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St Louis Post-Dispatch endorses Lance Kunce for US Senate
St Louis Post-Dispatch endorsement: Lucas Kunce for the United States Senate
The Editorial Board 1 hr ago
There is plenty of blame to go around for the shameful attack on American democracy from within on Jan. 6, 2021.
First and foremost, of course, is then-President Donald Trump, whose refusal to admit his election loss and submit to the peaceful transfer of power was an outrage without precedent in the U.S. Then there were those in his inner circle who supported the scheme. There were the rioters themselves — violent vandals and thugs who richly deserve the hundreds of criminal convictions that have been successfully imposed upon them.
There is plenty of blame within the halls of Congress as well, but one member stands apart for his singular role in spurring the violence that day: Sen. Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, was the first and initially only senator to announce his baseless challenge of the election results, setting in motion the grotesque events that followed. As Trump’s rabble gathered for their attack, Hawley infamously raised his first in solidarity with the mob — a mob from which he eventually had to sprint for his life, along with so many of his congressional colleagues.
Hawley’s role in Jan. 6 would, in itself, merit his expulsion from the Senate by Missouri voters even if there weren’t so many other reasons to reject his reelection bid: his shortsighted and obtuse quest to nix Ukrainian aid; a Senate term almost completely devoid of substantive accomplishments; an unparalleled record of demagoguery on the Senate floor, where he endlessly spews faux-populist sound and fury signifying nothing.
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The Editorial Board 1 hr ago
There is plenty of blame to go around for the shameful attack on American democracy from within on Jan. 6, 2021.
First and foremost, of course, is then-President Donald Trump, whose refusal to admit his election loss and submit to the peaceful transfer of power was an outrage without precedent in the U.S. Then there were those in his inner circle who supported the scheme. There were the rioters themselves — violent vandals and thugs who richly deserve the hundreds of criminal convictions that have been successfully imposed upon them.
There is plenty of blame within the halls of Congress as well, but one member stands apart for his singular role in spurring the violence that day: Sen. Josh Hawley, Republican of Missouri, was the first and initially only senator to announce his baseless challenge of the election results, setting in motion the grotesque events that followed. As Trump’s rabble gathered for their attack, Hawley infamously raised his first in solidarity with the mob — a mob from which he eventually had to sprint for his life, along with so many of his congressional colleagues.
Hawley’s role in Jan. 6 would, in itself, merit his expulsion from the Senate by Missouri voters even if there weren’t so many other reasons to reject his reelection bid: his shortsighted and obtuse quest to nix Ukrainian aid; a Senate term almost completely devoid of substantive accomplishments; an unparalleled record of demagoguery on the Senate floor, where he endlessly spews faux-populist sound and fury signifying nothing.
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