Messenger: Josh Hawley tweeted a quote. It turned into a chilling history lesson.
A history professor tried to school Missouri's senator about the context tied to a fake Patrick Henry quote. Hawley responded about triggering “the libs.”
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A history professor tried to school Missouri's senator about the context tied to a fake Patrick Henry quote. Hawley responded about triggering “the libs.”
Hawley attributed the quote to Patrick Henry, one of America's Founding Fathers. It actually came from a 1956 edition of a segregationist paper.
Josh Hawley's attribution of a quote to Patrick Henry turned out instead to be from a 1956 magazine article.
The Republican senator claimed the quote came from Founding Father Patrick Henry.
The State Freedom Caucus Network helped upend state legislatures across the country. It could upend the presidential race as well.