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In this image from a video, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., speaks as the Senate reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College Vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
A Republican colleague in the U.S. Senate says Hawley’s objection to certifying the electoral college votes was a “stunt.”
After U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley stoked baseless concerns about the presidential election results, a top donor to his campaign and former mentor both expressed regret for their support of the Republican senator from Missouri and blamed him for the mob that breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday.
Republicans recoil from Missouri Sen. Hawley after siege
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JIM SALTERJanuary 8, 2021 GMT
O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has “blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, the words of his political mentor were the most personal.
“Supporting Josh Hawley . was the worst decision I’ve ever made in my life,” former Missouri Sen. John Danforth told The Associated Press on Thursday. “He has consciously appealed to the worst. He has attempted to drive us apart and he has undermined public belief in our democracy. And that’s great damage.”
By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JIM SALTER Associated Press
O FALLON, Mo. (AP) A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has “blood on his hands.” But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, the words of his political mentor were the most personal.
“Supporting Josh Hawley . was the worst decision I’ve ever made in my life,” former Missouri Sen. John Danforth told The Associated Press on Thursday. “He has consciously appealed to the worst. He has attempted to drive us apart and he has undermined public belief in our democracy. And that’s great damage.”