The Missouri Republican senator has come under criticism following his actions surrounding the events of January 6, but has blamed this backlash on "cancel culture."
Sen. Josh Hawley, (R-MO), speaks during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing (Photo by Carolyn Kaster-Pool/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON Seven U.S. Senate Democrats urged the chamber’s ethics panel to investigate Sen. Josh Hawley’s role in the pro-Trump assault on the Capitol, and the Missouri Republican is now asking the committee to do the same.
In a Monday letter, Hawley argued that the seven Democrats filed an improper complaint last week against him and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas). Both Hawley and Cruz objected to Electoral College votes that solidified President Joe Biden’s win in the presidential election.
“In sum, this complaint is none other than a transparent attempt by seven Senators to punish a political opponent for the
MediaBuzz host Howard Kurtz reacts to Josh Hawley s op-ed where the Missouri senator addresses cancel culture.
Kurtz made the comments on America Reports on Monday reacting to an op-ed the Missouri Republican senator published in the New York Post the day before where he slammed cancel culture.
In the op-ed titled, It’s time to stand up against the muzzling of America, Hawley warned that the United States could end up like communist China unless conservatives unite against the growing trend. Everyone knows what a credit score is. But social credit scores are new, Hawley wrote. They’re the latest corporate import from Communist China, where government and big business monitor every citizen’s social views and statements.
Pennsylvania Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar implored lawmakers in Harrisburg to “stop perpetuating lies” about the Nov. 3 election as members of a House Committee relentlessly grilled her Thursday in what they billed as the first of 14 hearings on the matter. Although President Biden’s victory of more than 80,000