Kansas City paper says Hawley has blood on his hands

Source: The Hill | January 7, 2021 | Marina Pitofsky

The Kansas City Star’s editorial board slammed Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) over his objections to the results of the presidential election after a mob of President Trump’s supporters rioted in the Capitol.

“No one other than President Donald Trump himself is more responsible for Wednesday’s coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol than one Joshua David Hawley, the 41-year-old junior senator from Missouri, who put out a fundraising appeal while the siege was underway,” the editors wrote.

“This, Sen. Hawley, is what law-breaking and destruction look like. This is not a protest, but a riot. One woman who was apparently part of the pro-Trump mob was fatally shot by Capitol Police as lawmakers took cover. Some of those whose actions Trump encouraged and later condoned brought along their Confederate flags,” they continued, adding that the Missouri Republican’s “actions in the last week had such impact that he deserves an impressive share of the blame for the blood that’s been shed.”

Hawley last month became the first senator to announce that he would object during Congress’s certification of the Electoral College vote affirming President-elect Joe Biden’s win.

Hawley late Wednesday objected to Pennsylvania’s Electoral College results, even after many of his fellow Republican senators backed down from challenging after the mob of rioters stormed the Capitol, forcing evacuations.

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