Hawley Struggles To Explain End Goal Of Objecting To Electoral College Certification

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) fumbled on Monday night when asked what exactly he hopes to achieve by disrupting the congressional proceedings on Wednesday that will cement President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, given that his objection has no chance of overturning Biden’s victory.


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Equate it to a five year old deprived of a nap, who wants to be the center of attention.

LOOK AT ME!!!

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Perhaps I can help him, I really don’t see how this is a struggle.

To remain relevant and to capture the Trump base of the Republican party, Hawley really has no other choice.

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i really want pancakes

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The answer’s easy: he’s sucking up to Trump’s base because he wants to be President in 4 years.
Asking a Republican for a reason is like asking my cats why they won’t eat the canned food they loved last week today.

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Guess he didn’t think things completely through. Asshole.

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Nah, you’re more likely to get an answer from your cats.

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Sounds like air escaping from his 2024 balloon.

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Or somewhere else. Hahahaha

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Video if you want to watch it

How was Hawley to know that Bret Baier was going to play dirty and cite the Constitution? And for a guy who is so concerned about the integrity of our elections, he certainly didn’t complain about those election integrity bills that were blocked. Ask him about those while you’re at it, Bret.

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Certainly not someone you’d want for president, right?

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Jesus What a nut…Lock her up

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It’s really amusing how people like Hawley, Cotton, and Cruz seem to genuinely believe that performative acts of dedication to the orange shitgibbon will magically transform them into an acceptable substitute for the man himself in 2024.

Guys, really – it’s not transferrable.

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He ain’t stupid. However, his ambition exceeds his wit. He’s made the calculus that the Trumpanzees will still hold sway in 4 years. I have my doubts, particularly if the Mango Ex-POTUS ends up in a fashionable orange jumpsuit.

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I read that the police were going to have a little talk with her.

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“Hawley Struggles.”

Yes he does, unless you are a Missourian who voted for him. If you are one of them, then Hawley triumphs.

The problem is not Hawley. The problem is those voters. We need to change their minds, not his behavior. His behavior will not change because like any politician he is doing what he believes is representative of the priorities of the people who elected him.

To unseat Hawley, Missouri needs an expansive door-to-door-to-ballot campaign like what Stacey Abrams has done in Georgia. Change the voters’ minds. God I hope the DSCC is paying attention to her.

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Or living the high life in a country that won’t extradite him.

OTOH, “The Ransom of Red Chief” comes to mind.

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