[184] Andrew Silow-Carroll wrote for J. What will other states do? [131] Similarly, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Missouri's other major newspaper, published an editorial on January 7 calling for Hawley to resign and Republican "silent enablers" to denounce Trumpism, writing that "Hawley's tardy, cover-his-ass condemnation of the violence ranks at the top of his substantial list of phony, smarmy and politically expedient declarations" and "Trumpism must die before it morphs into Hitlerism. Until it isn't", "Former Sen. John Danforth calls supporting Josh Hawley's senate campaign 'the worst mistake I ever made in my life', "Opinion | Trump, Hawley and Cruz will each wear the scarlet 'S' of a seditionist", "Sen. Josh Hawley becomes public enemy No. "[25] While at Yale, Hawley was an editor of the Yale Law Journal and served as president of the school's Federalist Society chapter. He was a law clerk to Tenth Circuit Judge Michael W. McConnell and Chief Justice John Roberts and then worked as a lawyer, first in private practice from 2008 to 2011 and then for the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty from 2011 to 2015. Joshua David Hawley (born December 31, 1979) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Missouri, a seat he has held since 2019. [20][21][22][23][24], Hawley attended Lexington Middle School and then Rockhurst High School, a private Jesuit boys' prep school in Kansas City, Missouri, from which he graduated in 1998 as a valedictorian. [4][5][6], In December 2020, Hawley provoked a political backlash when he became the first senator to announce plans to object to the certification of Joe Biden's victory in the 2020 United States presidential election. [48] In September 2020, Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt announced that of the 16 rape kit tests that were consequently uploaded to the national DNA database, 11 revealed the names of known criminals, and were referred for possible prosecution. Joshua Hawley was 13 years old, living comfortably as the son of a bank president, when his parents gave him a book about political conservatism for Christmas. [46] In October 2017, he expanded his investigation into three additional pharmaceutical companies (AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson Corporation), the three largest U.S. opioid distributors. [154][155], On January 21, seven Democratic senators filed a complaint against Hawley and Cruz to the Senate Ethics Committee, arguing that they "lent legitimacy to the mob's cause and made future violence more likely. ", "Congress overrides Trump's veto for the first time on major military bill", "Josh Hawley Maintains Streak of Voting Against Every Joe Biden Cabinet Nominee", "Josh Hawley approves first Biden Cabinet nominee after defending opposition to all prior nominees", "The Senate has held floor votes on 118 Biden nominees. "[182] He has said the U.S.'s goal should not be "to remake China from within" but rather "to deny Beijing's ability to impose its will without, whether it be upon Hong Kong, or Taiwan, or our allies and partners, or upon us. Sen. Josh Hawley on January 6. Greitens' social media accounts", "Gov. . Before becoming Missouri attorney general, he was also an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law, and a faculty member of the conservative Blackstone Legal Fellowship. [106], Hawley joined President Donald Trump in his calls for an increase of the initial $600 coronavirus relief checks provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 to $2,000, which put him on the same side as "unlikely ally" Bernie Sanders. [92], In the November 2018 general election, Hawley defeated McCaskill, 51% to 46%. [153] A group of former McCaskill staffers created a political action committee aimed at unseating Hawley with the backronym JOSH PAC (Just Oust Seditious Hacks). [39], On May 5, 2017, Tory Sanders, a black motorist who had taken a wrong turn in Tennessee ran out of gas in rural Mississippi County, Missouri. [103] Hawley focused on TikTok, saying the bill would cover Russia as well as China, and "any other country the State Department deems a security risk". [247] The day after the Republican-held Senate acquitted Trump, Trump praised Hawley as having played a key role in his acquittal. [42] In February 2021, he chose not to do so. [128] The next day, it published an editorial calling for Hawley to resign or be removed from office. (The 2017 fiscal year straddled both administrations. Senate. And by 'net positive,' he means billions of dollars for the NBA and by 'trade offs,' he means slave labor. At 41-years-old, he is the youngest senator in the United States. [54] Hawley initially declined to prosecute, citing a Missouri Supreme Court ruling that the attorney general cannot simultaneously represent a state officer and take legal action against that officer, but on December 20, 2017, he announced his office would investigate after all, saying that his clients are "first and foremost the citizens of the state". [212] He defended Donald Trump's phone call with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and criticized Trump's first impeachment, saying Trump's words were "certainly not a crime". Sen. Josh Hawley on Thursday threw cold water on rumors that he would be a potential vice presidential candidate for former President Donald Trump in 2024. "[182], In October 2019, Hawley co-sponsored the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. [136] David M. Kennedy, who served as Hawley's academic adviser at Stanford, said he "absolutely could not have predicted that the bright, idealistic, clear-thinking young student that I knew would follow this path"[24] and was "more than a little bamboozled by it, certainly distressed by it", though he said he did not believe Hawley directly incited the mob. ", adding, "It is deeply troubling how focused Senator McCaskill is on doing what's politically convenient instead of doing what's right. [94] On February 28, 2019, Ashcroft closed the investigation because there was insufficient evidence that "an offense has been committed. [223][224] Hawley said the act "was never constitutional"[223] and spoke proudly of his involvement in the lawsuit. [104] He said the bill was "targeted at social media platforms and data-intensive businesses", and "would block such mergers by default without pre-approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States". [253][254] Multiple news media fact-checks disagreed with Hawley's assertions. [49] In August 2018, One Nation, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit connected to Republican campaign strategist Karl Rove, ran commercials giving Hawley credit for identifying the problem, a claim The St. Louis Post-Dispatch labeled misleading. [25] Prominent conservative columnist George Will wrote on the day of the riot that Hawley, Trump and Senator Ted Cruz "will each wear the scarlet S of a seditionist. "[27], In his 2018 Senate campaign, Hawley did not take a firm position on right-to-work legislation that was subject to a referendum by Missouri voters at the time. The cause of death was judged to be "excited delirium", a condition frequently cited in custody-related deaths but not recognized by major psychiatric authorities. [112] Before and after the votes, Hawley said the resolutions were not in the United States' best interest, with China posing a greater threat than Russia. Later accused of ignoring the proceedings, Hawley called them "a total kangaroo trial". [188], Hawley is an outspoken critic of China, which he has called "the greatest security threat to this country in this century. USA TODAY has recently debunked a series of social posts that feature legitimate videos of politicians paired . As leverage, Hawley and Sanders used the upcoming Christmas recess and the deadline to pass a new continuing resolution to avert a government shutdown. [65] The same day, Greitens asked a judge to issue a restraining order blocking Hawley from investigating him. Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) [70] In December 2018, Judge Reed O'Connor ruled the entirety of the ACA unconstitutional, but on appeal, the Fifth Circuit did not agree that the entire law should be voided. [74][75] On April 24, the Supreme Court rejected Bostic's appeal. [58] In March 2018, six former Missouri attorneys released a letter calling the investigation "half-hearted". is urging the Biden administration to drop any U.S. support for Ukrainian membership in NATO, arguing that such a move would not support U.S. interests and distracts. [77] Missouri was one of several states to launch such investigations in the wake of the Pennsylvania report; the attorneys general of Illinois, Nebraska, and New Mexico began similar inquiries. [201] An article on Hawley by author Ian Millhiser is titled "the one man most likely to turn the U.S. into a theocracy". "[37] On January 7, Simon & Schuster canceled its planned publication of Hawley's book The Tyranny of Big Tech, saying it "cannot support Senator Hawley after his role in what became a dangerous threat";[150] the book was later picked up by Regnery Publishing, which frequently publishes books by conservative authors. McCaskill released her returns, which she files separately from her husband. [68] Though some argued the lawsuit would eliminate insurance protections for people with preexisting conditions, Hawley said he supported protections for preexisting conditions. [13][15] He repeated the false assertion about Pennsylvania in a February 2021 fundraising email, though the Pennsylvania Supreme Court had unanimously rejected the argument and the United States Supreme Court had declined to consider an appeal. "[193] Hawley then tweeted a screenshot of Wojnarowski's response; Wojnarowski subsequently apologized to Hawley directly and posted an apology on Twitter. [35][36], In 2016, Hawley ran for attorney general of Missouri. [58], When allegations emerged in January 2018 that Greitens had blackmailed a woman with whom he was having an affair, Hawley's office said it did not have jurisdiction to look into the matter. [227], Hawley supports funding the construction of a wall along the southern border to stop illegal immigration. [147] On January 9, hundreds of protesters assembled in Downtown St. Louis in front of the Old Courthouse to demand Hawley's resignation. [83][84] Before the official announcement, four former Republican U.S. senators from Missouri (John Ashcroft, Kit Bond, John Danforth, and McCaskill's predecessor, Jim Talent) asked Hawley to run for the Senate seat.[85]. He also visited with Fort Leonard Wood residents about base housing in need of replacement. Friday, March 12, 2021 Today U.S. But he embeds these ideas in a broader argument that is so wildly misleading as to call the entire project into question. Beetem granted summary judgment and ruled Hawley's office had "knowingly and purposefully" violated Missouri's Sunshine Law, and fined the AG's office $12,000. [210], After the 2019 AbqaiqKhurais attack, Hawley said, "we shouldn't attack anybody on behalf of Saudi Arabia for Saudi Arabia's national interests" and instead should "preserve the security of the American people and the prosperity of our middle class. He had gotten lost and was confused and asked a gas station attendant to call the police for assistance. [74], On November 14, 2022, Cole County Circuit Court Judge Jon Beetem ruled that Hawley violated Missouris open records law by withholding emails during his 2018 U.S. Senate campaign between his out-of-state political consultants and his taxpayer-funded staff. Senator from Missouri. Elections must be decided by counting votes Our work to hold Congress accountable only matters if elections are decided by counting votes. "[244], On May 5, 2020, Hawley wrote an op-ed in The New York Times calling for the abolition of the World Trade Organization, arguing it did not serve American interests and "enabled the rise of China. "[133] John Danforth, a former Republican senator from Missouri and Hawley's political mentor,[134] said that supporting Hawley was the "worst mistake I ever made in my life". If we're in a war, I want to be winning it. . [178] He acknowledged the irony in his maneuver, saying "it turns out the best way to help President Trump pursue his agenda of rolling back federal overreach is to sue him. He has no history of joining the military but wrote columns for his hometown newspaper The Lexington News while in high school which covered topics such as the American militia movement in the aftermath of the Oklahoma City bombing, media coverage of Los Angeles Police Department detective Mark Fuhrman, and affirmative action. [124][125] The photograph immediately became a subject of controversy; The Kansas City Star called it "the image that will haunt Josh Hawley" and "one of the iconic images to emerge from the day the Capitol was breached by rioters"[123] and Pulitzer Prize-winning St. Louis Post-Dispatch columnist Tony Messenger said "the staging was perfect" and recommended the photograph be known as Hawley: The Face of Sedition. [17][18], Joshua David Hawley was born on December 31, 1979,[19] in Springdale, Arkansas, to banker Ronald Hawley and teacher Virginia Hawley. Sen. Josh Hawley, who did not serve in the military, is at odds with GOP colleagues such as Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa, a veteran. [143] Hawley has since faced bipartisan calls for his resignation,[128][137][144][145] to which he has responded that he "will never apologize for giving voice to the millions of Missourians and Americans who have concerns about the integrity of our elections. Hawley said that his attempt to reverse the election result was on behalf of those "concerned about election integrity. Democratic lawmakers who've served in the US military condemned their Republican colleagues and President Donald Trump as "treasonous."; GOP Senators Ted Cruz and Josh Hawley "did not break in .