Former Sen. John Danforth, a key backer of fellow GOP Missourian Sen. Josh Hawley
“Supporting Josh and trying so hard to get him elected to the Senate was the worst mistake I ever made in my life,” Danforth told St. Louis Today in an interview published Thursday.
“Yesterday was the physical culmination of the long attempt … to foment a lack of public confidence in our democratic system,” he added. “It is very dangerous to America to continue pushing this idea that government doesn’t work and that voting was fraudulent.”
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Danforth earlier this week sharply criticized Hawley’s announcement that he would raise objections to President-elect Joe Biden
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Warnock to keep preaching as senator so he doesn t accidentally become a politician Print this article
ATLANTA Georgia Democratic Sen.-elect Raphael Warnock will still preach from Martin Luther King Jr. s pulpit after he s sworn in as his state s first black senator. The last thing I want to do is become disconnected from the community and just spend all of my time talking to the politicians. I might accidentally become one, Warnock told CNN on Wednesday.
Warnock isn t the first preacher to keep his day job after being elected to the Senate. Missouri Republican Sen. John Danforth, who was in the chamber from 1977 to 1995, is an ordained Episcopal priest.
Jan 6, 2021
President Donald Trump arrives at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta, Ga., before heading to speak at a campaign rally for Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., and Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., at Dalton Regional Airport, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021, in Dalton, Ga. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
DALTON, Ga. (AP) With mounting desperation, Donald Trump declared Monday night he would “fight like hell” to hold on to the presidency and appealed to Republican lawmakers to reverse his election loss to Joe Biden when they convene this week to confirm the Electoral College vote.
Electoral voters won by President-elect Biden are “not gonna take this White House!” he shouted as supporters cheered at an outdoor rally in Georgia. Trump’s announced purpose for the trip was to boost Republican Senate candidates in Tuesday’s runoff election, but he spent much of his speech complaining bitterly about his election loss which he insists he won “by a lot.”