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Sputnik International
Thomas Beaumont And Jim Salter
After violent protesters loyal to President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol today, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., walks to the House chamber to challenge the results of the presidential election in Pennsylvania during the joint session of the House and Senate to count the Electoral College votes cast in November s election, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) January 08, 2021 - 7:45 AM
O FALLON, Mo. - A Republican colleague rebuked him on the Senate floor. A home-state newspaper editorial board declared he has blood on his hands.â But for Josh Hawley, the Missouri senator who staged an Electoral College challenge that became the focus of a violent siege of the U.S. Capitol, the words of his political mentor were the most personal.
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Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley, left, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speak after Republicans objected to certifying the Electoral College votes from Arizona, during a joint session of the House and Senate at the Capitol on Wednesday.
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state Rep. Shamed Dogan sees Wednesday’s riot at the U.S. Capitol differently than some of his Republican cohorts.
Dogan, who didn’t endorse President Donald Trump in 2016 or 2020, said the insurrection was a result of enabling a man without a moral compass. The Republican Party needs to get back to its roots and get away from being a cult around the personality of Donald J. Trump,” said Dogan, of Ballwin. “I mean, of all the people in the world to try to model your party after. that guy?
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Simon & Schuster, one of the Big Five publishing houses, canceled the scheduled publication of Sen. Josh Hawley s upcoming book The Tyranny of Big Tech.
The senator from Missouri has been one of Trump s most ardent allies in his efforts to overturn election results, and after a right-wing insurrection rampaged through the US Capitol, Hawley continued to push conspiracies. After witnessing the disturbing, deadly insurrection that took place on Wednesday in Washington, DC, Simon & Schuster has decided to cancel publication of Senator Josh Hawley s forthcoming book, THE TYRANNY OF BIG TECH, the statement said.
Publisher Simon & Schuster issued a statement on Thursday saying it would cancel the publication of Sen. Josh Hawley s upcoming book after the senator s continued attempts to reject electoral votes.