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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHawley sent fundraising email on election objection as Capitol descended into chaos
Shortly before a group of President Donald Trumps supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, disrupting a congressional debate on the 2020 Electoral College results, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawleys campaign sent a fundraising email promoting his planned objection to Pennsylvanias votes.
Hawley, a first-term Republican and potential candidate for president in 2024, was the first senator to announce his plan to object to the electors of one of the states won by President-elect Joe Biden.
His move last week spurred more Republicans to join the effort, even though Biden won 51% of the popular vote and 306 electoral votes, above the required threshold of 270.
Many career politicians in the D.C. establishment want me to stay quiet. I suppose you can assume nothing I do will matter. That it wont matter if I object or not, so I should sit by and do nothing, Hawley said in the fundraising email, sent after Congress had begun its joint session to count the Electoral College results.
But this is not about me! It is about the people I serve, and it is about ensuring confidence in our elections. ..............(more)
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Hawley sent fundraising email on election objection as Capitol descended into chaos (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2021
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idziak4ever1234
(1,257 posts)1. Pure SCUM. The lowest life form.
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)2. he needs expelled
fucking asshole
vapor2
(1,483 posts)3. CALL his office and demand he resign
(202)224-6154
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)4. Someone posted earlier that Ted Cruz did the same thing. From the post
it sounded like Cruz sent the fundraiser after the riots began (that was my impression from reading it, but it may not be correct).
Walleye
(34,778 posts)5. At long last, no decency