For their profile of Republican Sen. Josh Hawley of Missouri,
The New York Times fished for quotes from Hawley’s high school prom date and his middle school principal, piling on insults to its 5,000-word hit piece.
The overkill over Sen. Hawley was eerily reminiscent of the paper’s jihad against Brett Kavanaugh and the paper’s obsessive examination of his old yearbook photos for signs of sexism.
After relaying Hawley’s fiery speech to CPAC, the
Times also showed they can’t quit Donald Trump.
The appeal from Missouri’s junior senator reflected what has become standard fare in a Republican Party still in thrall to Donald J. Trump. As Mr. Hawley’s audience seemed to agree, his amplification of the former president’s false claims of a stolen election was not incitement for the mob of rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan 6; it was a principled stand against the “radical left.”