After a day of insurrection and deadly violence at the U.S. Capitol, Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley continued his push on Wednesday to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.
But his efforts were for naught, as lawmakers early Thursday certified Electoral College votes declaring Joe Biden the winner.
Among the loudest critics is his political mentor former U.S. Sen. John Danforth who Thursday afternoon told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch that working to get Hawley elected to the Senate in 2018 “was the worst mistake I ever made in my life.”
Hawley made headlines with his announcement that he would object to certifying Biden’s win, arguing that Pennsylvania’s electoral votes should be disqualified because he believes a 2019 law approved by the state’s Republican Legislature and sustained by the state’s supreme court violates the Pennsylvania Constitution.