Hawley's Stanford Mentor Regrets Helping the Senator Rise to Power: WaPo
"I had no inkling really just how conservative he was," Stanford historian David Kennedy said. Kennedy made the comments in a lengthy Washington Post profile of Hawley. Stanford University professor David Kennedy, who mentored a college-aged Sen. Josh Hawley, told The Washington Post that he blames himself for helping his former student and boosting his political career. "I think he is a thoughtful, deeply analytical person," Kennedy told The Post. "What I understand far less well is his particular political evolution. I had no inkling really just how conservative he was. I blame myself."...