Sen. Josh Hawley is doubling down on his personal mission to be a voice for marginalized straight white cisgender males in America.
Speaking to “Axios on HBO” over the weekend, the 41-year-old “family values” Republican said he plans to make toxic masculinity a signature political issue, because far too many people on “the left” are telling guys like him: “You’re part of the problem. … Your masculinity is inherently problematic.”
“A man is a father. A man is a husband. A man is somebody who takes responsibility,” Hawley said.
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During the interview, he once again repeated claims that straight white cisgender men across the country are developing bad habits, like watching porn and playing video games, because they have nothing better to do and they need gainful employment to feel like their lives matter.
Evidently, Hawley didn’t read the most recent jobs report that found American employers added 531,000 jobs in October, a big improvement from September and a positive sign for the future.
“I think you put together lack of jobs, you put together fatherlessness, you put together the social messages that we teach our kids in school, I think we’ve got to confront that and its effects,” he said.
Oh, and as for cheering on insurrectionists before they stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, Hawley said he doesn’t know anything about that.
“I don’t know who came into the Capitol or not,” he remarked. “If they did come into the Capitol and they violated the laws, they’re criminals, and they should be prosecuted– and they’ll get no support from me.”
Related: Josh Hawley and his wife launch new podcast about the struggles of being a straight white cis couple
We’re sure none of Hawley’s recent remarks about protecting the sanctity of masculinity in America are designed to distract for the fact that he was just slapped with a major lawsuit alleging that he accepted almost $1 million in illegal campaign contributions from the National Rifle Association during his 2018 Senate Campaign.
The lawsuit, filed last week by the Campaign Legal Center on behalf of former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords’s gun control advocacy group, claims the NRA illegally coordinated with Hawley’s campaign by funneling $973,411 through a political strategy group.
A spokesperson for Hawley’s campaign called the whole thing “frivolous.”
Watch Hawley’s interview with Axios. Or don’t.
Now, here’s what people on Twitter are saying about the whole thing…
People like Josh Hawley who constantly talk about masculinity are always insecure about their own.
— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) November 8, 2021
How many men that you consider “masculine” have you seen running around whining about it? ?
Josh Hawley just wants to take our minds off the million $ contribution he took from the NRA.#joshhawleyisadweeb
???— Firstgirl (@firstgirl1970) November 8, 2021
Josh Hawley greeting a crowd that certainly doesn’t watch porn and play video games pic.twitter.com/v8inS2zu7L
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) November 8, 2021
Josh Hawley accepted $973,411 in illegal campaign contributions from the NRA during his 2018 Senate Campaign.
— TheSadTruth? (@ReportsDaNews) November 6, 2021
Josh Hawley making masculinity a core issue in 2022 is like me trying to play contact sports. Neither of us can pull it off without everyone wondering if we're okay.
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) November 8, 2021
Why is Josh Hawley being sued for accepting over $1M in illegal campaign funds from the NRA and not being criminally charged?
— Woman In The Moon (@SassyKadiK) November 7, 2021
Memo to Josh Hawley. Real men don’t run around whining about masculinity.
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) November 8, 2021
Josh Hawley accepted $973,411 in illegal campaign contributions from the NRA a domestic terrorist organization
A lawsuit alleges that he also broke campaign finance laws
He & his wife just launched a podcast teaching us “how to live better lives” based on Jesus’s values
Lol
— Lindy Li (@lindyli) November 6, 2021
Why do I feel like Josh Hawley spent years watching porn and playing video games and now we are seeing the repentance suggested by his pastor?
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 8, 2021
US Senator Josh Hawley is working hard for the NRA while his constituents in Virginia or Missouri can’t figure out what state he represents.
— Avenger Resister (@AvengerResister) November 8, 2021
Someone should tell @HawleyMO that real men don’t raise their fists in solidarity with white supremacists or help incite deadly terrorist insurrections.
— Andrew Wortman ???? (@AmoneyResists) November 8, 2021
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore
ptn2719
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Senator Paul Wellstone (DFL-Minnesota), 1944-2002
Apparently some people just have a hard time understanding this concept…and that is why so many insecure white guys love Donald Trump.
Jim
Poor Josh, he doesn’t realize this is the 21st century .
He’s just sad.
BaltoSteve
Just let the irony of his speaking of bringing back toxic masculinity with his campaign while whining like a little bitch about it… go ahead.. let that that wash over you.
radiooutmike
So, is it the white cis-hetero guys not having jobs is causing them to watch porn and play video games? Or is it the other way around?
BTW, I am gainfully employed, a father and I still have time for porn and video games.
Fahd
He talks about “real men” taking responsibility but doesn’t take responsibility for the role he played in trying to overturn the 2020 election and being an active supporter of the January 6, 2021 attempted coup in the United States.
He is a traitor and should be prosecuted.
Btw, I believe he also voted against Biden’s just passed infrastructure bill which creates many many jobs for those idle, poorly educated whites he wants to vote for him.
He’s already a pariah in the Senate. He’s a true bottom feeder.
Josh in OR
The only cishet white men being marginalized are those who, like Hawley, have abhorrent, out-dated, un-Christian attitudes and those who exhibit toxic and/or dangerous behavior (like throwing a solidarity fist to insurrectionists).
Literally NO cishet white man who isn’t a toxic ass is having any problems, so…sounds like a ‘you’ thing, Joshie-poo.
Den
“During the interview, he once again repeated claims that straight white cisgender men across the country are developing bad habits, like watching porn and playing video games, because they have nothing better to do and they need gainful employment to feel like their lives matter.”
Little more amusing than seeing yet another right winger giving lie to their poorly thought out notions of “personal responsibility.” One feels like their life matters when they make the effort to make their lives matter, not by whining about how victimized they are (despite the reality of white privilege)! Apparently that concept never occurred to Hawley.
The right is certainly a bunch of dullards and whiney entitled twits.
GreekKeys
I don’t support anything Hawley says but i do believe we should add a white stripe to the ever-expanding, ridiculous looking LGBTQWERTY flag. Or does this community think white gay men don’t deserve recognition for their many, many contributions to the gay movement? Or do they believe only trans Christopher Street $5 hookers deserve recognition for contributions that didn’t actually happen?
Den
Of course you are too dull and too ignorant of history to understand that when they first came to this country Greek folks (if you are Greek) were not considered white. But one expects that kind of ignorance from a right winger.
Here is a little bit about the, still not universally accepted (but nonetheless a cause for your sad whining) Progress Pride Flag:
“While retaining the common six-stripe rainbow design as a base, the “Progress” variation adds a chevron along the hoist that features black, brown, light blue, pink, and white stripes to bring those communities (marginalized people of color, trans individuals, and those living with HIV/AIDS and those who have been lost) to the forefront.”
Last I looked, white people were still a plurality in this country overall, and even the gay ones benefit from undeniable white privilege.
As for your denigration of the the contribution people of color have made to the KLGBT movement both here and world wide, all I can say is you are a sad, dull, ignorant child who needs to be taken down a notch or two. None too bright, and as mean spirited as a spoiled 12 year old.
SFMike
All you “real” men get out there and make a lot of money to pay taxes that will pay for my cushy job in Washington with the great benefits, free healthcare, pension and voluminous vacation days, all things you don’t deserve.
ddonts
He is an embarrassment to our entire country.
Mack
What he wants are men to control their “women” by any means necessary. You know the whole “toe the line” shit.
barryaksarben
My father watched porn on a film projector in his basement den and Im in my 60s so it has been around FOREVER as they have found porn in pompeii. He is desperate to distract from his criminal behavior on campaign funding. Josh is a traitor who should be treated like traitors who throughout history were treated and never allowed to stay in office
Kangol2
Josh Hawley is a racist, homophobic cis-het White man who was elected US Senator, supported a fascist psychopath traitor, and spews lies. If he’s having such a hard time and being marginalized, why are his hideous face and commentary always being featured on TV, the net, and above all, on a gay site?
He should be be ostracized and treated like the pariah he is. As far as I can tell, cis-het straight White men still run most things in the US, whether it be US states, corporations, universities and colleges, you name it. On top of this, under Biden’s 9-month tenure, the US has created more jobs than in any prior administration going back to George Washington. More jobs have been created, including for cis-het White men, in 9 months of Biden in the White House than in the first two years of psycho fascist Don the Con.
So again, why is this fascist wannabe right-winger fake Hawley who refuses to support any recent jobs legislation or anything else to help regular people whining again?
Jon in Canada
Oh how I love the sexual insecurity of the heterosexual male, it’s so delicious to watch them stumble and stammer about being masculine men when, in fact, they’re basically 12 old boys who giggle at pee pee parts and make boob jokes. What isn’t funny is that these same men with bags of sexual insecurity and impotent rage have found themselves in the corridors of power, their diminutive hands grasping for the levers of power. That’s disturbing.