Tomorrow marks the one year anniversary of the January 6 Capitol attack and many people are looking at Josh Hawley, the junior senator from Missouri who played a central role in last year’s failed coup d’etat.
Footage of Hawley appearing on Fox News one year ago to discuss the 2020 election results has been making the rounds on Twitter and, given what we know today, it’s actually deeply disturbing.
Asked by Bret Baier whether Donald Trump would be president after January 20, Hawley replied, “Well, that depends on what happens on Wednesday.”
We all know what happened on Wednesday.
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BRET BAIER: I want to pin you down on what you're trying to do. Are you trying to say that Trump will be president after January 20?
JOSH HAWLEY: Well, that depends on what happens on Wednesday
BAIER: No it doesn't
(Trump in fact lost an election!) pic.twitter.com/vsO2JyRJuk
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) January 5, 2021
That now-infamous photo of Hawley raising his fist in solidarity with the MAGA militia on January 6 has also been making the rounds.
Mere hours before rioters broke through police barricades and stormed the U.S. Capitol, Hawley greeted them outside. Photographer Francis Chung took the photo at 12:35 p.m. By 2:30 p.m., the building was on lockdown.
When you look up traitor in the dictionary you should find this picture of Josh Hawley taken January 6th. pic.twitter.com/x2C1QMmEMn
— Chris Hahn (@ChristopherHahn) January 4, 2022
As for Hawley himself, he’s been frantically trying to revise history by accusing Democrats of trying to do the very thing his party tried to do on that deadly day last January.
“The politics of fear that the Democratic Party has been pushing on this country for a whole year, it’s the only thing they have to offer the country,” Hawley told Tucker Carlson on Fox News yesterday. “And what they’re trying to do with it is consolidate their power.”
“It started last Jan. 6 and they have used that event to try and consolidate their power and try and push this fear politics. And this is going to be the year … where Americans reject fear.”
2021 was a year of fear, thanks to the Left. 2022 is the year Americans say no pic.twitter.com/Oytlo2rlsy
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 5, 2022
Unfortunately for Hawley, nobody’s buying what he’s selling. Here’s what they’re saying instead…
Remember that the United States Constitution says that “no Person (@HawleyMO) shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress” who “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against” the Constitution, “or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof.” (14th Amendment)
— Certified Mutant Enemy (@rlrr) January 5, 2022
Say what? pic.twitter.com/ot9g2WP2zB
— hd4me (@hd4me4) January 5, 2022
Just say no to fascism and authoritarianism
— Rev Buddy Greene (@Rev_BuddyGreene) January 5, 2022
— Karen (@Lavendargirl47) January 5, 2022
Remember pushing a lie to overturn a legitimate election a year ago Hawley? I won’t forget
— Dean Auker (@AukerDean) January 5, 2022
— boubacar salem (@hayatisalem) January 5, 2022
2021 was the year we almost had a government coup. That’s what I’ll remember about last year.
— janevilla023 (@janevilla023) January 5, 2022
— SantiagoCulpepper (@SantiagoCulpep1) January 5, 2022
The House voted to impeach Trump for a second time following the insurrection. Since then, it has established a select committee to investigate the attack and the extent the White House and Republicans like Hawley had in trying to overturn the 2020 election results.
Graham Gremore is the Features Editor and a Staff Writer at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
Fahd
To quote the Tweet: “This asshole is a secessionist who cheered on the insurrectionists.” The whiny little bitch should have been removed from office already. He’s a dangerous twerp. Decent people will never forget.
Ronbo
Don’t forget Graham. He has still NOT apologize for posting multiple false stories about gay progressive, Alex Morse, that enabled Graham’s favorite conservative to win.
Honesty is important. Did money exchange hands, Graham?
James Hart
Hawley appeared on Tucker Carlson’s program? It’s fascinating to see how much influence Tucker Carlson has. It wasn’t long ago when he was a virtual non-entity. He now has the highest ratings on Cable News.
Kangol2
I know you claimed on another thread to be a Democrat but nearly all your posts come off if from a Republican or someone on the right. If you are a Republican, just claim it.
Mack
Well considering how many lies Trucker tells, it doesn’t surprise me. Trump supporters seems to like lots of lies and has the tendency to believe all of them.
ingyaom
“Highest ratings in cable news” is interesting for 2 reasons: 1. because the Tucker show isn’t actually a news program, and 2. because he’s only got about 3 million viewers – which is less than 1% of the US population.
James Hart
Kangol2:
Sorry to disappoint you. I’m a registered Democrat; a moderate Democrat. I voted for Biden/Harris (Sadly, I’m starting to regret it.), but I’m not a member of the loopy-doopy left, like AOC. The same thing you said about me is the same thing that was said about Bill Clinton in in 1996: Liberals claimed that his policy positions were that of a liberal/moderate Republican. Now, Bill is considered an esteemed statesman in the Democratic Party.
You know: All gay men do not have the same positions on all issues. I’m 100% for gay rights, but I’m not for socialism or lavender fascism. Group-think is positively Orwellian. Remember, “1984”? You can be a slave to liberal opinion, but I will not.
ingyaom:
You stated: “2. because he’s only got about 3 million viewers – which is less than 1% of the US population.” 3 million viewers? Look it up: His ratings are usually more than his MSNBC and CNN competitors combined.
Kangol2
Well, this year Missouri could very well elect a Republican to the right of Josh Hawley if you can believe that, so if you have any spare funds, consider aiding the Democrat, Lucas Kunce, a conservative US military veteran but still a Democrat, to help prevent another lunatic filling the US Senate chamber.
Right now, the leading GOP candidates are: Eric Greitens, the disgraced former governor who allegedly bound, threatened and violently slapped his ex (a panel of Missouri Republicans found the charges “credible”) and also has been accused of fundraising violations by other Republicans; Mark McCloskey, the nut who waved an automatic rifle at BLM protesters marching outside his house, and who believes that women should be forced to carry a fetus to term if they were raped or subjected to incest; and Eric Schmitt, who has threatened to go after school districts trying to implement mask safety policies during this Omicron surge. And there are probably other wackos but these three are certainly the top of the crap heap.
So again, there’s the Democratic alternative.
Mack
Those Republicans do love the extremists. Hell Trump loves all the dictators and dictator-wannabes in the world.
James Hart
Kangol2:
You really do ape the right-wingers. You are as closed-minded as they are. All you care about is whether a “D” or an “R” is after a person’s name.
Lucas Kunce is anti-abortion rights, disagrees with transgender rights, and on economics he is on the right. He also won’t attend gay fundraising events (for him), or get pictures taken with gay rights activists.
Kunce sounds like your kind of Democrat, I guess.
Ronbo
James Hart is correct. While cheering for tribe D or tribe R, we forget that there are great candidates who aren’t “owned” by the establishment and corporate money inherent in these two tribes.
In fact, there are more people who claim to be “independent”, than in either the R or the D tribe.
Ronbo
Far too many of us have forgotten the actual truth. It was “D” Bill Clinton who pushed passed and signed DADT which denied us our First Amendment rights. It’s was “D” Bill who signed the hateful Defense of Marriage Act. Hillary said, “Marriage will ALWAYS be between one man and one women:
bodie425
Ronbo, it was the DADT law that said LGBs could be in the military, they just couldn’t announce it publicly. That opened the door for homosexual men and women to legally join, understanding this stipulation AND it made other service personnel aware that some of their comrades would/could be gay. It was a step-wise law that eventually led to full and OPEN participation of gays during the Obama years.
Secondly, Bill might have signed DOMA but I seem to remember there was some concessions on the conservatives part too. Regardless, Bill put people on the supreme court that led to us winning Obergefell. Pisses me off that yall can’t see the big picture, you just want to pick on little details. Bill was thinking ahead and what the LGTBQ community needed, it ultimately got.
Kangol2
James Hart, I specifically said Lucas Kunce is “a conservative US military veteran but still a Democrat.” Clearly you missed that. Would you rather have a far-right extremist Republican like any of the three who are now leading the race, or a Democrat who will vote with the party on most issues (cf. Ben Nelson, Joe Manchin, etc.) in place? Aren’t you supposed to be a “moderate” Democrat? Or are you again showing you’re full of it?
Kangol2
More on Lucas Kunce, based on his iSideWith. com and his own website: He supports same-sex marriage, same-sex adoption rights, HE IS PRO-CHOICE, he’s against corporate monopolies, he’s for shoring up Social Security, he’s against corporate PACs and flooding our politics with corporate money, he wants a Marshall Plan for the Rust Belt, he’s for legalizing marijuana and addressing the opioid epidemic, and so on.
Also. Kunce is for equal pay for women, he is for reasonable restrictions on gun purchases, etc.
James Hart came on this site and misstated Democrat Lucas Kunce’s positions. As I suspected, he is a right-wing troll, no matter what he claims to be politically. If you are going to dissemble, at least cover your tail and make sure you get your tales correct!
James Hart
Kangol2:
Lucas Kunce will not be elected US Senator from Missouri. He couldn’t even win a low-level state position the last time he ran.
Face it: Missouri is a thoroughly red state now.
James Hart
bodie 425:
“Regardless, Bill put people on the supreme court that led to us winning Obergefell”
HaHa
It was Justice Anthony Kennedy – a Republican and Reagan appointee – who pushed the Obergefell case over the finish line.
Kangol2
@JamesHart, of course you don’t address the fact that you completely misstated Democrat Lucas Kunce’s positions–maybe you didn’t know, I’m not going to claim you lied–and then have zero to say about the right-wing extremists running in the Republican primary to replace Roy Blunt. You may claim to be a Democrat but it’s clear, you’re engaging in pure Republican trolling. No thanks!
johncp56
I hope the Karma hits the fan for these boneheaded fools for 1/6/21, i,ll be watching tommrow
johncp56
And@!!!!! in one of his speeches, talking on FOX clown alley,,; as the REpublicans do he blamed dem for warmongering!!! that’s the GOP`s game fright tactics is their jam lol
tjack47
I still blame the constituents for voting for these morons.