorial was published.
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Josh Hawley busted for lying that he was never really trying to overturn the election
January 26, 2021
On Tuesday, CNN issued a fact-check of Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), who is now trying to claim that his objection to the certification of Joe Biden's electoral victory wasn't really efforts to overturn the result of the presidential election.
Hawley attempted to rewrite history when challenged by CNN congressional reporter Manu Raju on Friday, saying, "I was very clear from the beginning that I was never attempting to overturn the election."
<p>"This is very misleading," wrote Holmes Lybrand. "In the nine weeks between the election and his votes to object to the certification of the electoral college votes, Hawley made numerous statements suggesting that then-President Donald Trump could possibly remain in office and that then-President elect Joe Biden being inaugurated on January 20 was not a sure thing. If he was not 'attempting to overturn the election' Hawley, at the very least, suggested it might be a bi-product of Republican efforts."</p><p>For example, on Fox News January 4th, anchor Bret Baier asked Hawley directly if his efforts would overturn the election, and he replied, "that depends on what happens on Wednesday." In another instance, on December 1st, Hawley made clear he didn't believe it was guaranteed Biden would become president, saying, "[I]f Joe Biden ends up being sworn in as president."</p><p>Hawley has become the focus of national outrage after the GOP attacks on the election he spearheaded turned into a violent invasion of the U.S. Capitol that left five people dead. He has faced a <a href="https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article248701795.html" target="_blank">sharp polling backlash</a> in his home state of Missouri and <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/01/11/all-the-senators-calling-for-cruz-and-hawley-to-resign-or-be-expelled/?sh=5a2133cea445" target="_blank">widespread calls</a> to resign or face expulsion from the Senate.</p>
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'Pro-insurrection' Marco Rubio goes down in flames for calling impeachment a 'waste of time'
January 26, 2021
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) called impeachment a "waste of time," and he was drowned in fury and ridicule for sucking up to former president Donald Trump.
The Florida Republican made clear he would not vote to convict Trump for inciting a violent insurrection Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol in a last-ditch effort to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election win.
<p>"Waste of time impeachment isn't about accountability," Rubio tweeted. "It's about demands from vengeance from the radical left. And a new 'show' for the 'Political Entertainment Industry.'"</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Waste of time impeachment isn't about accountability<br/><br/>It's about demands from vengeance from the radical left<br/><br/>And a new “show" for the “Political Entertainment Industry"<br/>— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href="https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1354056259423580162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p>Rubio's tweet was swiftly condemned by other social media users.</p><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Right, who cares that the president "incited" an "insurrection" that "stormed the Capitol" and "murdered a police officer."<br/><br/>Certainly not those radical leftists like (squints) Liz Cheney?<br/>— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinMKruse/status/1354057273627316226?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Just say you're pro-insurrection<br/>— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) <a href="https://twitter.com/grudging1/status/1354057879691603970?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">You think Liz Cheney and Mitt Romney are part of the “radical left"? <br/><br/>If anything, convicting Trump is about rejecting the lies and incitement of the right-wing “political entertainment industry."<br/>— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) <a href="https://twitter.com/UrbanAchievr/status/1354056918306795520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">It's amazing what this guy will now say and do because Ivanka is now living in Florida.<br/>— Steven Greenwald (@teewee249) <a href="https://twitter.com/teewee249/status/1354058355468283904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">It's... actually about accountability. <br/><br/>It's okay, everybody understands you don't know what that word means.<br/>— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ElieNYC/status/1354066113513082880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Waste of time. Yup. Let's hold 20 more Benghazi hearings. Or maybe try to take healthcare away form millions 79 more times<br/>— Jaynie's Got a Bun (@FreeGirlNowNYC) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreeGirlNowNYC/status/1354063778086846464?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">Five Americans died because Donald Trump couldn't accept that he lost.<br/><br/>How many American deaths would make holding a Senate trial worth the time?<br/><br/>Would you be OK if Democrats have their supporters storm the US Capitol in future elections? Because that's what you're saying here.<br/>— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) <a href="https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1354067164865683458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">You're calling the left radical when Trump's sycophants literally invaded the Capitol?<br/>— Andrew Dolberg (@asdolberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/asdolberg/status/1354056476583751680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">If not impeachment, curious to know what accountability looks like for a president who incited his followers to attack the Capitol and stop the count of the electoral college votes as they sought to hang the Vice President<br/>— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) <a href="https://twitter.com/hugolowell/status/1354068018142326784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">I'm old enough to remember when Marco Rubio was called “the Savior of the Republican Party." To be clear, he was always terrible, but even more so after his disastrous 2016 presidential run.<br/><br/>Now he's just a Twitter troll who bemoans “the Left" and throws out daily Bible verses. <a href="https://t.co/eA5m8Iow9d">pic.twitter.com/eA5m8Iow9d</a><br/>— Russell Drew (@RussOnPolitics) <a href="https://twitter.com/RussOnPolitics/status/1354062402485104640?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">We. Will. Never. Forget. <a href="https://t.co/zOhSEGu48p">pic.twitter.com/zOhSEGu48p</a><br/>— CarrieT 🇺🇸 (@UclaBruin1998) <a href="https://twitter.com/UclaBruin1998/status/1354057811135705088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div><p><br/></p><div class="rm-embed embed-media"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none">REMINDER: Republicans investigated four (4) deaths in Benghazi for 853 days <a href="https://t.co/0heYf8cdPv">pic.twitter.com/0heYf8cdPv</a><br/>— 𝚋𝚊𝚡𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚊𝚗 (@TheBaxterBean) <a href="https://twitter.com/TheBaxterBean/status/1354059064343465984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 26, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script></div>
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