Josh Hawley

[[File:Josh Hawley, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg|thumb|right|165px|Yet another Republican with an incredibly punchable face.]]
{{uspolitics}} {{cquote|Josh Hawley is a bitch and he ran like a bitch.|||22 July 2022 quote from US Capitol Police officer Michael Fanone on the video of Hawley running away from the January 6 riot.}}
'''Joshua David "And I Ran, I Ran So Far Away" Hawley''' (born December 31, 1979) is an American [[Republican Party|Republican]] politician, [[lawyer]], former Attorney General of [[Missouri]], demagogue, and seditionist [[Donald Trump|Trump]] [[Trumpism|sycophant]] currently serving as the junior Senator from Missouri since 2019, replacing [[Democrat]] Claire McCaskill. He is one of the most prominent Trump supporters in the Senate, refusing to certify [[Joe Biden]]'s victory in the 2020 election, leading Senate efforts to overturn the [[Electoral College]] vote count, and rallying supporters of the Stop the Steal [[conspiracy theory]] that motivated the [[2021 U.S. Capitol riot|January 6<sup>th</sup> riot]]. <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/12/josh-hawley-fanned-flames-diehard-trump-voters |title=Josh Hawley fanned the flames for diehard Trump voters. Will his gambit pay off? |date=January 12, 2021 |last=Conroy |first=J. Oliver |website=The Guardian |access-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref> Ultimately, he faced no electoral consequences for committing literal treason and remains in the Senate; to date, the most anyone has done to hold him to account is to point out his embarrassingly slow projected 7.2 second 40-yard dash while fleeing the very mob he helped whip up.<ref>https://www.businessinsider.com/josh-hawley-run-capitol-january-6-slowest-nfl-40-yard-2022-7?amp</ref>

Hawley is frequently compared to [[Ted Cruz]]. This is not particularly surprising, as Cruz and Hawley pretty much have the same views on everything. That being said, Hawley is also considered to be one of the most dangerous Republicans in the Senate as of 2021 according to his former mentor, Republican ex-Senator John C. Danforth.<ref>[https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/josh-hawley-dangerous-trump-coup-riots-b1784121.html Josh Hawley is the most dangerous man in America: Hawley’s former mentor said after the Capitol riots that supporting him politically had been ‘the biggest mistake I’ve made in my life]’</ref> 
==Early life==
Hawley had an early start in life supporting [[fascism]]. At age 15, he wrote an editorial for his hometown paper, ''The Lexington News'', in support of [[militia]] movements in general just after the Oklahoma City Bombing that was perpetrated by two militia affiliates ([[Timothy McVeigh]] and Terry Nichols).<ref name=lowry>[https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article248663695.html ‘Bamboozled.’ Hawley mentors stunned by conduct, but early warning signs were there] by Bryan Lowry (January 24, 2021 05:00 AM) ''The Kansas City Star''.</ref><ref name=mclaughlin>[https://www.businessinsider.com/josh-hawley-defended-oklahoma-city-bomber-1995-2021-1 GOP Sen. Josh Hawley wrote a column in defense of militia members in the wake of Oklahoma City bombing when he was 15] by Kelly McLaughlin (Jan 25, 2021, 8:43 AM) ''Business Insider''.</ref> In the same column, Hawley defended Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman's racial slurs, saying that it was [[political correctness]] and implying that he didn't think it was racist.<ref name=lowry/><ref name=mclaughlin/>

Hawley attended Yale Law School, graduating in 2006 with a Juris Doctor degree.<ref name=NYT2018>{{cite news |last1=Stack |first1=Liam |title=Republicans Had a Plan for Josh Hawley in Missouri. He's Working on It. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/us/politics/josh-hawley-missouri-senate.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 13, 2018 |language=en |access-date=September 22, 2020 |archive-date=April 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412234041/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/13/us/politics/josh-hawley-missouri-senate.html |url-status=live }}</ref> While at Yale, Hawley was an editor of the Yale Law Journal and served as president of the school's [[Federalist Society]] chapter.

Hawley spent two years as a law clerk after law school, clerking first for Judge Michael W. McConnell of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit from 2006 to 2007, then for Chief Justice [[John Roberts]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] from 2007 to 2008. He also spent a few years as an associate law professor at University of Missouri Law School.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/05/14/josh-hawley-senate-race-worthy-candidate-missouri/ |title=Josh Hawley's Worthy Climb |last=Miller |first=John J. |author=John J. Miller (journalist) |date=April 26, 2018 |work=[[National Review]] |access-date=July 24, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=April 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428161821/https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2018/05/14/josh-hawley-senate-race-worthy-candidate-missouri/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In June 2013, Hawley served as a faculty member of the Blackstone Legal Fellowship, which is funded by [[Alliance Defending Freedom]], a conservative [[Christian]] organization that has been designated an anti-[[LGBT]] hate group by the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] (SPLC).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fenske |first1=Sarah |title=As a Mizzou Prof, Josh Hawley Took Money from Anti-Gay 'Alliance Defending Freedom' |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/29/as-a-mizzou-prof-josh-hawley-took-money-from-anti-gay-alliance-defending-freedom |work=The Riverfront Times |date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-date=September 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928200857/https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2018/06/29/as-a-mizzou-prof-josh-hawley-took-money-from-anti-gay-alliance-defending-freedom |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Alliance Defending Freedom|url=https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/group/alliance-defending-freedom|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en}}</ref>

==Attorney General of Missouri==
Hawley was elected Attorney General of Missouri on November 8, 2016.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/|title=Official Results|work=Missouri Secretary of State|access-date=August 2, 2017|archive-date=April 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190412235557/https://enrarchives.sos.mo.gov/enrnet/|url-status=live}}</ref> As Missouri attorney general, Hawley initiated several high-profile lawsuits and investigations, including a lawsuit against the [[Affordable Care Act]], an investigation into Missouri governor Eric Greitens, and a lawsuit and investigation into companies associated with the opioid epidemic. He also sparked controversy for refusing to file murder charges against a group of [[police]] officers who were responsible for a [[police brutality]] incident against an [[African-American]] motorist, Tory Sanders, which lead to Sanders' death, claiming that those who had assaulted Sanders had not intended his death.<ref name=Schmitt>{{Cite web |url=https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2021/02/26/attorney-general-eric-schmitt-wont-file-charges-in-tory-sanders-death |title=Attorney General Eric Schmitt Won't File Charges in Tory Sanders' Death |website=Riverfront Times  |first=Doyle |last=Murphy |date=February 26, 2021 |access-date=March 15, 2021}}</ref> This rightfully drew the ire of the [[NAACP]] and various other Black lawmakers.<ref name=NAACP>{{Cite web |url=https://news.stlpublicradio.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-06-10/tory-sanders-death-in-missouri-gets-new-push-from-lawmakers-naacp |title=Tory Sanders' Death In Missouri Gets New Push From Lawmakers, NAACP |date=June 10, 2020 |last=Fenske |first=Sarah |website=[[KWMU]] |access-date=April 7, 2021}}</ref>

==Senate==
Hawley was sworn in as a U.S. Senator on January 3, 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kait8.com/2019/01/08/josh-hawley-countrys-youngest-senator-takes-place-capitol-hill/|title=Josh Hawley, country's youngest Senator, takes place on Capitol Hill|website=[[KAIT]]|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=August 6, 2019|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028023300/https://www.kait8.com/2019/01/08/josh-hawley-countrys-youngest-senator-takes-place-capitol-hill/|url-status=live}}</ref> He had received endorsements from both Donald Trump and [[Mitch McConnell]] during his campaign.

In the Senate, Hawley became widely known for his criticism of "Big Tech" (he denies this has anything to do with the massive heaps of money his bid for office received from Google critic and right-wing billionaire [[Peter Thiel]]<ref>Will Schmitt (November 15, 2017). [https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/politics/2017/11/15/josh-hawley-denies-link-between-google-lawsuit-peter-thiel-donations/866171001/ "Google investigation and PayPal co-founder's donations not linked, Hawley's office says"]. ''Springfield News-Leader''.</ref>), as well as for his criticism of [[China]] and his support for an independent [[Hong Kong]]. His political beliefs have been described as strongly [[social conservatism|socially conservative]]. Critics have characterized his [[ideology]] as [[reactionary]] and [[theocratic]].<ref name="New York Times">{{cite news |last1=Stewart |first1=Katherine |title=The Roots of Josh Hawley's Rage |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/josh-hawley-religion-democracy.html |access-date=17 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Milhiser |first1=Ian |title=The one man most likely to turn the U.S. into a theocracy |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/josh-hawley-united-states-theocracy-1730919292b3/ |website=ThinkProgress |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Millhiser |first1=Ian |title=A GOP senator just laid out his blueprint for theocratic segregationism |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/a-u-s-senator-just-laid-out-a-blueprint-for-turning-the-united-states-into-a-theocracy-17f8262398df/ |website=ThinkProgress |access-date=9 April 2022}}</ref>

==Political positions==
===Abortion===
Unsurprisingly, Hawley is [[anti-abortion]]. He has called ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' "one of the most unjust decisions" in American judicial history.

===COVID-19===
If Hawley has had any [[stopped clock]] moments, it has been how he has approached the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]. He proposed that the U.S. government pay businesses to keep their workers on payroll for the duration of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and rehire any workers who had already been laid off. His proposal was similar to programs that various [[European]] countries, including [[Denmark]], [[Netherlands]], and the [[UK]], had implemented.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Zeballos-Roig|first=Joseph|date=July 26, 2020|title=A GOP senator just proposed a Denmark-style recovery plan where the government helps pay workers' wages during the coronavirus pandemic|work=Business Insider|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-josh-hawley-denmark-coronavirus-relief-government-pays-wages-2020-4|url-status=live|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200412215203/https://www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-josh-hawley-denmark-coronavirus-relief-government-pays-wages-2020-4}}</ref> He even teamed up with [[Bernie Sanders]] (an unthinkable sin for most Republican lawmakers) to support $1200 stimulus payments.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Elliott|first=Phillip|date=December 1, 2020|title=How a $1,200 Check Brought Together an Unlikely Pair: Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders|magazine=Time|url=https://time.com/5922275/hawley-sanders-covid-relief-congress/|url-status=live|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 18, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201218205632/https://time.com/5922275/hawley-sanders-covid-relief-congress/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Carney|first=Jordain|date=December 15, 2020|title=Sanders, Hawley embrace odd couple status in push for stimulus checks|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/530192-sanders-hawley-embrace-odd-couple-status-in-push-for-stimulus-checks|url-status=live|access-date=December 18, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201215210131/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/530192-sanders-hawley-embrace-odd-couple-status-in-push-for-stimulus-checks}}</ref>

===Environment===
As Missouri attorney general, Hawley pushed for the [[deregulation]] of [[environmental]] protections put in place by President [[Barack Obama]] and filed four lawsuits against the Trump administration in an attempt to expedite that process. Hawley acknowledged the [[irony]] in his maneuver, saying "it turns out the best way to help President Trump pursue his agenda of rolling back federal overreach is to sue him."

In another stopped clock moment, Hawley has stated that he does believe that [[climate change]] is real and that humans are contributing to it.<ref>[https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/in-the-warming-green-new-deal-debate-a-tale-of-coasts-vs-midlands/article_9cec3a07-262b-57bb-ae4c-29c2a5ffa44c.html In the warming 'Green New Deal' debate, a tale of coasts vs. midlands, ''St. Louis Post-Dispatch]</ref>

===Foreign policy===
Hawley was a bit of a [[chickenhawk]] earlier in his career and supported the [[Iraq War]], but currently has a firm anti-war stance. He also wants the World Trade Organization to be abolished<ref>{{cite web | last1=Soellner | first1=Mica | title='Enabled the rise of China': Josh Hawley calls for withdrawing US from World Trade Organization | url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/enabled-the-rise-of-china-josh-hawley-calls-for-withdrawing-us-from-world-trade-organization | date=May 8, 2020 | work=[[Washington Examiner]] | access-date=May 10, 2020 | archive-date=October 28, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028023426/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/enabled-the-rise-of-china-josh-hawley-calls-for-withdrawing-us-from-world-trade-organization | url-status=live }}</ref> and is supportive of [[Israel]].

===Guns===
Hawley received a 93 percent rating from the [[National Rifle Association]] (NRA) for 2018 and an 86 percent rating for 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Josh Hawley's Ratings and Endorsements |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/169716/josh-hawley#.W71H0hNKjUI |publisher=Vote Smart |access-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-date=October 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010095450/https://votesmart.org/candidate/evaluations/169716/josh-hawley#.W71H0hNKjUI |url-status=live }}</ref> Though he doesn't support a ban on assault weapons, he does support some [[gun control]] measures, including strengthening background checks, banning bump stocks, and banning mentally ill people from having guns.

===Healthcare===
Hawley is a vocal opponent of [[Obamacare]], having repeatedly decried it as "unconstitutional".{{cn}}

===Immigration===
Hawley was a supporter of Donald Trump's [[Great Wall of America|border wall]]. Even after Trump left office, Hawley has continued to voice his support for constructing a wall along the U.S.-[[Mexico]] border to stop [[illegal immigration]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Nuñez|first=Gabriella|date=June 20, 2018|title=Hawley and McCaskill share views over family separation, immigration|url=https://krcgtv.com/news/local/attorney-general-josh-hawley-mccaskill-is-for-giving-illegal-immigrants-a-free-pass|access-date=October 26, 2020|website=KRCG|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028023428/https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1321276949512232961/pu/vid/15000/18000/480x270/6C4_5cSIVufAvAFR.ts|url-status=live}}</ref> however ineffective such a wall would be.<ref>[https://www.cato.org/blog/border-wall-impractical-expensive-ineffective-plan A Wall Is an Impractical, Expensive, and Ineffective Border Plan] by David J. Bier (November 28, 2016 2:31PM) ''Cato Institute''.</ref><ref>[https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/evidence-shows-trumps-border-wall-was-embarrassing-failure-rcna18537 Evidence shows Trump’s border wall was an embarrassing failure] by Steve Benen (March 3, 2022, 7:48 AM PST) ''MSNBC''.</ref>
 
Hawley supported the Trump administration's cruel family separation policy, saying "It is an entirely preventable tragedy. Don't cross the border illegally and this won't happen." Thus proving himself to be a [[racist]] [[asshole]].

===LGBT rights===
Hawley is opposed to ''[[Obergefell v. Hodges]]'' and has also stated that the Supreme Court's ruling prohibiting workplace discrimination on the basis of [[sexual orientation]] or [[gender identity]] represented "the end of the conservative legal movement".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Everett|first=Burgess|title=Hawley on LGBTQ ruling: Conservative legal movement is over|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/josh-hawley-lgbt-supreme-court-conservatives-323254|date=June 16, 2020|access-date=June 18, 2020|website=[[Politico]]|language=en|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618112349/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/16/josh-hawley-lgbt-supreme-court-conservatives-323254|url-status=live}}</ref> In a bitter twist of irony, the implication Hawley was making with that statement suggests that gender identity/sexual orientation discrimination is an inherently conservative institution… [[Confirmation bias|which everyone kinda already knows]].

He also co-sponsored a bill targeting transgender children from participating in sports, voted to support an anti-transgender amendment tacked onto a COVID-19 relief package, and voted against COVID-19 relief that provided $2.8 billion to Missouri.<ref>[https://www.glaad.org/gap/josh-hawley GLAAD Report: Josh Hawley]</ref>

==Accusations of antisemitism and support of theocracy==
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===Antisemitism===
On July 16, 2019, at the National Conservatism Conference, organized by Israeli professor Yoram Hazony, Hawley said:
	
{{blockquote|For years the politics of both Left and Right have been informed by a political consensus that reflects the interests not of the American middle, but of a powerful upper class and their cosmopolitan priorities. This class lives in the United States, but they identify as "citizens of the world." They run businesses or oversee universities here, but their primary loyalty is to the global community.<ref name=CosmopolitanElites>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jta.org/2019/07/19/united-states/a-missouri-senator-gave-a-speech-opposing-a-powerful-upper-class-and-their-cosmopolitan-priorities-um |title=Senator's speech on 'cosmopolitan elites': Anti-Semitic dog whistle or poli-sci speak? |date=July 19, 2019 |last=Sales |first=Ben |website=Jewish Telegraphic Agency |access-date=January 8, 2021 |archive-date=January 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109011311/https://www.jta.org/2019/07/19/united-states/a-missouri-senator-gave-a-speech-opposing-a-powerful-upper-class-and-their-cosmopolitan-priorities-um |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

In his address, Hawley also denounced [[International Jewish Conspiracy|the "cosmopolitan agenda", the "cosmopolitan class", the "cosmopolitan consensus", the "cosmopolitan economy", and the "cosmopolitan elite"]].<ref name=ADLResponse /> His statement was called antisemitic by several political commentators and [[Jewish]] leaders, as well as by the [[Anti-Defamation League]], which called for Hawley to apologize.<ref name=CosmopolitanElites /><ref name=ADLResponse>{{Cite web |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article232902747.html |title=Hawley critique of 'cosmopolitan elite' earns rebuke from Missouri Jewish leaders |date=July 19, 2019 |last=Hancock |first=Jason |website=The Kansas City Star |access-date=January 9, 2021}}</ref><ref name=TrotsOut>{{Cite web |url=https://archive.thinkprogress.org/hawley-anti-semitic-trope-bacaf74d8892/ |title=Missouri GOP Senator trots out anti-Semitic trope during speech before national conservative group |date=July 20, 2019 |last=Peck |first=Adam |website=[[ThinkProgress]] |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> ''The Jewish Telegraphic Agency'' specifically [[dog-whistle politics|compared Hawley's reference to "cosmopolitan elites" to the term "rootless cosmopolitan"]], an antisemitic smear popularized by [[Joseph Stalin]] and also used by [[Nazi]]s.<ref name=CosmopolitanElites /> Andrew Silow-Carroll wrote for ''J. The Jewish News of Northern California'' that Hawley was [[Friend argument|using his connections with Jewish people]] as a way to dodge allegations of antisemitism.<ref name=RightRight>{{Cite web |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2019/07/29/it-cant-be-anti-semitism-if-youre-not-an-anti-semite-right-right/ |title=It can't be anti-Semitism if you're not an anti-Semite, right? Right? |date=July 29, 2019 |last=Silow-Carroll |first=Andrew  |website=J. The Jewish News of Northern California |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> In response to the allegations, Hawley tweeted, "The [[Liberal media|liberal language police]] have lost their minds."<ref name=CosmopolitanElites /><ref name=ADLResponse /><ref name=TrotsOut /> Hazony and the Republican Jewish Coalition defended Hawley's remarks.<ref name=ADLResponse />

On October 21, 2019, Hawley attacked Jewish ''[[The Washington Post|Washington Post]]'' reporter Greg Sargent as a "smug, rich liberal [[elitist]]"; Sargent responded in a column that he was, in fact, raised in [[poverty]].<ref name=Hasan2019>{{Cite web |url=https://theintercept.com/2020/04/29/josh-hawley-republican-trump/ |title=Sen. Josh Hawley Is Cast as a GOP Leader After Trump. But Like Trump, He's a Faux-Populist. |date=April 29, 2020 |last=Hasan |first=Mehdi |website=[[The Intercept]] |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref><ref name=SaltOfTheEarth>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/21/salt-of-the-earth-gop-senator-humiliates-smug-rich-elitist/ |title=Salt-of-the-earth GOP senator humiliates a 'smug, rich liberal elitist' |date=October 21, 2019 |last=Sargent |first=Greg |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=January 23, 2021}}</ref> Mehdi Hasan argued that Hawley's attack was antisemitic, though Sargent did not make that claim.<ref name=Hasan2019 /><ref name=SaltOfTheEarth /> Hawley is the son of a wealthy banker and went to a private [[Jesuit]] prep school, on the other hand, so he should have known what elitism means.

===Theocracy===
Hawley's views on morality and [[Christianity]]'s role in government have been criticized as theocratic. Hawley has said that "Scripture teaches that political government is mandated by [[God]] for his service and is one means by which the enthroned [[Christ]] carries out his rule… Government serves Christ's kingdom rule; this is its purpose. And Christians' purpose in politics should be to advance the kingdom of God — to make it more real, more tangible, more present." 

He has described as "[[heresy]]" the idea that people should be free to "choose your own meaning, define your own values, emancipate yourself from God by creating your own self". A few days after the [[2021 U.S. coup attempt]] in which Hawley gave his visible support to the rioters,<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/06/jan-6-josh-hawley-photo-q-a-00134017 What Did Josh Hawley’s Jan. 6 Fist Pump Really Mean? We Asked the Photographer Who Got the Shot. A Q&A with POLITICO photographer Francis Chung on capturing an iconic moment.] by Michael Schaffer (01/06/2024 07:00 AM EST) ''Politico''.</ref> [[journalist]] Katherine Stewart argued in ''[[The New York Times]]'' that Hawley was a [[Christian nationalism|Christian nationalist]] and that his attempts to overturn the election were motivated by a desire to save the country from [[liberalism]] and hedonism.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/11/opinion/josh-hawley-religion-democracy.html The Roots of Josh Hawley’s Rage: Why do so many Republicans appear to be at war with both truth and democracy?] by Katherine Stewart (Jan. 11, 2021) ''The New York Times''.</ref> In 2024, Hawley confirmed that he is a Christian nationalist.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-senator-josh-hawley-goes-mask-off-on-being-a-christian-nationalist-at-national-conservatism-conference MAGA Senator Josh Hawley Advocates for Being a Christian Nationalist] by Owen Lavine (Jul. 09, 2024 3:09PM EDT) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref>

==Stopped clock==
Hawley experienced a stopped clock moment when he criticized Kristi Noem for her and the Trump administration’s support for cuts to FEMA after a disaster that caused massive damage in Hawley’s district.

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