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Simon and Schuster canceled the book Jan. 7, quickly caving to a pressure campaign organized by leftist activists and making the Missouri Republican
one of the highest-profile victims of cancel culture.
The New York-based publishing conglomerate
claimed, without evidence,
that Hawley was complicit in the storming of the U.S. Capitol the day prior because of his leadership role in debating questions of election integrity in the 2020 election.
Hawley immediately and unreservedly condemned the incursion, which has since been reported to be the result of organized planning rather than impromptu incitement, as media and leftist activists had initially claimed.
Simon and Schuster had not previously indicated to Hawley they would cancel him for objecting to the failure of some states to "follow their own election laws." When various Democrats up to and including Sen. Barbara Boxer objected to previous Electoral College votes in 2004 and 2016,