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Dear Senator Hawley's Staff--
I'm sure you're loyal to your boss, but this man incited violence and you helped him. There is no "following orders" defense that will save you. You are part of this now.
And it is so much more serious than him simply "raising concerns."
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Sadly, much of the media and many members of the Washington establishment want to deceive Americans into thinking those who raised concerns incited violence, simply by voicing the concern. That\u2019s false. And the allegation itself is corrosive and dangerous. https://t.co/drhsK54MzQ pic.twitter.com/rEk9G5DOo5
— Senator Hawley Press Office (@SenHawleyPress) January 13, 2021
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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At first he threw the whole kitchen sink out there--BigTech, ballot harvesting, poll watchers, counting, etc.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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And then after introducing it--he cared so much about it he worked to get ZERO cosponsors and no committee hearing.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Just like when he was Missouri's Attorney General.
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https://t.co/q7kQUOOMWH
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Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Joshua is ready for election integrity--in all caps.
Using his newly filed bill to garner him press. Working harder to get the press than to pass the bill--which is the point. It's not about policy, it's about politicking.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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He calls the 2020 election a "debacle."
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Joshua knew this and he did not care about the truth.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Objections were held not to overturn the election--but to discuss the rampant voter suppression of African Americans.
Senator Boxer did not question Bush's win.
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Some objected because of Russian interference--but Vice President Joe Biden gaveled them down. He told members of his own party that it was "over."
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https://t.co/60owITKX1G
The defining characteristic here is that Democrats NEVER tried to overturn the elections in 2004 or 2016.
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https://t.co/0hJVm8oaxT
The defining characteristic is that Democrats made objections based on facts with the intent of improving democracy.
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He literally says he's objecting because (i) Pennsylvania didn't follow its own laws--but as a US Senator from Missouri that is not in his jurisdiction.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the Flames.
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He says he's objecting because (iii) there should be investigations--as a Senator he could make that happen *without* objecting at all. But he hasn't.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Calling for action. Calling for revolt. Calling for confrontation.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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And the tweet he is retweeting *actually says* that these votes are in opposition to Biden's electoral victory.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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This was never merely an academic exercise on separation of powers issues under the Pennsylvanian Constitution.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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When asked whether he's responsible for telling the truth--that Biden will be President--Hawley stutters.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
https://t.co/ZRa4J8OlsS
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Hawley lies about the protest, saying people tried to pound open his door, vandalized his home, and threatened his family---none of this happened.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Hawley back peddles--insisting he only questioned about "the way elections were conducted" in Pennsylvania.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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He did not merely raise a concern--he inspired an army and they attacked our US Capitol.
Sowing doubt. Fanning the flames.
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He continues to lie about Pennsylvania and that further legitimizes the violence at the Capitol.
He continues to put forward the lie that Democrats have done what he is doing.
He continues to sow doubt while fanning the flames.
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He is an ongoing present danger and that is why he must be removed from the US Senate, investigated, and prosecuted for his previous 10 weeks of incitement built on baseless claims.
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More from Lindsey Simmons
His arrogance and ambition prohibit any allegiance to morality or character.
Thus far, his plan to seize the presidency has fallen into place.
An explanation in photographs.
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Joshua grew up in the next town over from mine, in Lexington, Missouri. A a teenager he wrote a column for the local paper, where he perfected his political condescension.
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By the time he reached high-school, however, he attended an elite private high-school 60 miles away in Kansas City.
This is a piece of his history he works to erase as he builds up his counterfeit image as a rural farm boy from a small town who grew up farming.
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After graduating from Rockhurst High School, he attended Stanford University where he wrote for the Stanford Review--a libertarian publication founded by Peter Thiel..
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(Full Link: https://t.co/zixs1HazLk)
Hawley's writing during his early 20s reveals that he wished for the curriculum at Stanford and other "liberal institutions" to change and to incorporate more conservative moral values.
This led him to create the "Freedom Forum."
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More from Government
A thread.
The Government's strategy at the beginning of the pandemic was to 'cocoon' the vulnerable (e.g. those in care homes). This was a 'herd immunity' strategy. This interview is from
Government #coronavirus science advisor Dr David Halpern tells me of plans to \u2018cocoon\u2019 vulnerable groups. pic.twitter.com/dhECJNbmnI
— Mark Easton (@BBCMarkEaston) March 11, 2020
This strategy failed. It is impossible to 'cocoon' the vulnerable, as Covid is passed from younger people to older, more vulnerable people.
We can see this playing out through heatmaps. e.g. these heatmaps from the second
Here are the heatmaps for Covid detected cases, positivity, hospitalizations, and ICU admissions. This is for the week to 3 January 2021.
— Dr Duncan Robertson (@Dr_D_Robertson) January 7, 2021
I have marked a line on 21 September, when SAGE recommended a circuit breaker, so you can see how the situation has deteriorated since then. pic.twitter.com/SEEVgUVK4j
The Government then decided to change its strategy to 'preventing a second wave that overwhelms the NHS'. This was announced on 8 June in Parliament.
This is not the same as 'preventing a second wave'.
https://t.co/DPWiJbCKRm
The Academy of Medical Scientists published a report on 14 July 'Preparing for a Challenging Winter' commissioned by the Chief Scientific Adviser that set out what needed to be done in order to prevent a catastrophe over the winter
One thing civil servants learn is to write things down. Here is @acadmedsci's 14 July report commissioned by @uksciencechief. For the record.
— Dr Duncan Robertson (@Dr_D_Robertson) September 17, 2020
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