This just in: Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri is a total drama queen. And a liar.
The antigay senator took to Twitter yesterday to claim a violent mob threatened his wife and newborn outside their home in Washington, D.C. in the very late hours of the night.
In a dramatic tweet, Hawley, who has vowed to do everything in his power to stop Joe Biden from being inaugurated on January 20, alleged angry protesters “screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door.”
“Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by leftwing violence,” the 41-year-old religious freedom fighter said.
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Tonight while I was in Missouri, Antifa scumbags came to our place in DC and threatened my wife and newborn daughter, who can’t travel. They screamed threats, vandalized, and tried to pound open our door. Let me be clear: My family & I will not be intimidated by leftwing violence
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 5, 2021
But here’s the thing: What Hawley claims happened never actually happened. At least, not according to footage from the incident that was later shared on Twitter.
Photos and videos show about a dozen or so perfectly peaceful protesters gathered for a candlelight vigil in the street outside the residence. Most of them remained off the property, although at one point a group of about four people did calmly approach the front door and ring the bell.
A woman, presumably Hawley’s petrified wife, could be seen inside peeking out the window, though she didn’t answer the door.
Just like when Rand Paul lied about being attacked by antifa, Josh Hawley is lying about his home being vandalized by anti-fascists last night. Here's picture from the house. https://t.co/zPhzQqh9iH
— Joshua Potash (@JoshuaPotash) January 5, 2021
Violence? What violence? There is literally a cop sitting there. Stop being a drama queen Josh. https://t.co/1YysuFfgIf
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) January 5, 2021
Hawley recently found himself at the center of widespread criticism from both Democrats and Republicans after he announced his plans to contest the count of the Electoral College vote during a joint session of Congress tomorrow. His challenge is widely expected to fail.
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BaltoSteve
Three words… Adams Family Values…
Amanda(or in this case Hawley): I’ll be the victim!
Wednesday: All your life.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
They (Cruz and Hawley) are posturing for Trump’s supporters in 2024. This entire episode is looking more and more like an Underdog cartoon when Simon Bar-Sinister tried to go back and stop Thanksgiving and was going to take over with three tanks, twelve soldiers and three fighter jets. Sadly this is real life we’re in.
ShiningSex
Republicans are so stupid. Republican gays are even more vile.
Celtic
Isn’t Hawley the one who uses his sister’s address, because otherwise he would not be electable?
toddlicious
Yes he is…
toddlicious
Thus queen needs to get his head straight.
Tx7791
Just not shocked that another Republican lied or exaggerated. Their standard bearer does it daily.
Dick Gozinia
He’s extremely well educated (Yale/Stanford) so I suspect he is positioning himself for a run at the Presidency in 2024 by appealing to the Trump Cult.
ShowMeGuy
Yes, Josh went to Stanford and Yale…….. and that doesn’t mean he is well educated. He is actually rather stupid. He believes the lies he tells in his campaign commercials magically vanish when the election is over. Hawley couldn’t even figure out how to vote illegally in the November election without getting caught. Josh Hawley is an idiot.
butchqueen
Let’s give him a reason to whine. Let’s break his windows and paint a pride flag on the side of house.
“FEAR THE ALMIGHTY HOMOSEXUALS!!!”
Openminded
“Let’s NOT”. Stay on the high road and you never have to back track.
Openminded
I understand many people get very invested in what they picket for but I can never condone or understand why people think it’s o.k. to visit people’s personal residences and drag that person’s family into the debate. That is what we have government offices and courtrooms for. It’s one thing to stay on public property in front of one’s house, it’s totally offensive to go to their private front door with a public issue. Nobody here would appreciate a group of bible thumpers knocking on their door in an attempt to “change their mind”. Not saying the issue at hand doesn’t deserve attention, this is the wrong way to seek that attention. Finally, Yeah, the prick likely embellished the situation which is wrong in itself, but there’s always the possibility that the camera was turned off before the door beating began. Kinda like the police cameras always seem to be off at the most opportune times.
b2rocketfan
He’s from my state. I only thought our other Republican Senator was an asshole. Hawley is a complete fool. Why do I have to have him in my state?
Ronbo
How about a yard sign “Treason, Sedition, Hawley” on one side; +three peas in a pod” on the other?
Cam
He also exposed the fact that he doesn’t actually live in the state he claims to represent.
zealot
So the real snowflakes seem to be the out of touch conservatives who would rather blame and cry victim than attempt to have conversations with anyone other than their deluded political base. About right?
ShowMeGuy
Josh Hawley is trash. He is no longer a Missouri citizen and the Student Chapter of the Missouri Bar Association has called on Hawley to resign. Josh Hawley is trash.