Her. Josh Hawley
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Hawley told me St. Louis radio station KMOX that he did not intend to change President Biden’s election results with his votes and instead sought a congregational debate on “election integrity”.
“I never said the goal was to reverse the election,” he said. “That was never the point and it was never possible.”
“What we need is elections that are fair, free and open, and I think Congress should do its job and look at election irregularities,” the senator said.
Hawley’s votes to dispute the results came after the former President Trump
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Rioters who supported Trump stormed the Capitol that day with an attack that resulted in five deaths and temporarily delayed Congress to confirm Biden’s election victory.
Congress reconvened later that evening after the building was secured. Eight Republican senators and 139 House GOP members still voted to challenge the electoral college results in at least one of the two states, despite the violence of the day.
Hawley and Sen. Ted Cruz
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The Missouri senator refuted that characterization of his actions, calling it “a lie” that he provoked the rioters by suggesting that Biden’s election could be overturned.
“That’s just a lie,” says Hawley. “That’s a lie from the left mafia that wants to silence me and Ted Cruz and 140 House members and 13 senators and anyone who would dare to stand up against them. Anyone who is a Trump supporter and refuses to get the hang of it. And I’m just not going to shut up. “
“It’s a lie that I tried to undo an election or that Ted Cruz tried to undo an election,” he added. “It’s a lie that I’ve incited violence.”
When asked during the interview whether he thought at this time or before the January 6 vote that “the election was stolen” or that Biden “is an illegitimate president,” Hawley replied, “I never used that rhetoric.”
Several Democrats, as well as the largest Missouri newspapers, called for Hawley to resign after his challenge to Electoral College.