"I've found your recent public proclamations and off-the-wall stances startling and, quite candidly, outrageous" Author: Julius Hunter For The St. Louis American Published: 10:55 PM CST January 11, 2021 Updated: 10:55 PM CST January 11, 2021 The following is a commentary from Julius Hunter, an award-winning broadcast and print journalist. He was the first African American TV anchorman on prime-time television in St. Louis, beginning in 1970. He has also distinguished himself as an author, educator, musician, philanthropist, genealogist, lecturer and chef. Senator Hawley: My nearly 40 years of prominent active duty in broadcast and print journalism in St. Louis brought me in very close contact, professionally and socially, with eight distinguished U.S. senators from Missouri — both Republican and Democrat.